Re: Confirming discus types
I’d say you’re close on all types. The 2 turqs may change colors as they grow. Reds and blues getting brighter. The red cover was probably hormone treated to make it red and now is it’s normal brown. The white is a white maybe albino. Thing is all of your discus look thin. Are they eating? How long have you had them?
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Hi and welcome to SimplyDiscus!
The white looks like a snow white discus but maybe a cross.. its hard to tell from.the pic but if theres any pattern or orange /red pigment its a cross.
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Many snake skin varieties exhibit that extra stripe pattern. That fish may have a parent that carries that gene.
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Thanks for your help.
Will the red cover get redder as it gets older?
I’ve only had these guys 2 weeks. They’ve been eating flake but Om trying to also get them eating NLS Thera A, which I use a lot with all my other fish. They are sort of taking it, not eagerly though. Perhaps I should try the pellets another time and give them something else for now?
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brewmaster15
Hi and welcome to SimplyDiscus!
The white looks like a snow white discus but maybe a cross.. its hard to tell from.the pic but if theres any pattern or orange /red pigment its a cross.
I can’t see any pattern on this fish.
What’s the difference between a white diamond and a Snow White? Thanks for your help.
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pitdogg2
Many snake skin varieties exhibit that extra stripe pattern. That fish may have a parent that carries that gene.
Thanks.
I’m not sure what to call these 2 fish - are they turquoise snakeskins or something like that? Just want to try to get the terminology right.
I like the stripes, but I guess they’ll fade when the fish are older?
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bobfloyd
I can’t see any pattern on this fish.
What’s the difference between a white diamond and a Snow White? Thanks for your help.
Are these spots?
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Ah yep, there are some pale brown spots.
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Its probably a snow white thats got some other strain mixed in... sometimes they have an odd marketing but a good snow white does not have "spots" like that. Doesnt mean it wont be a nice fish all the same.
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brewmaster15
Its probably a snow white thats got some other strain mixed in... sometimes they have an odd marketing but a good snow white does not have "spots" like that. Doesnt mean it wont be a nice fish all the same.
Thanks.
What’s the difference between a snow white and white diamond though?
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Thanks.
What’s the difference between a snow white and white diamond though?
Same fish ... often times different breeders will give their fish different names for marketing purposes. Snow white and white diamond are used interchangeably.
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brewmaster15
Same fish ... often times different breeders will give their fish different names for marketing purposes. Snow white and white diamond are used interchangeably.
Ah ok, thanks!
Are those stripes ones I have called Turquoise snake skins?
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Second image...The top most one with alot of bars is a blue snake skin.. the other is a blue turquoise (probably)
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brewmaster15
Second image...The top most one with alot of bars is a blue snake skin.. the other is a blue turquoise (probably)
Thanks. I had a look at pictures of the adults for these, they look nice.
So snakeskin means finer lines, whereas turquoise just means the patterning lines are thicker?
And the red, green,blue etc just means the predominate base colour?