Pigeon Blood Discus

Here's a photo of one of the best quality Pigeon Blood Discus specimen I have seen. This guy/girl is a real beauty. You can see this fish has perfect red eyes, correct body shape and fins. Nearly no peppering at all. They are already breeding so colors has become very bright. This pair is a  Red Pigeon Blood Discus Fish.

Pigeon Blood Discus probably is the most popular man made Discus fish type. Colors depends on their mood and tank background. They will look pretty bright in a bare bottom plantless tank.

© Luca Ciriaco

Pigeon Blood Discus Peppering problem

Since several days my Discus tank's lights are not working. While I was trying to feature out whats wrong, I noticed my Pigeon Blood Discus which had no peppering at all now have little bit of it.I think the reason for this Pigeon Blood Discus peppering is they spend more time in dark now.

Usually my Discus fish get 7 hour dark, 9 hour natural light and 8 hour Aquarium light. Now they have 12 hour darker time per day instead of 7 hours like before. I think this might be the reason for peppering. Pigeon Blood Discus are sensitive to darker backgrounds and gravel. Darker their surrounding more pepper they get because Discus fish try to blend with their environment.

Pigeon Blood Discus

I like red Discus fish types than blue types though I have more blue discus types. Only red discus I have are Pigeon Blood Discus. Even those had bad time with white poo problem. Luckily they had recovered and Now slowly getting there colors. They are not checker board discus while filling with all white strips but still very beautiful.

Pigeon Blood Discus are man made Discus fish. This strain was developed by  Kitti Phanaitthi in 1991 from a mutation in Thailand. I think Pigeon Blood Discus are common than other red strains like Leopard Skin Discus, Red Turquoise Discus or Red Marlboro Discus. Probably bit cheaper too. They might not look very elegant at young age but adult Pigeon Blood Discus are super pretty .