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Shankar
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Though there are innumerable Discus breeders and exporters around, only a few like Roy, Andrew, Jack, Ivan, etc have their names bookmarked in the field.
Keen to know what makes their fish famous and make them stand out. And post the other prominent breeders, you know. |
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| Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 12:14 am Post subject: Re: Discus specials |
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oops sorry wrong thread..  |
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| Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 12:23 am Post subject: Re: Discus specials |
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Fishotribe - David lim
Seed Discus - Raymond, Martin |
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| Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 12:23 am Post subject: Re: Discus specials |
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Sam???? 
I guess you missed out Chai and Wayne.
Having personally interacted, and also visited their breeding setups, and spending quite a bit of time with both Roy Khoo and Chai, I would like to tell you what I know about these guys.
They make sure their fishes are in top shape by keeping notes on ALL tanks in their hatcheries.
They make sure their fishes are free of infection by religiously quarantining ALL new additions in a separate quarantine facility, thats away from their hatcheries.
They regularly bring in fishes from other top breeders across the world to enrich[or strengthen] their gene pool.
All these guys are pretty good and actually authorities on genetics[at least fish genetics].
Hard work, and truck loads of it.
Heaps of experience.
Merciless culling when fries are not of expected quality.
Man, they do spend quite a part of their lives for discus breeding, making huge sacrifices in personal and social and corporate lives. If you look at this, the money they make is peanuts, if you know what I mean. |
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| Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 12:28 am Post subject: Re: Discus specials |
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I had got some heckels with me from another vendor, which Roy agreed to repack for me, as they had been in their packets for a whole day, and I had about 14 hours left to reach home[Coimbatore].
When I went there, I was let in, but not my fishes. Roy wanted me to drop off all my fish outside his hatchery, and had his partner repack them for me. They made sure that IN CASE my fishes had any form of infection, that shouldnt affect his fishes. So, his partner brought out water in a huge bin, and also brought out the oxygen cylinder.
With this he repacked all packs with a water change and oxygen, and then disinfected himself totally with some strange medicine, before he entered the hatchery.
They are soooo careful, and maitain their fishes so well. They are really hospitable, and helped me out with quite a few things! |
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Shankar
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| Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 11:12 am Post subject: Re: Discus specials |
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Thanks for the inputs. Seems all of the above are dedicated to only Discus.
But, I thought each of them specialised in his own famous strain. Aware of any such? |
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Kaushik
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| Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 3:05 pm Post subject: Re: Discus specials |
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Missed out Cliff Young the artificial breeding experts.
~kaushik |
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bobbypune
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| Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 12:51 am Post subject: Re: Discus specials |
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Hello
Can I request the contact details of all the breeders named above - so that I can pick up some good collection from them
warm regards...rajesh |
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| Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:27 pm Post subject: Re: Discus specials |
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There are thousands of discus Breeders throughout the world , each one have there own speciality . Some of these breeders are the creators of some of the strains . Some of these Below breeders are famous for these strains
1) Ivan Seah - Red Passion , White Peacock .
2) Chai - Web Leopards , Millinium Gold , Super Melon , Red Map.
3) David Lim - Scarlet Leopards , Crimson Leopards .
4) Collin Heng - Spotted Leopard Snake skin .
5) Peter Choo - Golden Blue Satin ( introduced last week ) .
6) Roy Koo - Goldens , Calicos .
7) Govindrajan - White Butterfly , white Scorpion .
 Waynes - Angel Blue Diamonds .
9) Kelvin Chain & Many more , the list is endless and very difficult to highlight any particular breeder .
All these breeders are proffessionals and some of these breeders handles 1000 - 1500 tanks in their farms , and have very good system . Some of their discus have won the grand championship also .
These breeders have worked for many years to produce the beauties which is there in our tanks .
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Shankar
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| Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:37 pm Post subject: Re: Discus specials |
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Great info, Shiva. 
BTW, the tenth name (Yours) is missing. Of late, you are the local hero.
So, what's your best of the 'Kings'?  |
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| Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:08 pm Post subject: Re: Discus specials |
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Nice list Shiv
For the Singapore breeders
I would add Royal Reds to Ivans list.
David Lim's fishes are Crimson and Scarlet LSS.
Dale Cheong - Albinos
Lee Tong Juan - Singapore Fireworks
Wayne (HK) - Blue Knight, Red Cover, Eruption
From Malaysia
Ung Seng Lip - Red Golden Diamond and Albinos
EK Goh - Ring Leopards
Lim Pei Hao - Penang Super Eruption
So many strains so little money  |
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Shankar
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| Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:26 pm Post subject: Re: Discus specials |
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Has HK been a safe place to buy? Not for me.
Wayne might be an exception. |
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| Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 2:12 pm Post subject: Re: Discus specials |
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| Wayne has operations in 3 other countries including China. |
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Discusolic
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| Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:44 pm Post subject: Re: Discus specials |
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Waynes angel Blue diamonds are best in the world with very good body shape and high fins .
Ivan's LSS got championship prize in Polland discus competition in March 08.
All good strain of Discus are developed in Malaysia , Malaysia Discus Society is organising a Discus competition - AQUAFAIR 2008 on 20-23rd Oct 08 at Kuala Lampur Convention Centre - Malaysia . around 300 tanks will be displayed and all big shots will be participating .
If you want to see wild strain , then 7th International Discus Championship is taking place on 2-5th Oct at Duisburg - Germany .
The discus you see in these competitions are mind blowing .
Regards
Shiva Nair |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 1:29 pm Post subject: Re: Discus specials |
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Hi guys,
give me contact details of discuss breaders in hyderabad. |
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