My discus might be breeding!!! :D

Hahaha... thank you. :) I certainly wasn't expecting to find such a thing, and had I not had that feeling that I should go look at my fish tank, I may have completely missed out on the event. It was amazing... absolutely something which I will not soon forget. :D
 
now comes the hard part..
leave them alone

if you bug the parents too much they may eat the eggs.
but it is early ..the eggs will sit there for about 3 days then hatch to wigglers.. they may move the wigglers but often they leave them there..eventually the fry will stick to the praetns and feed of the slime of the parents.

the problem is..if they Discus feel threatened..they may eat the babies.

if you want to have a breeding pair you can move the pair to a breeder.
but if this is their first spawn..I'd leave them alone and see if they keep spawning.

tand the spawns actually have some hatches..then consider a breeding tank.
set up with sponge filters and a breeding cone.
 
cool fish, would love to have some good luck with the eggs.
 
star_rider said:
now comes the hard part..
leave them alone

if you bug the parents too much they may eat the eggs.
but it is early ..the eggs will sit there for about 3 days then hatch to wigglers.. they may move the wigglers but often they leave them there..eventually the fry will stick to the praetns and feed of the slime of the parents.

the problem is..if they Discus feel threatened..they may eat the babies.

if you want to have a breeding pair you can move the pair to a breeder.
but if this is their first spawn..I'd leave them alone and see if they keep spawning.

tand the spawns actually have some hatches..then consider a breeding tank.
set up with sponge filters and a breeding cone.
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Leaving them be will hopefully be as easy done as it is said... I don't want to disturb them when I do a water change. I haven't done one since sunday, as I've been really busy, but I might put it off until saturday. (or at least until I know what's going on with the eggs) I did a 50% change on saturday, and again on sunday, so the water quality should still be decent. (been feeding a lot, but they aren't leaving any leftovers to rot) I may try and change out just a few gallons tonight so I can siphon up some poo off the sand from the other end of the tank tonight, but since its v-day, I may not be able to. :x

I would absolutely love to set up a breeder tank, but my folks simply won't let me. This is their first attempt, so I'm not expecting any viable fish out of it, but do you think they'll keep trying in the tank they're in presently? I won't be horribly upset if they eat their eggs, I just don't want their only demise to be something dumb like my filters. >_<
 
very nice you think you could hook me up with a few fry?
 
nano cichlids said:
very nice you think you could hook me up with a few fry?
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Hahaha, if I do get any viable fry, I'll certainly let you know. :) Where are you located? I'm in Southern California.
 
oh im in MI probley wont work..
 
Hmmmm... I have no idea just what it would take to ship baby discus that far... it would quite likely be really expensive. >_< Overnight air would probably be the way to go... if I do get some viable fry, I'll let you know, and I'll look into how I'd have to package them to ship them.
 
ive shipped to ca before between 35-50$ depending on what service you use.
 
take it one step at a time.
if they hatch..the wigglers will either be moved or the parents may keep them where the eggs are..when they become free swimmers..they will latch on to the parents..to feed off the slime..I am not sure how long they do that but they will look like tiny discus when they are ready to eat food.. discus develop a bit slower than other cichlids so it may be a few weeks from egg to eating food.
once they eat food (several small feedings per day) it will still be several weeks before they are seperated and viable for shipping.

these are in a community tank..correct?
you have a lot going against you in a community tank as tank mates will eat freeswimming babies when they get the chance.

but it is interesting to watch.
 
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