whats wrong with this pic??????????

[DiscusMad]

who can tell?

http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0RwDzAiQWWzDO*jGD9Te2vPBetKy62xWjczJOnGAMn3gp3d6lg T3iiRfl5GOO5sujaMfeBgtO7uJkMRxP4t3PzBJ3ltk1mlXkNLI 4lMVRXYo/untitled.bmp?dc=4675512030685813003

Another pic from the Discus As A Hobby site

[sunshinediscus]

no caudal fin??

[goldenpigeon]

maybe its just my eyes but it looks like this fish is bloated

David

[goldenpigeon]

o yer and it haznt got a tail (????? does it?????)

David

[Merrilyn]

Amazing

[DiscusMad]

o yer and it haznt got a tail (????? does it?????)

David

spot on the money!

[goldenpigeon]

i heard about this once i think this discus is called a butterfly discus (discus that haz no tail)

David

[kkiu]

Would that feature (or lack of it) be an advantage to the fish?

I think it should be culled. At the very least, not sold in anyway or even bred :shock:

[Merrilyn]

I agree. If anything like that showed up in one of my spawns, it would have to be culled. As responsibel breeders, I think we have to draw the line somewhere. A fish without a tail seems like a good place to start.

[DiscusD]

actually I think that's pretty cool. I'm not a breeder yet so I don't know the urges you guys get. Would be nice to see one swimming! I wonder how it looks so well even though without a tail.

[Merrilyn]

Can't blame you DiscusD. He certainly looks ...errr...different. But just put some food in your tank and watch your discus swimming. I mean really watch them. See how they use their tail like a rudder to turn, twist and move thru the water. Now imagine that poor thing without a tail. At the very least he's at a disadvantage.

In that photo he looks well fed and healthy, but nature gave him (and every other fish I can think of) a tail for a reason. I can't see how removing the tail can be an improvement.

I'm all for cross breeding to develop new colours or new patterns or higher dorsal fins etc., but I don't like altering the body so that the fish is less able to swim.

Just my humble opinion.

[Proteus]

very unusual...

I am of 2 minds...

If I bred that myself, and it was obvious from a young age, it would be culled.

If somehow it slipped through, or I was offered it as an adult for free, I would take it, put it in a tank with other stupid fish (those that have no idea how to spawn) and let it live a normal life... If it showed signs of spawning activity, I would seperate it...

no use in making one wrong, worse...

if that makes sense

[goldenpigeon]

i heard people are actually breeding these fish on purpose to have no tail.

David

[DiscusD]

But just put some food in your tank and watch your discus swimming. I mean really watch them. See how they use their tail like a rudder to turn, twist and move thru the water. Now imagine that poor thing without a tail. At the very least he's at a disadvantage

yep, he's probably at a huge disadvantage, an inability to swim well and fast will most likely make it the first prey if in the wild

Pretty fish that swims slowww :roll:

But everything looks proportional! how weird is that?! Shouldn't it have like a larger something in replace for the tail? It certainly is a special one

[DiscusMad]

from what i have read of the post about this fish the guy was wondering wether to cull it or not but decided to keep it because it swims well and is faster than the other fish in the tank