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Ron and Robin Futrell, Jack Wattley and Me
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| Jack-Wattley |
good morning. Anyone with questions? |
| Walter |
Jack Wattley welcome in our Chatroom |
| RobC |
Good morning mister Wattley |
| jmdiscus |
Buenos Dias (good morning) Mr Wattley |
| fred |
good morning Mr. Wattley |
| RobC |
mr Wattley what do you think of the overall quality of
the discus in Germany right now? |
| Jack-Wattley |
good morning |
| Jack-Wattley |
overall quality is very good and I was very much
surprised at the number of species discus - they are not doing as much
with the hybrid discus... at the discus championship I am seeing high
quality, wild caught brown discus and blue discus |
| RobC |
what is in your opinion more important ?? shape or
colorisation ? |
| Jack-Wattley |
I would say shape - no question about it, shape |
| RobC |
could you discribe in a few words how that should be
?? for a male f.i. |
| Jack-Wattley |
could you elaborate on the question please? |
| RobC |
there is no "standard" for the shape at least vague !
what are you aiming for ? f.i perfect round, cichlid bump on the head,
high fins ?? |
| Jack-Wattley |
no bump on the head, round body, eye in relation to
the size of the body |
| RobC |
last question :) what do you think about the prhase :
discus wil be the gold fish of this century? |
| Jack-Wattley |
they have been saying that for years and there is
nothing valid about it as long as we maintain the quality of the fish
even though the fish are mass produced we have no problem with
relagating it to the goldfish
you should be aware that quality goldfish demand a better price
than discus do |
| RobC |
now thats something i share :)
ty its your turn guys and gals |
| jmdiscus |
Mr Wattley: In Madrid de tap water is very soft (140
mS) What do you think about to maintain and to breed discus with
ph=4,5 (problems, advantages,etc.) I have a hatchery and all of my
aquariums have this pH |
| Jack-Wattley |
yes, you can breed discus at ph of 4.5-5.0, however,
the body slime on the breeding pair is greatly diminished at such a
low pH |
| jmdiscus |
this pH is a problem for the fry? |
| Jack-Wattley |
there's a big difference if you make the pH up to 5.5
you will get a much greater body slime on the fish than if you have
the ph at 5.0 I mean 5.5 and above but preferrably not more than about
6.8 there is not as much food for them since the body slime is the
food they eat - see the body slime is not at 4.5, what it is at 5.5 |
| Ron |
Mr Wattley when did you first become interested in
tropical fish & which fish did you first breed? |
| Jack-Wattley |
the first fish I was interested in were discus and
I've only bred two different fish, discus and monodactylus sebae |
| jmdiscus |
please Mr Wattley be sincere: what do you think about
Asian Discus? |
| Jack-Wattley |
Asian discus breeders have contributed so much to the
continued interest in discus with their hybridizing programs and
developing new color strains.. that is sincere answer |
| fredg |
Mr. Wattley, could I ask you to elaborate on the part
of discus shape regarding the eye to body size, please? |
| Jack-Wattley |
yes
I would say we all know the eyes develop and grow faster than the
rest of the fish does... one of the first ways to determine whether
the fish has been neglected is if the eyeball seems to be quite larger
than it should in comparison...the eyeball continues to grow while the
body does not on a fish who is neglected...this means you wind up with
very large eyes and small body |
| Ron |
Mr Wattley, have you ever bred Heckels & if so, are
there any special tricks to stimulate spawning along with successful
parent raised offspring. |
| Jack-Wattley |
I've only bred heckels with royal blues |
| RobC |
should we always choose the biggest size discus(for
breeding) dispite finnage and colorisation ? |
| Jack-Wattley |
rob - that goes back to the question of what is most
important - color or body size...that depends on the fish you are
working with - quality of it, I mean - in other words sometimes you
must take a step backwards in body size to achieve superior color.. or
you take a step backwards in color to achieve body size...so it does
depend on what you want to achieve with the fish you are working
towards as well as with |
| sharon |
do you know israelis breeders and when will see you in
our country |
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Jack Wattley, Prof. Dr. Geisler and me |
