Back in 1992, Singaporean breeder,Ah San, began crossing wild Ica brown discus which were a reddish brown fish with a 5th bar (like the heckel discus). The word "Merah" means "red" in Malay. His goal was to create a strain of solid red discus without stripes or patterns on the body. Two years later, he was able to remove the blue striations on the forehead and about 5 generations later, he was able to have his fish produce fry which grew up lacking the stress bar. Later, he improved the intensity of the red coloration.
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