Hi recently, I bought a set of three adult discus from a private seller and when I wnet around to collect them he told me that two of the discus had paired off and had laid eggs but that they had eaten them, the male seems a bit younger so maybe this is why they eat the eggs, or the discus were in a mixed stock tank so maybe something else in the tank was eating the eggs I dont know for definite. Since I introduced the discus to my discus only tank they have been doing very well, I have been away for the last week, my tank also has a discus breeding cone in it. Upon my return my two plecos now spend alot of time on the discus cone which is unusual as normally they would spend most of their time on the bog wood in the tank. Also the female of the pair spends all her time around the cone and barely leaves even for feeding and she was happily feeding prior to this. The male of the pair will go over to the cone also and they appear to display courtship rituals from what I have read about discus breeding. If any of the other five discus come over to the side of the cone then they are chased away by both the male and female of the pair. I am assuming this is the discus pair ready for breeding? Does anyone have any opinions on this?
I am planning to move the pair to a tank on their own to try to breed them, is this the best option? For the tank setup I was planning to have the tank bare on the bottom and only the discus cone as decor, does this seem appropriate? I was planning to fill the breeding tank by using 40% water from my main tank and 60% fresh RO water, is this a good idea? Also is there anything else which I should do to stimulate to discus to breed? I do not use trace element replacement additives as usually my main tank is filled with 50% RO and 50% tap water but would this be needed to breed the discus?
I have breed other cichlids previously but I have never breed discus so I just am looking for any advice anyone who has done this before can offer, even if it seems blatantly obvious I would rather have the obvious pointed out to me rather than miss a key element.
Thanks in advance for all your help and advice
Keith
I am planning to move the pair to a tank on their own to try to breed them, is this the best option? For the tank setup I was planning to have the tank bare on the bottom and only the discus cone as decor, does this seem appropriate? I was planning to fill the breeding tank by using 40% water from my main tank and 60% fresh RO water, is this a good idea? Also is there anything else which I should do to stimulate to discus to breed? I do not use trace element replacement additives as usually my main tank is filled with 50% RO and 50% tap water but would this be needed to breed the discus?
I have breed other cichlids previously but I have never breed discus so I just am looking for any advice anyone who has done this before can offer, even if it seems blatantly obvious I would rather have the obvious pointed out to me rather than miss a key element.
Thanks in advance for all your help and advice
Keith
