G'day from Coffs Harbour, NSW. Anyone nearby?

[dalethewhale]

Howdy all.

I have made the best move of my life from Sydney up to the beutiful Mid North Coast.

Looking to get back into the hobby but i have a problem. The few small aquariums around here only have pretty much close to bugger all in terms of discus. High quality large fish, and breeding pairs are subjects that make the local store people scratch their heads.......
"Naaaah Mate, nothin like that. We can get angelfish sometimes...."

So I am putting up the discus shaped bat signal.

I think i would like a breeding pair of pretty ( non fry eating) fish. Pretty and great parents being my main preferences.


Colours, Blue Diamond, White Swan or something very yellow/lemony

If not ( and chances not) i'm interested in what ever is out there, that just isn't a 50cent coin sized mongrel!!!!! :o

Will do a few k's If required.

Just discovered this forum and the amount of info is wonderful.

Have a tops Day

Whale

[iro11a]

hey mate welcome to the forum.

sucks about not having any discus up there,in newcastle only really one lfs has good discus but they hardly got much you could try a few good places in sydney some people can ship them in a plane preaty sure you would be able to get something to coffs airport.

Jono

[Merrilyn]

Hiya Whale. Welcome to the forum.

Put a WTB in the classifieds forum. I'm sure someone will be able to help you out.

Getting fish shipped from Sydney may be the way to go.

[Robdog]

Will do a few k's If required.

Welcome aboard Whale. About 600 clicks in either direction should get you amongst some good discus! :lol: :wink:

[samir]

About 600 clicks in either direction should get you amongst some good discus! :lol: :wink:

add another zero to that and you're in for a real treat :D

welcome to the forum Whale :D

[stan]

hi whale i live in lennox head g&s aquariums at southport have good fish might be a bit far for you though

[goldenpigeon]

stan are g&s doing well with discus these days? havnt been in for over 12 months but prior to that their selection was very lacking in variety and quality for some time.

anyway. in coffs there is quite a big aquarium store which does stock discus. they are only common varieties but i have seen some nice ones in there. your best shot would be to have some quality discus shipped to your local airport.

HTH

[dalethewhale]

Wow!
I check my post a few weeks later and there is plenty of help on offer!

Firstly, to Jono, Merrilyn, Robdog, Samir, Stan and Golden Pidgeon. Thankyou all for your inputs. This forum is an amazing tool and it seems that the answer to any question i have is all at my finger tips.

I'm about to post a few more q's in the general section. Please have a look over there and help me out.

I'm turning into a greater fish nerd by the day, thanks to this web site.
So, Thanks to this web site!!!!!!

Cheers Whale

[dalethewhale]

BUMP!

Hi all.
Tank is cycled and looking for some quality discus. Is there anyone remotely near by???? To stumble on a serious local breeder with plenty to choose from would be a lot easier than heading to brisbane or sydney

Fingers and fins crossed

Whale

[TimboS]

Dale,

You may just be in luck.

Although not a breeder, the last time I was in Coffs (where I more or less grew up) the pet store just around the corner from Woolies (near the Palms centre) heading toward the fire station had some impressive discus - about 10cm nose to end of tail fin. This would have been early 2007 mind you, so the owners there do know what discus are !!

Timbo