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Re: A question about color.

I'm a big fan of Ocean Nutrition Prime Reef flakes for their red enhancers. The ingredients include plankton, dried fish protein digest, salmon, fish meal, and more. They also have cochineal and annatto seed for added color, along with salmon eggs and fish oil.

Re: Here they are

No, just my discus group.

Re: Here they are

Those discus from Josie/Miranda look fantastic. Are the eggs on the heater?

Re: Back to Basics

I've also experimented with different commercial foods and found my discus tend to turn their noses up at granules, it's just not their thing.

Re: Back to Basics

I'm curious about your choice of VibraBites for the other fish in the tank, as opposed to other commercial options.

Re: Should I get Discus?

Honestly, I think that's just the nature of buying smaller fish - there's always gonna be a size difference and that leads to a pecking order. Aggression is just part of the deal. That's why some folks say to keep at least 6, the more fish you have, the less you'll notice ...

Re: Two-inch Bully

Nature's way is to establish a pecking order. It's not about removing the bully, they just need to work it out. Keeping at least 6 discus helps spread the aggression, so it's less noticeable. But someone's always at the bottom. That's just how it is.

Re: San Merah?

I've been reading up on the history of the San Merah Discus in a great reference book, 'Singapore Discus In The New Millennium' by Dr. Cillford Chan and Johnny Yip. The story of how the San Merah came to be is quite fascinating.

It all started with the Ghost Discus, which Asian ...

I haven't come across San Merah for sale recently, it seems like most breeders are focusing on other varieties, with Red Cover discus being one of the more common ones I've seen.

Re: Penang eruption vs spotted face super eruption
Leopards are actually characterized by those larger striations on the face and 9 bars. On the other hand, leopard snakeskins have finer spots on the body and finer striations on the face, with those distinctive 10-14 bars of snakeskins.