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Ghost Discus Breeding Insights

The Ghost discus was originally bred in Penang, Malaysia in the early 1990s. It did not stand out visually compared to other discus breeds that were being developed at the time, such as the Blue Diamond and Golden discus. Through selective breeding, the Ghost discus evolved into variants with more intense colors, such as the Golden Cap and Nebula discus, in an attempt to improve its pale appearance. Later, a red variant called the Red Ghost was developed but did not last long as breeders focused their attention on intensely red discus. The author believes some current red discus still carry ghost genes, as evidenced by black rimmed fins and golden heads. He aims to breed a unique red-and-white calico discus representing the

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Ghost Discus Breeding Insights

The Ghost discus was originally bred in Penang, Malaysia in the early 1990s. It did not stand out visually compared to other discus breeds that were being developed at the time, such as the Blue Diamond and Golden discus. Through selective breeding, the Ghost discus evolved into variants with more intense colors, such as the Golden Cap and Nebula discus, in an attempt to improve its pale appearance. Later, a red variant called the Red Ghost was developed but did not last long as breeders focused their attention on intensely red discus. The author believes some current red discus still carry ghost genes, as evidenced by black rimmed fins and golden heads. He aims to breed a unique red-and-white calico discus representing the

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GHOST STORIES.

By Rajan
The Ghost discus was breed in Penang, Malaysia sometime in the early 90s. I still vividly remember the couple of trips ndrew !oh "my !ifu# and I made to Penang and came across this unusual breed. $oincidently, this was around the time when the %lue &iamond, Golden discus and the !na'es'in were discovered and were being developed rapidly. (ou can say this was a golden era in discus new breeds. )hough today the discovery of new breeds has slowed down drastically, the ghost discus still offers avenues for cross breeding and

The original Ghost Discus. No red eye ring and not eye catching.

producing new varieties of designer discus.

The golden cap and Nebula discus not only looked cleaner, some specimens showed clear red eye rings.

)he Ghost discus did not create a visual impact compared to the other breeds but was much valued by breeders due to the absent of the stress bar. )hrough careful breeding, the strain evolved into money spinning variants such as the Golden $ap and *ebula discus in early +000. )he breeders basically wanted to clean up the ghost discus from its ghostly pale and dusty image. I assume the golden breeds were used to do the ,ob. )hough these breeds were uni-ue, they did not last the onslaught of the sna'es'in and red variants. .ne of the ghost variant I -uite li'ed was the /ed Ghost. %reeders were now turning their attention as this variant was breeding true and loo'ed stunning and different. )his variant too did not last as mentioned earlier the Ghost strain loo's ghastly as it matures. .ften during breeding the blac' rim around the dorsal and ventral fins become very evident and never leave the fish. 0owever, my hunch why the /ed Ghost did not last was that the breeders saw the intense red colouring the crossing offered. 1hether it was from the throwbac's of these crossings or through further crossing of breeds li'e the /ed Golden &iamond, a new generation of intense red discus and calico discus where soon hitting the mar'ets in the later part of +000. !pecial mention must be given to master breeder 2ng !eng 3ip for developing the lbino $alico.

A pair of Red ghost discus.

Red Ghost ju eniles

A seldom seen yellow Ghost ariant

A ery clean and dynamic "alico

Albino Golden "ap

*ow coming to the /ed calico discus which I am breeding currently leads me to believe that some of the stunning red discuses do carry the ghost genes. .ne sure way to identify them is if they show a blac' lip, a profound blac' rim bordering the fins and a rather golden head area as seen in the two pictures seen below. nother interesting fact about the calico is that they tend to loose some of the red pigment if overly fed with red colour enhancers.
!y pair of reds that produce '() calico

s many breeders continue to wor' on producing the full red discus "mouth to tail#, I intend to go the other way in trying to produce a uni-ue /ed $alico discus that would represent the colouration of the !ingapore 4lag, half red half white. 0opefully this dream of mine propels me to continue my discus hobby for another twenty years. I encourage all discus hobbyists to venture into breeding their dream discus as nothing is impossible.

!y "alico Red that won the #st pri$e in the open "lass of the #% national D"& competition

*n breeding of my !y "alico and Red +% pair.

&andwiched between the Red calico is the sibling red that can also be de eloped into a full red that carries a rich red colouration.

The Ghost discus was breed in Penang, Malaysia sometime in the early 90’s. I still vividly remember the couple of trips Andr
Now coming to the Red calico discus which I am breeding currently leads me to believe that some of the stunning red
In breeding of my My Calico and Red F2 pair. Sandwiched between the Red calico is the sibling red that can also be devel

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