Is George 'Stunted'?

[Goerge_of_the_Jungle]

Hi DF'ers,

I was reading this post
http://www.discusforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18321
and was wondering if you could tell me if my discus was also stunted?

I want to know if the LFS where im buying my fish are good quality.

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa42/kaoz131/SDC10207.jpg

Dont mind the color, i took the photo with the aquarium lights off, he is always very brightly colored.

thank you for your help.

[Hollowman]

Short answer is yes :cry:

[Goerge_of_the_Jungle]

Thanks Hollowman.

Is 'Stunting' frowned upon in the discus community just like 'tail docking' is frowned upon in the dog community?

I'm trying to understand a little.

and even though he is, lol there is no need for the sad face, George is much loved and very happy, i take care of him and his tank mates as i would my own child. I change about 40% of water every day for him and feed him frozen and live foods alot for nutrition.

I printed off Merrilyn's beef heart mix and am so excited to go buy and prepaer quality food for my baby.

If fed quality food and has a large enough tank, will even a stunted discus grow up big and strong? if not, how big do you think they will grow?

Thanks

[DiscusDave]

I wouldn't put it in the same category as docking since it's not done deliberatly for asthetic reasons. Usually it's a sign that the fish hasn't been raised in perfect conditions with lots of food during the growing period. But as long as you care for it, it'll be a healthy happy fish and as far as I know there's no way a stunted discus can pass on the condition to it's offspring.