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Like I said before I was really disappointed in the animation of this species with the program, still shots look fine but don't let all the discus colors and screen shots fool you. Its grainy, and even with max memory slows the machine. Lots of AZ'ers like the breeding possibilities of the discus for aquazone, and me being as let nature takes it coarse can't seem to get past the grainy quality of the animation of the fish, the still shots look great, but believe me the live tanks don't look that great. Plus at this point is only available from Japan for each addon is a shocking 67.00 each. Gene1 addon and gene2 addon. if you choose to buy the addon sets you can buy them here: Himeya Inc (no longer in business)

And remember all this is not in English

 Temp

26.0C/78.8F 

 pH

 7.0 - 7.5
GH
4.0

 NH3

0-2

HNO3

 0-5
Life
2260 
Breeding
550

  Juvenile

65

 Eggs

 5 days

Real Life Stats

Family: Cichlidae (Cichlids), subfamily: Cichlasomatinae picture (Sydis_u2.jpg) by Lehmann, F.

Order: Perciformes
Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name: Red discus
Max. size: 12.3 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 36377)
Environment: benthopelagic; freshwater; pH range: 4.2 - 6.2; dH range: 0.0 - 1.0
Climate: tropical; 26 - 30°C; 1°S - 3°S
Importance: aquarium: commercial
Distribution:
Gazetteer South America: Rio Amazonas basin in Brazil, near the mouth of the Rio Negro, in the lower Rio Abacaxis, and in the lower Rio Trombetas.
Biology: Feeds on worms, crustaceans, insects and plant matter. Max. length 20 cm TL (Ref. 7020).
Red List Status: Not in IUCN Red List , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous: harmless
Coordinator: Kullander, Sven O.

Citation:

Kullander, S.O., 1996. Eine weitere Übersicht der Diskusfische, Gattung Symphysodon Heckel.. D. Aqu. U. Terr. Z., Sonderheft "Diskus".

Source of Information Found :

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2003. FishBase.
World Wide Web electronic publication.

www.fishbase.org, version 21 April 2003

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