Guides to keeping discus.

[HuttShun]

Originally Posted by jacksnyder

Will stunted discus breed?

i dont think they will.

Originally Posted by HuttShun

i dont think they will.

JMO,
stun discus still will breed, if im not wrong.
The only problem is will they pass down the gene of being stunt ( if there such thing naturally ) to the next generation ?

[dalelad]

Originally Posted by kin

JMO,
stun discus still will breed, if im not wrong.
The only problem is will they pass down the gene of being stunt ( if there such thing naturally ) to the next generation ?

u're totally right bro kin!

stunted fishes can breed too! i've seen a pair of 3.5 inch brown fishes carrying.. erm.. 80 fries. !!!!!!!!!!!!

and nope, the fries won't be stunted, dont worry.

take care!

[HuttShun]

wow.. stunted fish can breed.. that means some of my fishes got chance to carry babies!! but will they have any deformaty? or will they just be like normal discus?

from what bro dalelad said, i take it as no.
Stunt was usually due to later state of the fishes after birth due to human fault !?( then again pls correct me if im wrong)

Deform might be by birth. I dont think even both parent perfect, all frys will be perfect. U still get 1, 2 deform.
that what culling is for
though ahh i dont have the heart.

Originally Posted by HuttShun

wow.. stunted fish can breed.. that means some of my fishes got chance to carry babies!! but will they have any deformaty? or will they just be like normal discus?

might carry recessive genes though.

[HuttShun]

ressessive... so chim i dono whats that...
hmm so i really think 3 of my stunt discus got chance liao!

[dalelad]

Originally Posted by GHETTOKID

might carry recessive genes though.

what kin had said is totally right.
when a discus stunts in growth, it usually is a result of either that it had been down with a disease before, or other causes ie. long extended periods without food or proper nutrition.

such circumstances might cause a fault in the ability for the fish to grow. the fish, in most instances, lose the ability to produce growth hormones, or rather, a disability to grow as the organs no longer provide adequate absorbtion of necessary nutrition for the fish to grow. this causes stunting.

the disability for any stunted fish to breed is when its bodily size is unsuitable for breeding, otherwise, the fish would still mature and breed.

whether it carries recessive genes or not would depend on the genetic make-up of the fish, and not about whether the fish is stunted or not.

i can have a stunted fish which has parents of very large-sized lineage, but will still provide juveniles of the large-gened predecessors.

[XRTG]

Anybody have a picture of the pigeon discus?

here's one
http://www.aquariumhobbyist.com/disc...ns/pigeonb.jpg

follow this link for more discus type and strains
http://www.aquariumhobbyist.com/disc...ins/index.html

cheers

acknowledgement to Walter's discus http://www.aquariumhobbyist.com/discus