Discus Fish - The King of Aquarium

Discus fish is also known as the king of aquarium and its quite popular among ornamental fish hobbies. Many hobbies are looking for discus so it make the fish price high, specially for the famous species. As a large number of people become a discus fish fans so its make discus contests are often held and attended by many participants.

There are four species of nature discus, ie heckle discus, brown discus, green discus, and blue discus. As well as betta fish, the creativity of hobbies and also discus breeders in the cultivation is the discus fish secret how it spawned many new varieties of hybrid results premises color and complexion better than the original. In fact, you could say almost every year will come new types of discus fish with attractive colors and designs.

The quality standards of discus fish are determined from the physical as smooth, no defects, with scales intact, flat rounded shape to the side and slightly thicker, as well as an expanded tail fin perfect and no buds. Mostly, discus fish with the wide mouth and bright color, preferably like and it has a higher sale value too.

Discus Fish - The King of Aquarium

Discus fish is also known as the king of aquarium and its quite popular among ornamental fish hobbies. Many hobbies are looking for discus so it make the fish price high, specially for the famous species. As a large number of people become a discus fish fans so its make discus contests are often held and attended by many participants.

There are four species of nature discus, ie heckle discus, brown discus, green discus, and blue discus. As well as betta fish, the creativity of hobbies and also discus breeders in the cultivation is the discus fish secret how it spawned many new varieties of hybrid results premises color and complexion better than the original. In fact, you could say almost every year will come new types of discus fish with attractive colors and designs.

The quality standards of discus fish are determined from the physical as smooth, no defects, with scales intact, flat rounded shape to the side and slightly thicker, as well as an expanded tail fin perfect and no buds. Mostly, discus fish with the wide mouth and bright color, preferably like and it has a higher sale value too.

Discus fish take care of their young

In one earlier post about Discus Fish, I said it is a symphysodon species and that one of the characteristics of such a species is its care for the larvae. Both parents care for their young. Adult discuses produce a secretion through their skin, which the larvae live off during their first few days. When bred in captivity, the larvae will tend to live off their parents secretion for up to 2 weeks. Here is a video showing the Discus Fish with their young. Enjoy.
 

Discus fish characteristics

I love discus fish and my first post will thus start on discus fish. According to a Wikipedia article entitled Discus Fish, the discus is a genus of three species of ciclid fresh water fishes native to the Amazon River basin. The three species are: S. aequifasciatus (the green discus), S. haraldi (the blue/brown/common discus) and S. discus (the Heckel discus). An easy way to remember is just to call the first two species as  "green" discus and  "blue/brown" discus and the third species (heckel) as "red"  discus.

 Discus fish have "symphysodon" characteristics. Just what is "symphysodon"?   A symphysodon species has a laterally compressed body shape. Extended finnage is absent giving the symphysodon a more rounded shape. The rounded shape explains why the fish is commonly called the discus. The  sides of the fish are frequently patterned in shades of green, red, brown, and blue. The height and length of the grown fish are both about 20–25 cm (8–10 in). One more  characteristic of a symphysodon species is its  care for the larvae. Both parents care for their young. Adult discus produce a secretion through their skin, which the larvae live off during their first few days. When bred in captivity, the larvae will tend to live off their parents secretion for up to 2 weeks.

For starters, one quick way to learn the secrets of the discus fish is the e-book called Discus Fish Secrets.