henward Posted June 21, 2010 Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 ok two sets of questions first of all i got snow leopards, female is thin - but not a bad size. can i fatten her up and get some bulk on her? also, will she be able to breed if she was thin? maybe shes stunted you see. can i still breed her? if not will a bigger female pair up with a smaller male? if they are alone lets say, is that possible? i have a fertile female snow white, lays every week, if i cant use the snow leopard female - i can cross the snow white fem and male snow leopard. very similar bloodlines, ill get a predominantly show white batch, and the rest is a mix of leopard, snow leopard and misc. apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted June 21, 2010 Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 SNOW LEOPARDS?? I think you are on the wrong forum... :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted June 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 haha no this one obtained a male and fem on saturday http://www.hawaiidiscus.com/images/supe ... eopard.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted June 21, 2010 Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 With all the food you feed I would question why the female isn't fattening up? Is she getting enough food? Or does she have some sort of internal problem, have you treated them with anything since you got them? From memory you have been adding fish from all over the show so there is a possibility you may have introduced something? Anyway I would leave them together and see what pairs with what, pairs the fish have chosen are always more successful, but you can always break up undesirable pairs and try and force pairings to see what happens.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted June 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 i have only had her since saturday, today she did eat a few pellets. she didnt go for the BH mix, she did but went away, cos she isnt used to the smell. i am just more so asking in general, will smaller males pair up with bigger females? animal kingdom generally bigger wins you see. general question, and a thin female, can she breed after some beefing up. she isnt sick, she is just not as thick as the other big monsters lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted June 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 on that note the other discus, setled in well, are definatley getting thicker! you are right, the food i feed, definately beefs them up, literally:D the white butterfly for example, is a pig! wow! garlic i found really really stimulates their appetite, i put alot of Garlic in the beef mix, i found they ate more as they ate more lol CAN YOU OVERDOSE ON GARLIC? i mean, next batch i make, if i double the garlic, is that bad? or maybe 50% more? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zayne Posted June 22, 2010 Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 when my discus don't eat i chuck in blood worms and they go for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted June 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 male started eating female is going for food slightly now. used to colour bits, so put that in but trying to move them onto hikari bio gold and my beef mix:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flosty Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 ok two sets of questions first of all i got snow leopards, female is thin - but not a bad size. can i fatten her up and get some bulk on her? also, will she be able to breed if she was thin? maybe shes stunted you see. can i still breed her? Stunting is more often than not environmental Stunted discus can breed like all other discus and can produce normal offspring Maintain the water quality and feed her good food and she will spawn when shes ready best of luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted June 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 she started eating today! some discus bio gold and my beef mix! i can see a little bump on her belly from the food. the male snow leopard ate abit more than her. but same pattern as 80% of my discus - ate with in 3 days or so, then progressively ate more and more lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted June 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 yay both eating! the male snow leopard is starting to be a pig. female is eating, small chunks for now but they tend to start picking at smaller chunks untilt hey get used to the food. female eating now, small bumps of food in its belly after feedings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfishybuisness Posted June 26, 2010 Report Share Posted June 26, 2010 i would say that it would have just taken time for them to settle in before they would go back to normal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted June 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2010 female is eating progressively more. can now see bumps in belly after feeding times. poo looks healthy too. very solid poo reflecting the colour of what it eats the day before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave+Amy Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 i have a fertile female snow white, lays every week, if i cant use the snow leopard female - i can cross the snow white fem and male snow leopard. very similar bloodlines, ill get a predominantly show white batch, and the rest is a mix of leopard, snow leopard and misc. apparently. Same here! My Snow white lays every 2/3weeks and I feel so bad for her as all the other MUCH bigger females ram her out of the way to eat her eggs :-? selling her though, too many females and I find that they get scrapy a couple of days before they lay - they all have their own layign spots it's quite funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zayne Posted June 28, 2010 Report Share Posted June 28, 2010 selling her though, too many females and I find that they get scrapy a couple of days before they lay How Much $? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave+Amy Posted June 29, 2010 Report Share Posted June 29, 2010 How Much $? sorry for hijacking thread henward - planning to chuck her up on TM for $120 reserve, she's 80/90mm excl tail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfishybuisness Posted June 30, 2010 Report Share Posted June 30, 2010 what other females do you have as i have the opposite i have 2 big male blue turq Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted June 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2010 awesome. no worries lol im done with the thread anyways:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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