Discus Babys

[squiggle 2000]

hi
after months of trying i finnaly have some baby red Alenquer how long should i leave the parents in there. they are now 2 weeks old and feeding happily off the parents. so would just like to know how long, i am so chuffed that they are finnaly here its been a long road but we got there in the end ,we have another pair ready to breed as well

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

Angelmouse breeds her Discus, so she will give you a definitive answer, but my guess would be that it doesn't matter too much. Once they are feeding well on other foods and not the slime coat they should be able to come out.


Even though now days it is more uncommon, some people will take the eggs out from the parents and raise them artificially. You would feed them baby brine shrimp, fine ground flake or other baby foods sold on the market. This goes to show that the time of separation shouldn't matter too much as long as they are eating.

 

[angelmouse]

when the fry are readily eating baby brine shrimp you can remove parents usally after about 15 days free swimming, or you can leave with parents, as long as they all seem happy and the babys aren't causing damage to parents slime coat. They fry need to fed baby brine shrimp or ZM100/200 is good usally from 6-7 days freeswimming. Large daily waterchanges and about 6 feeds aday should maximize growth. I am still in learning stage of growing discus fry myself having stunted my 1st batch by neglecting waterchanges early on and hoping my new batch will grow into quality adults, but this is the general advice i have been given from other breeders.
keep us updated on your fry, love to know how things go
regards Angel

 

[Colin_T]

I would just like to add that if you can leave the young with the adult for another week or two it helps the young become better parents. A lot of cichlids like discus and angels tend to eat their eggs and young and it is often related to them being artificially reared. Fish that are brought up by their parents and allowed to interact with them when young, make much better parents when they are old enough to breed.
As a general rule when the young are swimming around exploring the tank and the parents no longer show any interest in them, (ie: don't try to guard or look after them) then you can move them out of the parents tank.

 

[squiggle 2000]

thanks for all the infomation as first time discus mum its abit scary knowing what to do but with all the help you have given me im sure they will be ok