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[freerunner416]

I posted a while ago about the amount of fighting in my discus tank. I finally realise it was the discus pairing up. Since then i have had 3 spawnings. Each time i have the parents have managed to look after the eggs slightly longer.

I came in last night to check on the eggs that they laid on Saturday to find out that they now have tails and are wriggling like crazy!! I am quite chuffed by this. Lookslike some of them will manage to pull themselves away from the glass today.

What is the next step?? Will they attach to the mother for her mucus?? Is that right? What else will they eat?

I have a community tank so am not expecting a lot of the fry to survive at this time. I am looking at getting another tank to house them etc but that won't be for a while.

Any advice on the stages would be appreciated.

Craig

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

I posted a while ago about the amount of fighting in my discus tank. I finally realise it was the discus pairing up. Since then i have had 3 spawnings. Each time i have the parents have managed to look after the eggs slightly longer.

I came in last night to check on the eggs that they laid on Saturday to find out that they now have tails and are wriggling like crazy!! I am quite chuffed by this. Lookslike some of them will manage to pull themselves away from the glass today.

What is the next step?? Will they attach to the mother for her mucus?? Is that right? What else will they eat?

I have a community tank so am not expecting a lot of the fry to survive at this time. I am looking at getting another tank to house them etc but that won't be for a while.

Any advice on the stages would be appreciated.

Craig

Congrats!! Yes, the next step is for the fish to become free swimming. They should eat the mucus from the parents for I believe to be the next 2-3 weeks.

 

[freerunner416]

Thats great. Im quite worried about the male as he is stressed big time at this point. Going to try and seperate the tank over the next couple of days to try and help him out.

Will the fry attach to the site of the parents or will they just swim about and nibble when they are hungry?

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

Thats great. Im quite worried about the male as he is stressed big time at this point. Going to try and seperate the tank over the next couple of days to try and help him out.

Will the fry attach to the site of the parents or will they just swim about and nibble when they are hungry?

Why is the male stressed? You really want to keep the parents together with the fry. They will take turns taking care of the fry and feeding them.

The fry should stick to the parents. You will find that they darken as they gain more slime coating. If the fry start to wander sometimes the parents will scoop them up.

 

[freerunner416]

The male is stressed from protecting them from us walking past the tank and the rest of the fish in the tank. I have 7 discus so the male is chasing the other 5 away. I dont have the funds or the space for another tank at this point and didnt expect the discus to be able to rear the young so quickly. This is only there third spawning.

I was watching him last night and he was moving some of the babies from a plant leaf back to the corner of the glass with the rest of them. My wife was panicking when he gobbled them up. She didnt realise they are moved in this manner until he started to spit them back out. It was quite funny and was great to watch.

I think i have about 50 fry this now. They are growing daily. I carried out a 1/8th water change last night and they all look fine. As they are all sitting very high up in the tank i cant take much more out until they drift lower. At the weekend i am thinking about getting something to seperate the wee family off from the rest of my tank. I am not hopeful of being able to grow any on, especially as the tank will not be able to cope with the amount of fish, but i would like to try and keep one. My mate has a fish house and he may take some from me to grow on.

My next question is how often should i be carrying out water changes on the tank? I have read that the younger discus need ALOT of water changes and i am willing to do this just need to know how much and how often.

Thanks for all your help Discus lova. Its appreciated.

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

The male is stressed from protecting them from us walking past the tank and the rest of the fish in the tank. I have 7 discus so the male is chasing the other 5 away. I dont have the funds or the space for another tank at this point and didnt expect the discus to be able to rear the young so quickly. This is only there third spawning.

I was watching him last night and he was moving some of the babies from a plant leaf back to the corner of the glass with the rest of them. My wife was panicking when he gobbled them up. She didnt realise they are moved in this manner until he started to spit them back out. It was quite funny and was great to watch.

