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Telephone : (704) 226-1555
Tim Thimios let me visit his place in early
December 2001. He had just
received some fish on an order from Kitti
Phanaitthi of Kitti Discus Farm
in Thailand. (much easier getting
to Tim's than Kitti's). Here are some of
the photos I took during my visit. Tim also raises and sells bonsai trees
too. Hopefully I'll be able to visit
Tim's place again sometime later.
(click
on the small photos below for an enlarged view - note that the enlarged
view
will
be in a new window; close the new window first before proceeding to the
next
small
photo, or else the new window will be hidden from view.)
These are the snake
skin discus. In general, the finer the lines, the
more sought after the snake skin pattern
is. Tim had just fed these
fish some mysis shrimp, so their bellies
are full.
These are some of the marlboro red variety of discus from Kitti.
"Tong Thai" is the name of this variety
of golden discus. These
are photos of younger fish - about 2.5" (about 6.4 cm) in length.
These are two photos
of the Kitti blue
diamond. Although blue
diamonds aren't as popular as they were
5+ years ago, they are
still one of my favorite color varieties. I think the solid blue sheen
is very attractive.
I've forgotten what
the name of this red
variety is. They may be
more marlboro reds. Tim has a separate
filter and heater for
each tank.
The fish on the left
are young snakes skins. They were about 2.5"
in length (about 6.4 cm). The fish
on the right are the pigeon blood,
which made Kitti Phanaitthi famous.
These are some of
the red turquoise discus
that Tim has. I'm not
sure if these are from Kitti or not. Unfortunately, camera flashes
tend to make red turquoise discus look
brown. :(
Obviously these aren't varieties of discus,
but I wanted to show
some of the photos of the nice bonsai
trees that Tim has to offer.
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