Bilbo Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 I have a 3' (160Ltr) tank setup with a pair of discus which I would like to breed. Water is around 6pH and soft and tank has Cabomba and some Val’s. Can put any other fish/catfish in there with them as they are a quite shy and don’t eat food straight away which means some gets to the gravel and goes bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 get your ph up to 6.5-6.8 i know that everyone says low ph but trust me they do better and breed better in tht ph. what food are you feeding? get in there face run your hands round the tank they will be shy at first but they will get use to it. i do that to everyone i sell and everyone that see's the discus i sell as me do i sleep with them because they rush to the front of the tank when people go up to them. dont feed them meat!!! they dont eat cows in the wild!! whats your temp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted June 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2004 I am feeding them all sorts "Discus Dinner", flake food, Ox Heart, Daphnia, Bloodworms and Whiteworms. They eat everything but it takes 5 - 10 minutes still for them to come looking for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted June 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2004 I got me Discus eggs!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouse Posted June 17, 2004 Report Share Posted June 17, 2004 waaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhooooooooooooooooooo exciting... I have discus but not tried breeding... good luck !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted June 17, 2004 Report Share Posted June 17, 2004 GREAT stuff Bilbo.... Get some pics real quick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted June 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2004 Scared to get close yet. Wife took some shots but can only really see flower pot and parents fussing about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 If your not suppose to feed discus meat why do all the breeders in the world use it to raise their fish, no there are no cows falling in the rivers but it is well known and there are thousands of artices about beef heart being used to raise discus.All my discus are raised on beef heart till they get to a good size and are then weaned on to tetra bits ,flake and other foods. I have breed and raised over 1200 discus in the last 5 years and it works very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim Posted June 20, 2004 Report Share Posted June 20, 2004 thats great good luck i hope you can rase them , fingers crossed!! there is a new frozen baby brine shrimp in a punch out pack the babies will eat that if you cant grow live ones (brine shrimp) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted June 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2004 Yeah well my excitement was a little short lived. I did a stupid thing and scared the parent sso they ate the eggs. Was doing so well too. lasted almost 3 days. Still I have hundreds of Danio babies I have to take care off Ooopps Sorry Danios not belong in Cichlid forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouse Posted June 23, 2004 Report Share Posted June 23, 2004 Sorry to hear about that Bilbo, maybe next time.. Good luck !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted June 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2004 More eggs on Friday. Sunday now and look very good. Last time was friday evening too and they ate them Sunday night so heres hoping not this time. Also this time I got to watch them, they are fasinating. Discus are very English. All prim and propper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted June 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2004 Ok!! Figured as much. Can set you clock to it. Friday night is like "Wahoo" for them and then with Monday looming and back to work they have a big Dinner of Eggs on Tericota. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouse Posted June 30, 2004 Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 Was reading in one of the discus books yesterday that some discus breeders once the eggs are laid and fertilised they put fine mesh over the cone until they are hatched and that stops the parents from eating them???? was interesting but not sure???? :-? then they are supposed to be all maternal ... :-? :-? The book was good reading... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted July 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 Thanks Mouse I will give it a go. Its friday and yes they have spawned (Are laying right now)again. This time on the side of the internal filter though. I thought I would have a 2 week window? I havent even done a water change this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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