good old fashioned red melons!

[Ben]

I thought i would share a pic of my reds. (well....actual my wifes fish!)
sorry about the bad photography, as these are a georgous pair!

These have not recieved any colour enhancers at all! and i rarely give them tetra bits....

cheers
Ben

[Mattzilla]

holy crap they are stunning

if you even want to let those go jkust give me a call and i'll take them off your hands :)

[mcloughlin2]

Is red melon just another name for a malboro red?

I have a malboro red that looks almost identical.... :?

Great looking pair...

[Benny]

malboros are melons, but have black in the anal fin (& dorsal too i think)

[ozarowana]

What constitutes a marlboro or a red melon?

My understanding is that melons are basically a clean (no peppering or black tails) and solid coloured marlboro, therefore a marlboro cannot be a melon. Although I'm not sure how they get the lighter coloured head on melons? I have always associated marlboro's as having white striations on their foreheads. What are others thoughts?

old style marlboro
http://www.symphosydon.com/images/general/MarlRedM2.jpg
http://discusfish.mariupol.ws/pro/Mallboro.htm

clean marlboro
http://jubatus.mon-blog.org/images/20162/marbolro.jpg

super marlboro
http://discus.ms/photogallery/diskus/SuperMarlboro.jpg

[Stuart]

Great fishes - they are magnificent :)

[mcloughlin2]

My malboro looks like it would be a "Super malboro" .... It has little or no black on any of the fins like bens ones so it might just be a "Red melon"...u never no..

If u read this kev the discus im talking about is one of the 4-5inch males u got in on the last shipment....maybe u can help identify wat i have?... :wink:

[axelfaz]

nice pair ben u dont want to put them in the box with the others do u :lol: :lol: :wink: .

Cameron

[weird]

I have 5 adult red malboros from the same litter, 2 look like 'clean' melons except black fins, one is checkerboard like - white - red, 1 is like a peppered melon with black fins, 1 a peppered melon, white stripes. Mixed lot and very individual ;)

[nicholas76]

STUNNING FISH MATE


anyone want quality Discus?????


go to BEN hehehe :!:

[mcloughlin2]

STUNNING FISH MATE


anyone want quality Discus?????


go to BEN hehehe

Wrong~...

U have to go to bens wife! if u want some great looking red melons.

[Patrik-discus]

Very nice looking fish!

I buy some reds for 5 years ago, thay call Dickenson red (mayby i spel Dickenson wrong). Are there any one to now if Dickenson is a breeder? becuse after the name.

Sorry for my Swedes-English when i write.

[nicholas76]

Yep ! Dicksons represent the origin / farm.

Ben sure does have great dickson fish im looking forward to getting fry off him, his "facility" is a breeding lab LOL


Those reds are lovely good to see his partners shares a common interest in good quality Victorian Discus!

[Patrik-discus]

Thanks nicholas,
Have Dicksons any homepage?
Its nice to read about where they come from and the breeder.

[kalebjarrod]

Nice work bens wife's

IM SURE BEN HAS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FISH

(he would gaze over them longinly whispering sweet nothings LOL )

[nicholas76]

U have to go to bens wife! if u want some great looking red melons.[/quote]

maybe its just too early but this can be read in many diffrent ways LMAO

[chrissyoscar]

Wait till Kelly sees that Nick :whip

[nicholas76]

LOL

now now I didnt say a thing.

anyway its way overdue and ben hasnt updated this forum with more pics

totally wrong wrong wrong .