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On top of all the wild species and subspecies, there are many man-made strains of Discus. Green Discus are harder to find than Blue or Brown Discus. Green Discus from some parts of South America have bright red spots on the body above the anal fin or in the middle of the body.
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The Green Discus looks a lot like the Blue Discus except the streaks are green instead of blue. "Royal Blues" are very beautiful and expensive.
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Very rarely you will find a "Royal Blue Discus" which has Blue streaks all over the body. Like the Brown Discus, Blue Discus have some black vertical "stress bars" that don't always show up and the number of bars is inconsistent from Fish to Fish. They usually have streaks on the same places on the brown, but they also have streaks on the top and bottom of the body itself as well. The Blue Discus looks something like the Brown Discus except it has more blue streaks. Brown Discus are the least colourful and the least expensive of all Discus. The streaks are usually blue-ish and are found on the head, forehead, dorsal fins, and on the pelvic and anal fins. Brown Discus have a brown body, and they have the least streaks out of all the Discus. Now Brown Discus, like other wild types, are being replaced in popularity by the man-made strains of Discus. The Brown Discus was by far the most popular Discus many years ago, because it was the cheapest. They also get a bit larger (about 8 inches) They're a bit harder to keep because they like slightly softer and warmer water than other species. Heckel Discus also usually have horitzontal "streaks" going through their whole body, whereas other wild types only have streaks on the fins, forehead, head, or stomach. Less selective breeding has been done with the Heckel Discus because commercial breeders find the 5th stripe "distracting". The 5th stripe, right in the middle, is impossible to miss. They have 9 Vertical stripes, but all of them are (usually) nearly invisible except for the 1st, 5th, and 9th stripes. The Heckel Discus is the easiest to identify. Some people even say there's only 1 species of Discus and that's it! Some people say that there are no aequifasciata subspecies, that they're all the same. Some people say that the Blue and Brown Discus are actually the same subspecies. There are many different opinions on this topic. symphysodon aequifasciata aequifasciata (Green Discus)Ĭurrently the species symphysodon aequifasciata is said to have 3 subspecies.symphysodon aequifasciata haraldi (Blue Discus).symphysodon aequifasciata axelrodi (Brown Discus).