I noticed the past couple of days that something just didn't look right in my Discus tank- nothing I could really put my finger on but it just felt different. So today I'm scrutinizing around testing all the intakes for flow etc and see about 50 little baby Discus on the heater and filter intake tube. They are doomed. I have no aspirations towards raising fish- why pour my heart into them for six months only to sell them to an evil LFS??
But it is still sad seeing them clinging there without a hope in heck of surviving. Just two hours later and there are maybe 20 left- I don't know whether they are getting eaten or just coming loose and then getting eaten. I have no idea when the eggs were laid or how long they have been hatched. The parents are standing guard but do not appear particularly agitated nor do they try and run off interlopers.
Short circle of life for these poor unfortunate babies.
But it is still sad seeing them clinging there without a hope in heck of surviving. Just two hours later and there are maybe 20 left- I don't know whether they are getting eaten or just coming loose and then getting eaten. I have no idea when the eggs were laid or how long they have been hatched. The parents are standing guard but do not appear particularly agitated nor do they try and run off interlopers.
Short circle of life for these poor unfortunate babies.
