Diskus breeder on keeping diskus as a hobby
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SL Teoh |
Our farm's diskus breeder:
Teoh has been keeping tropical fish for over 30 years. His experience consists of breeding angel fish, guppies, sword tails, goldfish and farming koi fish. He is now acting as our farm's consultant and advisor on diskus breeding and strain development. |
Started as a hobbyist, Teoh had won numerous awards for goldfish, swordtail and guppy competitions. When diskus was introduced in Malaysia, they won in most of the open category tropical fish competitions. In one competition, his goldfish, after winning all individual categories was competing with a diskus for the overall grand champion prize. After a prolonged discussion among the judges, the diskus won.
Having lost the grand prize to a strange brown colored, disc-like looking fish, he was determine to improve the quality of goldfish to win back.. He bought diskus to study them and to understand why they had won. Eventually, he began to develop interest in diskus and has since joined diskus hobbyist all over the world their passion for the “King of Aquariums”.
Currently, his passion for diskus continues and grows stronger as more exciting new strains are being developed. He hopes to encourage more local hobbyist to keep diskus by sharing his experience …….
Question:
When I visit aquarium shops, I often come across sick diskus fish:
- Why are they always sick?
- Are diskus fish hard to keep?
Answer:
Have you seen a healthy diskus fish? They are active and vibrant in their natural colors. Constantly looking through the tank asking for food, they will fight among themselves for food during feeding time. After being fed, they will swim proudly and reward you by swimming gracefully in their stunning beauty, making you feeling happy and satisfied.
Unfortunately, popular belief among tropical fish hobbyist, diskus fish are hard to keep as they always seems to be sick. Compare to others, diskus fish last longer before they die when they are ill from sickness. If you were to visit the sick diskus fish again later, you would see them still sick in the tank. This gives the impression that diskus fish are always sick.
Unlike others, diskus fish gives you signs that they are ill earlier so that you can apply proper medication and they will get well. If you have kept other tropical fish, probably you have experienced that they die suddenly without any warning. Diskus fish do not die easily; they will tell you that they are not feeling well. Once you find the actual cause and give them the right treatment, more than 80% to 90% of the time, they will get well.
Message from our farm’s breeder:
“To my experience they are not hard to keep. They will grow; they will breed; they will be good parents; they will nurse their babies. From 1 pair of diskus fish, you will have hundreds and later thousands of them. Accept the challenge you will succeed one day ….” (SL Teoh)
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