I think i have about 50 fry this now. They are growing daily. I carried out a 1/8th water change last night and they all look fine. As they are all sitting very high up in the tank i cant take much more out until they drift lower. At the weekend i am thinking about getting something to seperate the wee family off from the rest of my tank. I am not hopeful of being able to grow any on, especially as the tank will not be able to cope with the amount of fish, but i would like to try and keep one. My mate has a fish house and he may take some from me to grow on.

My next question is how often should i be carrying out water changes on the tank? I have read that the younger discus need ALOT of water changes and i am willing to do this just need to know how much and how often.

Thanks for all your help Discus lova. Its appreciated.

No problem Freerunner, I am glad to help!!

Glad to here things are working out for you. If you would like to keep the pair in the tank why not buy a tank divider? You can section off a small part of the tank for the fry/parents.

If you are finding you cannot cope with the amount of fry do not be afraid to cull them. I know it may seem inhumane, but nature will cull more fish than you ever could!!

I recommend doing daily water changes at about 20%. Some hatcheries will do twice daily and others have drip systems that will slowly change the water over a long period of time, but daily should suffice.


DL

 

[Loony Fish]

nice work, be sure to feed the parents very well... in the future, you may want to try a breeding tank.

 

[FishHobbyist1564]

Congratulations! It must be fun to watch your discus raise babies of their own

 

[FishStick101]

I posted a while ago about the amount of fighting in my discus tank. I finally realise it was the discus pairing up. Since then i have had 3 spawnings. Each time i have the parents have managed to look after the eggs slightly longer.

I came in last night to check on the eggs that they laid on Saturday to find out that they now have tails and are wriggling like crazy!! I am quite chuffed by this. Lookslike some of them will manage to pull themselves away from the glass today.

What is the next step?? Will they attach to the mother for her mucus?? Is that right? What else will they eat?

I have a community tank so am not expecting a lot of the fry to survive at this time. I am looking at getting another tank to house them etc but that won't be for a while.

Any advice on the stages would be appreciated.

Craig

Congrats!! Yes, the next step is for the fish to become free swimming. They should eat the mucus from the parents for I believe to be the next 2-3 weeks.

yes it is good to keep them with the parents for 2 to 3 weeks, as you said , so they can eat the mucus from the parents yet i have found that after such time it best to separate them and start feeding them fine foods such as the yolk from a hard boiled egg and such..i my self have had the best results is raising them by doing this .Hover ever many people have had great success keeping them with the parents full time, sadly this has not worked out for me yet.DiscusLova i have also seen your other posts on this thread, you give great advice.it's good to see people with great advice on discus .GOD Bless!!

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

I posted a while ago about the amount of fighting in my discus tank. I finally realise it was the discus pairing up. Since then i have had 3 spawnings. Each time i have the parents have managed to look after the eggs slightly longer.

I came in last night to check on the eggs that they laid on Saturday to find out that they now have tails and are wriggling like crazy!! I am quite chuffed by this. Lookslike some of them will manage to pull themselves away from the glass today.

What is the next step?? Will they attach to the mother for her mucus?? Is that right? What else will they eat?

I have a community tank so am not expecting a lot of the fry to survive at this time. I am looking at getting another tank to house them etc but that won't be for a while.

Any advice on the stages would be appreciated.

Craig

Congrats!! Yes, the next step is for the fish to become free swimming. They should eat the mucus from the parents for I believe to be the next 2-3 weeks.

yes it is good to keep them with the parents for 2 to 3 weeks, as you said , so they can eat the mucus from the parents yet i have found that after such time it best to separate them and start feeding them fine foods such as the yolk from a hard boiled egg and such..i my self have had the best results is raising them by doing this .Hover ever many people have had great success keeping them with the parents full time, sadly this has not worked out for me yet.DiscusLova i have also seen your other posts on this thread, you give great advice.it's good to see people with great advice on discus .GOD Bless!!

Well thank you very much! This made my day. I am glad that people are satisfied with my contribution to this forum!!