Discus Eggs Wow Its Only Taken 2 Years New Pics Of Summit Weid!

[beechey]

not sure who the dad is thou.....
there was about 50+ eggs
what to do now??

thats the mum on the far right...

 

[Spishkey]

beautiful fishes!

not a lot you can do if they've all been eaten!

 

[angelmouse]

Hey congrats Beechey, about time they done the deed for you lol. I'd leave them for a while to practice (there will be no stopping them now) and to check you have a male fetilizing the eggs and not 2 females which sometimes happens. Then for chances of successful fry you will need to put pair in own tank.
good luck and regards Angel

 

[beechey]

is it normal for the mum to eat the eggs aswell?

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

is it normal for the mum to eat the eggs aswell?

Pretty normal. She should keep trying and get the hang of it eventually, but expect that to happen to a few spawns.

 

[beechey]

yeah i expect that , im well chuffed lol..
so how ofen do they lay eggs then as it must take a bit out of the discus..

 

[mike os]

let them practice a bit first, I try to wait untill I get wrigglers before moving them, as untill then you dont know if you actually have a pair, or a viable pair, or just a couple of fish laying eggs

 

[angelmouse]

so how ofen do they lay eggs then as it must take a bit out of the discus..

My pair lay every 6 days if water conditions are right. It does take abit out of them, just keep them well fed.
regards Angel

 

[beechey]

ill give it about a month before i set up my other tank ....

how would i get the discus to put the eggs some where else?? as they laid the eggs on my 3.5 foot bogwood lol

 

[mike os]

give them a tank & let them sort it out.. they will lay wherever you don't want them to, little gits


well done, by the way

 

[nosoup4you]

Your fish are really beautiful...makes me miss my Discus. I had 5 nearly dinner plate sized of mixed variety and one day in the dead of winter my heater went wonky... I was away for the day and didn't realize it until it was too late.

 

[Jim Curtis]

Next time get the eggs out of the tank right away and buy a box of Ritz crackers. They come in a red box.

 

[beechey]

sorry to hear that nosoup4you , lol should say nodiscus4you sorry

 

[beechey]

something has also changed to 2 of my discus they are constantly fighting and have seemed to grow a new bit on there top fins ... is this normal.... i think they might be the males in my tank

not the best pic but clear pic of fin bit

as you can see it was not there before

 

[nosoup4you]

You are correct, the elongated, pointy dorsal fin is a sure sign that it is a male and is perfectly normal. They usually only develop these when they get older, making it difficult to sex them early on. The anal fin will become pointier as well. My guess is that all of the 'sexual tension' in your tank has brought these traits out. LOL