Peter Beardsley, my discus

part-timer · 03-12-2008, 07:09 PM

Hi all, new member and all but this little fella deserves some love.

He is a pigeon blood, got delivered with a severe mouth deformity and I should have culled him out of fear that he would struggle to eat with all his tank mates but I couldn't. I rooted for him, and now he is bossing all but 1 discus about (and 4 are twice his size). Has to take a funny angle when eating which makes us laugh and even Mr (the major Mr from the tank busting pair) can't budge him when it comes to feeding.

Tell me you don't just love him.

And yes, he is named after Peter Beardsley (not admiration, I'm a Sunderland supporter!)

shade2dope · 03-12-2008, 07:50 PM

wow funny poor thing but atlest it has a home.

Blue Cray · 03-12-2008, 09:51 PM

Neat. Hopefully it lives.

part-timer · 03-13-2008, 02:44 PM

He certainly looks like he's going to live, as long as he doesn't forget that he needs to approach the food sideways to get at it

oliesminis · 03-13-2008, 04:55 PM

aww poor fish, hope he lives a long life

emc7 · 03-13-2008, 09:55 PM

Breed him if your lucky its genetic. It seems there is a market for deformed fish ("fancy" goldfish, blood-parrots, etc.)

Obsidian · 03-13-2008, 10:05 PM

I have a zebra danio with his head literally completely sideways (think 90 degree turn). That little guy does one heck of a job bossing the tank around too! He will go in with the big fish soon, while the 4 normal ones will go to the LFS for credit.

Your guy is very lovable. Can't say as I would encourage breeding, but I do believe in letting them live

part-timer · 03-14-2008, 01:27 PM

aye thats the thing, despite my early fears and thinking I should just put him out of his misery, I really wanted him to survive. Tried netting and gently massaging thinking it might just be a dislocation (this has worked with some of my angels) but no joy. I kind of took to him in an 'underdog' way and now he seems to be doing great.

Was obviously disappointing to receive in terms of the breeder but when raised he has promised a free discus next time doing a delivery so really can't complain in that respect. Now I just enjoy watching him feed (and I still laugh every time). Certainly don't think its genetic as the breeder has an excellent reputation for quality and standards who I've used before (not sure if I'm allowed to name) and he was part of a delivery with brothers/sisters who are fine in every way.

Whether or not I eventually let him breed comes down to if he wants to pair off but if it appeared to be genetic I certainly wouldn't allow breeding to continue. Hybrids are fine in my opinion but I would never promote genetic issues in a Discus purely because the generations of tank breeding (and often in-breeding) has already left them weaker in many respects in my opinion.

emc7 · 03-14-2008, 03:53 PM

I'm not sure if I was kidding or not. I don't want to encourage deformed strains of fish, but when I see how much $ people get for "flowerhorns" I get sort of greedy.

GoodMike · 03-14-2008, 04:32 PM

so wait...are you talking about hybrids here emc? or deformities? because...that is two different subjects...
this fish is a deformed fish, and if it is indeed genetic, it should not be bred.
hybrids are a whole different story...

amypicot · 03-21-2008, 04:24 PM

i have a guppy fry which is the shape of a tick, he is my favourite one, i hope he lives.
peter is so cute, i hope he lives also

03-12-2008, 07:09 PM	#1
part-timer Fishy Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 33 Posts: 11	Peter Beardsley, my discus Hi all, new member and all but this little fella deserves some love. He is a pigeon blood, got delivered with a severe mouth deformity and I should have culled him out of fear that he would struggle to eat with all his tank mates but I couldn't. I rooted for him, and now he is bossing all but 1 discus about (and 4 are twice his size). Has to take a funny angle when eating which makes us laugh and even Mr (the major Mr from the tank busting pair) can't budge him when it comes to feeding. Tell me you don't just love him. And yes, he is named after Peter Beardsley (not admiration, I'm a Sunderland supporter!)

