The genealogy of discus fish strains is a complex and evolving process driven by the efforts of dedicated breeders. It involves careful selection, hybridization, and line breeding to create and...
Discus fish (Symphysodon spp.) first became popular in the United States in the 1950s, when they were first imported from South America. However, it was not until the 1970s that...
Discus fish (Symphysodon spp.) first became popular in Europe in the 1950s, when they were first imported from South America. However, it was not until the 1970s that discus fish...
Discus fish (Symphysodon spp.) are native to the Amazon Basin in South America, but they have been popular in the aquarium trade all over the world since the 1950s. In...
Pigeon Blood is a strain of Discus fish and does not apply to all Discus. In early 1991 Jack Wattley brought the first Pigeon Blood Discus fish into his hatchery....
Dr. Johann Jacob Heckel was the first scientist to write about the discus in 1840. He discovered the Heckel discus, which is native to the Manaus (Rio Negro) area in...
Jack Wattley at a Recent Reptile Show in Daytona Jack Wattley was originally from Cleveland, Ohio. As a small child, he began keeping tropical fish. His first fish weren’t anything unique,...
THE KEY TO EXPLOSIVE DISCUS GROWTH: FREQUENTLY CHANGING THE WATER What do you think is the most important thing you can do to help your discus grow huge? Well, Jack Wattley...
THE WATTLEY TURQUOISE The Wattley Turquoise Discus, also known as the Coerulea Regarded as one of the pioneers of discus breeding, Jack Wattley made this Brazilian beauty an internationally sought after fish...
The discus were originally discovered in the Amazon River. They are part of a group of fish known as cichlids, and they flourish in fresh water. In this article, we'll...
