More than 700 breeders from 50 countries are included, with details of their set-ups, methods, secrets, and tricks – the vast majority hitherto unpublished anywhere in the world. And, of course, in Asia, nowadays the “capital” of discus breeding all the cultivated forms have been researched in detail, revealing the ancestry of the so-called Pigeon Blood and the other multitudinous variants and sports, often with “fantasy names”. The same chapter also immortalises other pioneers of discus breeding worldwide, their history and achievements, as well as modern discus breeders all over Europe, the Americas, Africa and the Antipodes. His forms are documented in text and pictures, from his early days right through the end.ĭiscus varieties created by Dr. “The Doctor” is universally regarded as the father of modern discus breeding, as many – if not the majority – of the cultivated forms that exist today originate from him. The second part of this comprehensive work on the genus Symphysodon In this volume Heiko Bleher documents the entire history of discus breeding – from its first beginnings to the start of 2011 – in finest detail, illustrated with over 4000 photos and with a special foreword by Jack Wattley.Ĭhapter 6 features a previously unpublished manuscript by Eduard Schmidt-Focke (1913-1998), to whom the book is dedicated posthumously.
DISCUS BREEDING WORLDWIDE – HISTORY, BREEDERS, METHODS, VARIANTSĭiscus Breeding – The First Breeders – Dr Schmidt-Focke’s Work – Breeders Of The Last 60 Years – Summary Of Discus Breeding – Discus Variants In Aquaria Worldwide – The Latest Cultivated Forms & Sports – New Wild-caught Forms & Collecting Sites
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