Nambulas - What do people think of this new strain.

[flukes]

Not sure if it can be called a new strain yet as i dont know if it breeds true but just wanted other peoples opions on this fish.

Personlly i dont like it, i think discus have a greater potenial for more intresting and colors and patterns.

http://www.simplydiscus.com/forum/attachments/Picture1_750.jpg

[DiscusMad]

I'm with flukes but I have seen these before on a U.S web site

[Proteus]

I personally prefer consistent patterning or markings...

they look a bit.... ummmm, not right...

[kevkoi]

:lol: ... and we have 5 of these fish at SLS atm. :D JUST for something different.

[Mattzilla]

i don't think they look too bad actually. i have heard them been called calicos before.

some of them look great but some look shit.... you get this with such drastic crosses i guess.

[sunshinediscus]

I like them.

[flukes]

Matt the calicos apparently has 2 colors and the nambulas has 3, from what ive been told. I think the calicos doesnt have the blue tinge on the fins where as the nambulas does, i could be wrong.

Does anyone know if it breeds true??

Iam sure if they are selling out of penang they have the gene stable.

[nicholas76]

I have read a web site dedicated to the producer of this fish and the fish itself. Calicos are diffrent

cant recall exactly dammm,,,, ill have to start looking for that url

[nicholas76]

http://www.nebuladiscus.com/

Nambulas

cross bred between several ghosts specimens apparently

They are diffrent but I like them!!

Regards

Nick

[Hawque]

I like them :D

No doubt they are expensive though... :(

[Sindhu]

Hi Folks,
I recently bought 2 strange looking Discus and was told that it's a certain Nebula strain as it didn't have the 3 colours. Was really turned on and did a search, found them, wrote to them and it 's US125 for 2-2.5". It's really beautiful to my eyes and I feel that it has lots of potentials.

[Sindhu]

Last one

[nicholas76]

interesting colour variation.

I think it will take time for people to get used to this strain of discus.

I think you should persist with these fish, purely out of curiousty, I wonder what colours would come from a spawn.


cheers

[kalebjarrod]

all discus are nice. i guess i like some more than others.

unfortunatley these aren't high on my list, but they could look good in a community of other colours.

only mine opion

[Merrilyn]

Hi Sindhu, and welcome to the forum. Nice looking fish. I'm always interested to see new colour strains. Looks like the breeders have a bit more work to do on the body shape, but they have a nice high fin, and the colour contrast is striking.

I'd like to see how they turned out now that they have grown. Can you post some updated pictures :P

[Sindhu]

Hi, here's a recent photo of the Ghost. It's still young. Waiting to cross with some other red strain

[DR.V]

look unique

[Sindhu]

Yes, it is. There's some with 3 colours as you can see from their web site. Would be an intersting cross.

[jim from sydney]

somehow they just don't seem like "discus" to me.........Jim

[Merrilyn]

Ahhh but they all have their own unique beauty :wink:

[the_oracle]

I'll have to agree with jim. Discus should and have to look better than that. It's just kinda weird............


Sanie.

[Benny]

sorta like a patchwork quilt...

Discus are more like a fine persian rug, imho then a ragdoll or patchwork quilt, choose which metaphor you like best...

Im no expert, but dayum dats fugli

[DR.V]

its looks unique though, but i prefer snakeskin type ^^

[Trebs]

Why try and make a discus look like a koi carp? To me it's just something new for the sake of it. Doesn't do anything for me I'm afraid.

[Fishpimpin73]

There is some definite "potential" for these fishies.

If I had the space and the time I would be very interested in playing with a few dozen breeding pairs of these fish.

Looking at the colors and the markings.............

Yes, lots of "potential" :wink:

[kevkoi]

I guess the market has determined that they aren't particularly good sellers. Most breeders I know in Penang have bailed out on this strain. We have been offered 3" fully Tri-colour fish which we could sell at $55ea.

Last time we had them, we had 5 at 2" going for $180ea.... Didn't get much attention.

It's a development of the gold-head ghost strain.

[dreamer]

surely you can sell lot more 3" @$55 compare to 2" @180

[goldenpigeon]

Why try and make a discus look like a koi carp? To me it's just something new for the sake of it. Doesn't do anything for me I'm afraid.

i agree its more of the same in a way. this is really going the wrong way i think. i think what attracts us to discus is the same pattern comlete look (that wasnt a good explanation) what i mean is they have a nice pattern covering the whole fish not bits here and there and not like a mixed bag of puzzle pieces. i like it a bit but not enough to want 1. i think it just really went the wrong way :arrow:

[jim from sydney]

why in heavens name do some people want to mutate everything :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: ........discus are sooooooo beautiful if they could only talk :D :D :D :D :D :D :D ....Jim

[goldenpigeon]

lol yer speaking of mutation................ :lol:

[dreamer]

i think at $55 a pop i wouldnt mind to grab some

[Woll]

They look like squished Koi's or something...
I dont like them, but im sure they will grow on me.. lol

[the_oracle]

Well, to each, his own. You might think you have something priceless, but others think it's garbage. I'll have to pass off on this one.............


Sanie.

[DiscusMan]

Last year when i was in Penang i purchased 4 Nebulas from Stan farms.

The farm was an amazing place with over 200 thanks of only nebulas.

The nebula fish is in my opinion an extremely attractive fish. Only 1 of the four fish that i brought back from malaysia has truned out to what i would call attractive. The others will eb used for breeding to make nice ones.

The yellow colour that comes on these fish is like nothing i have seen on any other discus. and when contrasted with the red and blue with white body is just a dream to look at. My ones all have nice red eyes as well.

These fish have past there time now as an exportable fish but i know of a couple of breeders who are still very into breeding and experimenting with these fish and i cant wait for the results.

Hey each to there own. I love brown discus and ghost based fish but hey that what makes us all unique hey.

I will tke a photo of my nice looking one and then get some feedback. I will also go check out that link as soon as i submit this.

Wayne

[DiscusMan]

Yes the link to http://www.nebuladiscus.com/... well my fish has far less of a yellow band across the top. It only runs across the top and not down the tail section. That yellow is over the top i agree. Will post my pics ASAP.

Wayne

[DiscusMan]

My nebulas. An old picture.

[Merrilyn]

They're still a good looking fish. Thanks for sharing Wayne. :wink:

[goldenpigeon]

very nice wayne

[jim from sydney]

looking good Wayne.....Jim