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Posted 12/1/2008 4:08:21 PM


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My good friend Brad Metz (he who breeds zebra plecos and a bunch of other L-numbers) and I watching the fish in my 300 gallon tank, when two of the adult Heckel discus started with some courting behavior. The two pix below show the two fish about 20 seconds apart. In the first one, strips are as normal. In the second pic, the male has flashed his middle stripe to complete pale white. Fish are just so much fun to watch. Sorry that the tank glass is so messy.

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Posted 12/1/2008 7:17:56 PM


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The wonders of breeding. :D

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Posted 12/1/2008 7:31:43 PM


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That was too neat!!






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Posted 12/2/2008 1:31:03 PM


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Wow, I love the fancy displays fish show when they breed. Marvelous and amazing...:D

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Posted 12/2/2008 3:04:01 PM


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Makes you wish we could change colors to impress the girls, huh? :P

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Posted 12/2/2008 10:07:21 PM


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Conner (12/2/2008)
Makes you wish we could change colors to impress the girls, huh? :P


Now wouldn't that be nice.


Nice looking Discus, neat to see how fast they can change their color.

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