Discus Fry (20 days)

[nc0gnet0]

http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/ARM%20X%20Merc/20days3.jpg?t=1297551502

http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/ARM%20X%20Merc/20days1.jpg?t=1297551502

http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/ARM%20X%20Merc/20days4.jpg?t=1297551502

[NB_Aquatics]

They are looking good, man i miss raising my discus. Good luck with them!

[nc0gnet0]

It will be an interesting cross, an Albino Red Melon and a Mercury. Mom, the mercury had to be removed do to bad behaviour. I am looking forward to raising these F1's and, more importantly, seeing what their offspring will be like (F2's).

[NB_Aquatics]

Yeah that is quite the cross. If you want more mercurys you could take one of these young ones when they get older, a male, and mate it with your female. Or vise verso with the male.

[fishorama]

Mercury is a new strain to me but good luck! the babies look very nice!

[nc0gnet0]

This is a picture of mom. Unfortunetly she is in the time-out tank that has that older galss with a green tint to it, as a result it doesn't photgraph well.

http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/ARM%20X%20Merc/merk.jpg?t=1297563040

[The Zigman]

congrats!

Wish my fish were smart enough to breed!

[Rbishop]

Great looking fishies!

[pinkertd]

Fantastic pics! Congrats on the nice spawn! The parents are beautiful!

[Star_Rider]

congrats, they look great

[shaynablizard]

Really nice looking fish! The fry are adorable!

[fishorama]

Very nice mama!

[duffer]

Usually, when you cross a pigeon blood type discus with a blue discus you get lots of peppering in the fry. I hope you grow out a few to 4 inches in size and post some photos of them. It will be interesting to see how these fry turn out.

[nc0gnet0]

Usually, when you cross a pigeon blood type discus with a blue discus you get lots of peppering in the fry. I hope you grow out a few to 4 inches in size and post some photos of them. It will be interesting to see how these fry turn out.


Both of these fish have pigeon blood genes, the exception is the male is also an albino. But when you consider the offspring between an albino and a non albino, you have to treat the albino as a non-albino. In this case that would be a red melon (PB based) x a mercury(also pb based).

The mercury strain is not the same as say a blue diamond or blue cobalt, the mercury is a pigeon blood.

[Wiggles92]

Wow, those are some outstanding discus!

[roscoe70]

Really nice looking fish, congrats on the babies and good luck.

[jaxmom293]

Beautiful!!!

[nc0gnet0]

Just a quick update...here they are at 34 days:


http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/ARM%20X%20Merc/2.jpg?t=1298863539

http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/ARM%20X%20Merc/1.jpg?t=1298863539


And here is a new batch (different pair) on the way.....sorry for the bad pictures on this group:

http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/Alenquer%20x%20Turq/2.jpg?t=1298863687

[Temptress]

Awesome! I love love love baby fishies! One of my new discus just spawned today too.. tho there will be no babies, the fish she hangs out with all the time showed no interest in fertilizing them.. it's still pretty darn exciting! =)

[roscoe70]

Amazing after a month they look like mini-me's. Good luck with the new batch as well.

[Jill-O]

Congratulations and best of luck with them! Very nice!!!

[invinci]

wow..congratz...they look so kewl with their mom..haha..indeed a caring cichlid..

[nc0gnet0]

wow..congratz...they look so kewl with their mom..haha..indeed a caring cichlid..

Except that would be dad.....

[nc0gnet0]

Just a quick update:
http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/ARM%20X%20Merc/fry4.jpg?t=1301882816


http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/ARM%20X%20Merc/fry3-1.jpg?t=1301882903

http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/ARM%20X%20Merc/fry2.jpg?t=1301882903


Some from my first cross:

http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/Oyw-ASRG%20fry/juve3.jpg?t=1301883143

http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss118/nc0gnet0/Oyw-ASRG%20fry/juve.jpg?t=1301883143

[SubRosa]

How many water changes do you do a day?

[nc0gnet0]

How many water changes do you do a day?

Per tank? A minimum of one per day of at least 80%

[SubRosa]

It shows in the growth rate you're getting. Nice work!

[Star_Rider]

:thm::thm:
very nice

[Star_Rider]

:thm::thm:
very nice

[roscoe70]

Discus on steroids, definitely tell the benefit of those water changes and aggressive feeding. They look awesome.

[pinkertd]

They look terrific! Nice job! Lots of hard work...I know!

[nc0gnet0]

Another recent spawn, got these last thursday from Kenny over at Simply, second generation tank raised wilds (Curipera's). Their base color is actually a very brilliant red, but is lost in the photo. Already down to business. Sorry for the bad pictures, they never made it out of my older QT tank (has green tinted glass)
176733

[nc0gnet0]

And an update to the progress of the fish in the title:

176734The orange spotted are from the ARM x mercury cross, the turqs from an Alenquer/red turq cross. The ARM x mercury juvies are nearing 3" with some of them surpassing that mark.

[Mgamer20o0]

wow they are so nice. great progress thread as well.