checkerboard discus

[weird]

Has anyone got these beauties in their aqaurium ?

I am just in love with these guys pattern ...

http://www.clcdiscus.com/Wallpaper/Discus-CheckerBoard-1_1024.jpg

[Aurora]

Yeah I know. I love them as well.

I was going to try and get some, but ended up getting my red and yellow pigeon pair instead...............one day :)

[weird]

I think GNS may have some

http://www.gnsaquarium.com.au/html/discus_list.html

Found this when I googled australia and checkerboard discus. BTW for future reference the above link references,
"Arriving into quarantine 13/10/04"

http://www.gnsaquarium.com.au/Checkerboard-juvenile.jpg

Does anyone know the history behind these guys ?

[kevkoi]

We've got quite a few checkerboard Juvis atm.

They are high quality red turqs bred for that pattern.

[Mattzilla]

i think the picture you showed was more like a pearl pigeon than a checkerboard.... kevs pics where checkerboards

checkerboards, as i understand it, are turqs with a checkered stritation

i could be wrong but that is what i thought anyway.

either way both are fantastic looking strains. i lean more towards the pearl pigeon myself

[flukes]

Yeah iam with Matt on this one the first one does look more like a pearl pigeon. And you cant go past a pigeon blood!!

[A1pryo]

my pair of pearls and checkerboards

ill try to get better shots when i learn to use a camera

[kevkoi]

Look like pearl pigeons or aka checkerboard pigeons. Like THESE ones...

cheers
kev

[flukes]

Now they are nice Kev, wouldnt mind a pair of them...

*add the too the list*

Got some purchases too make soon!!

[kevkoi]

Nice fish waits for no man Scott.... :lol: Better luck next time. :wink:

[flukes]

Naa not ready yet, when i am i ll make a list for you and you can round em up for me :wink:

So far iam looking for Pairs like -
Bunga Rayas
Super oregon
Leopard Pigeon
and Pigeon Checkboard...

[Budi_Armyn]

Matzilla,
You are right, the first picture actually is not a checkerboard, but a pearl-pigeon. Checkerboard is a red-torquise with a certain-pattern. The pattern is medium sized square-shape scattered through the body.
I have never been find a single species in the late few years!

regards,


budi armyn

[Chris McMahon]

I think GNS may have some
http://www.gnsaquarium.com.au/Checkerboard-juvenile.jpg

Does anyone know the history behind these guys ?I bought a juvenile Checkerboard from GnS a few months back. At the time they had half a dozen or so and they were priced around $65. The above pic was taken at GnS of the actually fish for sale at the time. Mine looked exactly like the above.

Unfortunately a week or so later I lost it, with a few others due to a fly spray incident.

[DiscusMan]

here is my ones

http://www.discusforums.com/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=426

I may have some to sell soon as i will need to make some room. The fish are now a lot older adn the pattern is a lot more filled in as they get older.

Wayne

[weird]

Arn't they the cutest ... "I must have them !". I need more room. all my tanks are full. I am going to have to seriously think about getting a rack made up.