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Post by Martin Thoene » Sun Jun 13, 2010 12:44 pm

Have you ever had someone else who keeps fish offer to give you some fish they don't want/need or in some other way want to shift?

I was offered some nice large Clowns a while back (for free) but declined because after losing all mine one by one to Skinny I just didn't have the heart for any more.

A colleague at work used to keep fish back in Russia and recently set up a tank here in Toronto. He bought some nice discus, but then decided that he wanted to keep some other discus varieties and asked me if I was interested in taking the ones he did not have space for.

Let me think..................YES! (this took about one quarter nano-second in reality) :D

He had also given me a nice pair of angels a short while ago, so here's the new inhabitants of the 6-foot 120 gallon tank in our lounge.

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The smallest discus...around 3" in length.

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The Super Red Melon around 3.5 inches.

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Both the above came from Hong Kong. The two below from Singapore.
They are a bit under 4 inches.

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They all had some slight eye cloudiness after the move and the one above has a slight issue with the caudal fin. I'm treating the tank with Melafix and the eyes have cleared completely in 2 days. They are eating Bloodworm and the Angels are eating anything I put in the tank.

Despite having kept fish since around 1964 this is the first Discus I've ever kept.

Martin.
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Post by Jim Powers » Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:33 pm

Beautiful!!!
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Post by Diana » Sun Jun 13, 2010 10:35 pm

Great looking fish!
38 tanks, 2 ponds over 4000 liters of water to keep clean and fresh.

Happy fish keeping!

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Post by andyroo » Tue Jun 15, 2010 9:37 am

Like a $10'er in your summer-jacket pocket.
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Post by zenins » Sat Jun 19, 2010 10:24 am

Looking good Martin :)

I like the wood in there, must make the angels and discus feel very comfortable.

In the latest book from Oliver Lucanus "The Amazon, Below Water" there are many photos featuring leaf litter and lots of wood and tree branches ...

http://www.amazon-below-water.com
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Post by Martin Thoene » Sat Jun 19, 2010 6:09 pm

Some of it's regular aquarium bogwood, but there's a lot of best-quality Lake Superior shoreline driftwood there zenins. I collected it a few days after 9-11, so it's well matured by now.

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Post by waterfaller1 » Sun Jun 20, 2010 5:48 am

What beauties they are Martin! And such a nice fellow to give them a great home with you. 8)
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Post by loachmom » Wed Jun 23, 2010 9:29 am

Very lovely!! I really like that orange discus. :)
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Post by Martin Thoene » Sat Jun 26, 2010 10:05 pm

He gave me another one!

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They're all settling in nicely.

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Post by zenins » Tue Jun 29, 2010 8:02 am

Lookin' Good :D

Any loaches in there too, or are they just to boisterous for the discus and might spook them ?
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Post by Martin Thoene » Tue Jun 29, 2010 6:33 pm

No loaches.

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Post by anitaquade » Wed Jul 21, 2010 8:28 am

Thanks for sharing with. These are interesting pictures. I like these. Thanks again.

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