03-12-2008, 07:50 PM	#2
shade2dope Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Age: 19 Posts: 371	wow funny poor thing but atlest it has a home. __________________ 3 Aulonocara Sp Maleri 2 female Two eletric blu ali 1 male 1 female,Clown Pleco,abn,Yellow Lab Two Haplochromis ruby green and some juvies, two flame backs one female, compressicep,Fancy Guppies Goby Dragon,Jack Demsey,Altolamprologus calvus (Chaitika)

03-12-2008, 09:51 PM	#3
Blue Cray Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Age: 17 Posts: 487	Neat. Hopefully it lives. __________________ 55g Planted -golden zebra danios -striped raphael catfish -angelfish -bronze cories -gold gourami -SAE -brochis catfish -Boeseman's Rainbowfish -Flying Foxes -BGK -kribensis 22g Planted -zebra loach -glo lite tetras 5g Semi Planted -endlers

03-13-2008, 04:55 PM	#5
oliesminis FISH ARE FREINDS NOT FOOD Join Date: May 2007 Location: England, Milton Keynes Age: 15 Posts: 497	aww poor fish, hope he lives a long life __________________ OllieCoxPhotography

03-13-2008, 10:05 PM	#7
Obsidian Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Arizona Age: 37 Posts: 1,039	I have a zebra danio with his head literally completely sideways (think 90 degree turn). That little guy does one heck of a job bossing the tank around too! He will go in with the big fish soon, while the 4 normal ones will go to the LFS for credit. Your guy is very lovable. Can't say as I would encourage breeding, but I do believe in letting them live __________________ Obsidian 20 gallon 1 Dwarf Gourami; 5 Cherry Barbs; 7 Black Neon Tetras; 3 Peppered Cory's; 1 Albino Bristlenose Pleco (Old Blondie) 10 gallon Breaking it down for storage. 5.5 gallon Betta 100 gallon 7 giant danios; 4 Rosy Barbs, 1 German Blue Ram, 7 Julie Cory cats, 2 Burmese Loaches; 5 Zebra Daios

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03-13-2008, 02:44 PM	#4
part-timer Fishy Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 33 Posts: 11	He certainly looks like he's going to live, as long as he doesn't forget that he needs to approach the food sideways to get at it

03-13-2008, 09:55 PM	#6
emc7 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Johns Creek, GA Posts: 3,270	Breed him if your lucky its genetic. It seems there is a market for deformed fish ("fancy" goldfish, blood-parrots, etc.)

03-14-2008, 01:27 PM	#8
part-timer Fishy Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 33 Posts: 11	aye thats the thing, despite my early fears and thinking I should just put him out of his misery, I really wanted him to survive. Tried netting and gently massaging thinking it might just be a dislocation (this has worked with some of my angels) but no joy. I kind of took to him in an 'underdog' way and now he seems to be doing great. Was obviously disappointing to receive in terms of the breeder but when raised he has promised a free discus next time doing a delivery so really can't complain in that respect. Now I just enjoy watching him feed (and I still laugh every time). Certainly don't think its genetic as the breeder has an excellent reputation for quality and standards who I've used before (not sure if I'm allowed to name) and he was part of a delivery with brothers/sisters who are fine in every way. Whether or not I eventually let him breed comes down to if he wants to pair off but if it appeared to be genetic I certainly wouldn't allow breeding to continue. Hybrids are fine in my opinion but I would never promote genetic issues in a Discus purely because the generations of tank breeding (and often in-breeding) has already left them weaker in many respects in my opinion. Last edited by part-timer; 03-14-2008 at 01:34 PM.

03-14-2008, 03:53 PM	#9
emc7 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Johns Creek, GA Posts: 3,270	I'm not sure if I was kidding or not. I don't want to encourage deformed strains of fish, but when I see how much $ people get for "flowerhorns" I get sort of greedy.

03-14-2008, 04:32 PM	#10
GoodMike Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Age: 22 Posts: 547	so wait...are you talking about hybrids here emc? or deformities? because...that is two different subjects... this fish is a deformed fish, and if it is indeed genetic, it should not be bred. hybrids are a whole different story...

03-21-2008, 04:24 PM	#11
amypicot Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 24 Posts: 78	i have a guppy fry which is the shape of a tick, he is my favourite one, i hope he lives. peter is so cute, i hope he lives also

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