Discusfarm started out as an idea by myself Jeff Young along with my brother, Jason, back in the early 90s. Growing up we have always maintained several community tropical and marine fish tanks.  We enjoyed the ease of fresh water, but loved the color of saltwater fish.

Several years after college we noticed 6 fish in a tank at the local fish store and started to ask questions. We were told they were discus and were fresh water fish. The only problem was we were told they were hard to keep, you had to use RO water, they get sick very easily, they probably wouldn't live very long for the average hobbyist, and the store will not give any warranty on these fish. Hmm, sounds like a challenge to me. They almost taunted us to buy them. Not being the average hobbyist we gave it a go. Not realizing at the time the quest had begun.

Well it was difficult. There were not many references and most breeders kept water conditions and discus diet top secret. The Internet was just starting and not much information was on the web about discus. I joined a local Cichlid club in Chicago and started communicating with local hobbyists and breeders. Unfortunately I later moved to Los Angeles and had to start my hobby over again.

I waited a few years before starting over and did research with my free time. What I found was most local pet stores have C grade discus or culls imported from Asia they are trying to pass off as discus with high prices if they even offer discus. Many fish are sick, stunned, runts, and have diseases. This is like McDonalds trying to say they sell steak. There are a few stores that have nice discus, but these are too few.

This time again with my brothers help we decided to take it to the next level. We didn't want to start over as a hobbyist. We wanted to fill a void that exists. It was time to start a commercial hatchery for hobbyists. The hatchery would sell locally to tropical fish stores and direct to fellow hobbyists providing only the highest quality, healthy discus at affordable prices. Welcome to Discusfarm.us.

It is the goal of this hatchery to increase awareness of discus fish locally and through the Internet. We will strive to offer quality fish at affordable prices so local stores will quit importing junk. Discusfarm will sell to and support all hobbyists who are interested in discus.

Discusfarm breeds some discus varieties it offers for sale but really imports most strains we offer. While we are unable to have every strain available we are striving to grow and continually looking to acquire more quality strains. This is a slow process for us because it is not about quantity it is all about Quality.

The pics you see on our site are pics of fish we offer for sale. These are representations of the actual fish. If you like you may come to our hatchery and pick out your discus.  Some pictures are of adult discus that have reached their full color.