discus

[ryanjury]

I brought 2 discus recently and have noticed them acting funny recently like they were going to breed..

Long story short the female was making all the signs but the male was ignoring her, im pretty sure they're a pair well I know the smaller one is a girl because I saw her lay and the bigger one has a smaller breeding tube so im assuming its a male. Anyway the female was making all the moves shaking cleaning areas of the tank but the male was doing nothing sometimes he chased her around a bit but nothing too nasty, anyway she finally laid the other day and I watched the male follow her along and rather than fertilized the eggs he ate them straight away..

I'm presuming its only their first time does this usually happen? I would have expected the male to at least have a go at fertilizing them..

[evil_elmo]

welcome to the joy of breeding discus

yes they do eat their own egg and sometime even their own fry. it might take them a few times before learning to be good parents

[discus_boy]

hi I have a pair exactly like that the trick is to feed the male and keep him distracted (try and feed time at least five times in that day before breeding) until there is a reasonable amount of eggs on the cone or plant. he my nip at them a few times but he should realize what to do and after a few hours of them fertilizing the eggs. put wire mesh around the eggs. the mesh should be a few mms from the eggs just enough space for them to still be able to fan the eggs