My discus might be breeding!!! :D
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Here's the first closeup of the wrigglers. 
I'll try again to get a more stable image... 1/40th sec @ 180mm focal length is not easy to work with. I need to relax more, slow my heart down more, and just be able to lay there waiting for the perfect shot. This'll have to do for now though.
I'll try again to get a more stable image... 1/40th sec @ 180mm focal length is not easy to work with. I need to relax more, slow my heart down more, and just be able to lay there waiting for the perfect shot. This'll have to do for now though.
To what I've counted thus far, I still have 50+ wrigglers. The parents keep moving them between the intake tube and the driftwood, every 24-36 hours. Its quite amazing to watch them do so... the care and attention to detail they're showing is beyond what I thought a fish was capable of. Its awe inspiring, to say in the least. I'll be posting new pics every couple days or so, basically every time I can catch the wrigglers on the intake tube. (the spot they staked out on the driftwoood is in an impossible spot to take pictures of, let alone even see) Still keeping my fingers crossed on having a few survivors make it all the way to adulthood. As it is, my gf might be willing to take a few of the fry and let them grow out in her 29g tank. I'm totally stoked to see what kind of colors they produce.
I'll be posting new pics every couple days or so, basically every time I can catch the wrigglers on the intake tube. (the spot they staked out on the driftwoood is in an impossible spot to take pictures of, let alone even see) Still keeping my fingers crossed on having a few survivors make it all the way to adulthood. As it is, my gf might be willing to take a few of the fry and let them grow out in her 29g tank. I'm totally stoked to see what kind of colors they produce.
Very close guess, it was 108 total. Of the 108, 3 were not fertilized. I still have 50+ wrigglers, so even though I've lost half of 'em, I figure I'm doing fairly well, especially for their first spawn. I'm really hoping the filter doesn't eat any of 'em, or that the other fish don't have a chance to chomp them down. :\
sad news... 
Things were going so well... the wrigglers were even beginning to swim around a bit, after having almost completely consumed their yolk sacs. Unfortunately, my cardinal tetras turned juvenile exploration into an opportunistic meal. I officially have no surviving discus babies. *I think that the filter might be suspect for some of the deaths too... not having a sponge on the intake likely contributed to their demise* I do know for certain that the cardinals were at very least part of the culprit, as not only did the cardinals have FULL bellies when I got home from work last night, but I personally saw one eat a fry. I so wanted to stick my arm in the water and stop it... but I knew that it was inevitable. (and I hadn't washed my hands recently... didn't want to contaminate the tank) I'll be working on bothering my parents until they let me set up a 29g tank, and then I'll give turq and sapphire a fighting chance to raise their young.
Things were going so well... the wrigglers were even beginning to swim around a bit, after having almost completely consumed their yolk sacs. Unfortunately, my cardinal tetras turned juvenile exploration into an opportunistic meal. I officially have no surviving discus babies.
*I think that the filter might be suspect for some of the deaths too... not having a sponge on the intake likely contributed to their demise* I do know for certain that the cardinals were at very least part of the culprit, as not only did the cardinals have FULL bellies when I got home from work last night, but I personally saw one eat a fry. I so wanted to stick my arm in the water and stop it... but I knew that it was inevitable. (and I hadn't washed my hands recently... didn't want to contaminate the tank) I'll be working on bothering my parents until they let me set up a 29g tank, and then I'll give turq and sapphire a fighting chance to raise their young. Oh, too bad. But now you know you have a pair & I'm sure they'll have more. Get nagging with the parents. (glad I don't have kids LOL)
I agree, get nagging the parents!:grinyes: You are very fortunate to have first time spawners who haven't spent months just eating the eggs or eating the fry till they get it right what to do!! Also, by getting their own tank, when it comes time that the fry need to attach to the parents, you may have to lower the water level in order to get that accomplished. Seems that is a big hurdle to overcome. And if you do get a tank, don't get anything dark to put in the tank. BB is best and you'll need something light colored to cover your dark tank accessories. The babies look for something dark to attach to and the discus need to be the only dark thing in the tank or the babies will go towards something else. Hope this helps for the next brood!
