Tony Silva

I started keeping discus over 30 years ago and have collected them in the wild in Brazil and Ecuador, where I found an introduced hybrid population. While looking for wild discus I met such grand old men as Rafael Wandurraga, Mike Tsalikis, Renato Takasa and Willi Schwartz, all of whom are virtually unknown by modern discus keepers. The first fish that I bred were wild caught individuals, which were later paired to young I acquired from Jack Wattley, who delivered them to my home. Over the years I have bred all of the wild forms and most of the domesticated varieties. My attitude to keeping discus is simple: treat them as any other fish and disturb them as little as possible, allowing nature to act.