My name is Vern Archer, and along with my wife Karen, we devote much of our time keeping and breeding Discus. I was a member and editor of the North American Discus Society's quarterly magazine and club supporter for a number of years. During that time I had the pleasure of meeting and exchanging knowledge and experiences from the world's top Discus breeders and hobbyists.

In our hatchery we focus on only the best pairs and producing quality rather than quantity. I am interested in genetics and I am working on our own colour variations and crosses.  I hope to support the hobbyist by passing on the knowledge I have gained over the years.  Have a question about discus? Please drop me an email archer@rogers.com and I will try my best to help. Unfortunately we are only able to communicate by email as support enquiries by telephone are to disruptive to our time.

The Goal of this website is to post general information, on the care and keeping of Discus, through past articles from such publications as the North American Discus Society's "Our Discus".  I plan to inject my thoughts and concerns on various topics as well.   

We have developed a nutricious frozen food over the years and are now producing it for sale for our customers only. This food contains all fresh ingredients including Atlantic Salmon, Steamed Mussels, red lettuce, banana, egg yolk and of course fresh beefheart with veins and fat removed. In addition we add Spirulina, Vitamin D, multivitamins and Iodine. We feed it nearly exclusively for maximum health and growth.

Unfortunately, I am no longer able to ship at this time, we are in Whitby, just east of Toronto, pickup only and by appointment. Please email archer@rogers.com ahead of time to confirm a date and time.

Our focus is to provide a good home for our Discus.  Discus require their own tank and do not do well in a community tank environment.  They require a good diet and regular water changes.  Our pricing starts at $25 for a 2 inch fish and depending on the degree of difficulty in raising the various colour variations and strains the price can go upwards to $45 again for a 2 inch fish.  We try to avoid fatalities by asking questions up front about experience, size of tank, whether there are existing fish and size. We emphasize feeding young Discus a quality food with a minimum 3 feeding's per day and to be kept at 86 degrees for maximum growth and health. There are many good books out there on the Care and keeping of Discus and I encourage you to make the investment. An early book by Jack Wattley called "The Handbook of Discus" is a good start. I also recomend either book by Andrew Soh, his new one "Problems and Solutions" and his first book "Naked Truth".

In closing, if you're serious about keeping Discus and have the time to provide the care they require, send us an email and set up an appointment to visit.

V