stress bars

[bridlington]

Is it true that the more stress bars the better quality fish and that if the bars are broken or joined means ?
john

[Merrilyn]

Welcome to the forum John.

Snakeskin type discus usually show 14 or 16 bars and standard discus show 9 bars.

If you were choosing a fish to enter into a discus show, you'd certainly want one with straight bars and complete bars, not broken ones. If you just want a pretty fish to go into your display tank at home, then it doesn't really matter, so long as you like the look of it.

As far as snakeskin or normals being better, it's really up to the purchaser as to which appeals to him more.

[bridlington]

thanks for the reply the discus will be for breeding Have one side of the room set up and the other side in about a month. Have just been to an aquarium shop and had a look at some ( i think they should have been culled ) Any body got any tips on where to go or Internet contacts plz
regards john

[scott bowler]

hi john welcome to the forum mate if you are looking for good fish most of the sponsers on this forum can and will ship fish for you.there are good fish at Xtreme, fish rock and some of the others have a look at them .