| There are many fish secrets to be discovered, | | | | base color, with the golden color becoming |
| but many people do not know just how many | | | | brighter around the area of the breast. |
| different colors and types that there are of | | | | 4 The red spotted green discus is very rare in |
| discus fish. When it comes to fish secrets, here | | | | the wild and tends to be only bred in captivity and |
| you can learn all of the colors of the discus fish | | | | has a red color for its base with a green second |
| and how each will never be the same as another. | | | | color with holes in it which forms the spots. |
| Color varieties | | | | 5 The last color variety of the discus is the heckle |
| 1 The most common of fish are the brown | | | | which is actually a different species of discus all |
| varieties which can be seen mostly in the wild. | | | | together and they can be identified by the three |
| They have a brown color for their base, and a | | | | black bars running down their bodies which are a |
| secondary color which is barely visible. | | | | lot thicker that other fish. |
| 2 Blue or green discus fish are the next most | | | | Another fish secret is that there are only two |
| common variety but they tend to have a bit | | | | discus varieties which are the red turquoise which |
| more of a second color which is either blue or | | | | had a reddish base color and has green stripes |
| green. | | | | with black bars. It is also possible to get a leopard |
| 3 The next color variety of the fish is the royal | | | | discus of this variety which is when the red |
| blue variety. This discus has a second color which | | | | stripes appear as spots instead. The second |
| creates stripes across the whole of the body and | | | | discus variety is the blue diamond which is called |
| has a gold color for the base. These varieties of | | | | solid cobalt when the black bars on the body have |
| the discus fish are the most popular and are | | | | been removed through breeding and it in turn |
| responsible for becoming a popular fish to keep. | | | | gives the discus a brighter color and less bars |
| They are easy to tell apart from bred color | | | | which is the case of most solid discus fish. |
| discus fish because they have even less of a | | | | |