Lynne Posted June 4, 2006 Report Share Posted June 4, 2006 I have a couple of questions. This is their 5th spawning, the fry are 2 weeks old, (the fry died in the first few days in the other 4 spawnings). Will the parents mate again or will they focus on raising their young? Also, the parents are getting a little argey bargey with each other, is this normal? I have just the parents and babies in the one tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted June 4, 2006 Report Share Posted June 4, 2006 Hi Lynne, If the frys are 2 wks old the parents will raise the frys. If the parents are fighting and it look bad, then you have to remove 1 of them so they don't kill each other over the frys. hth. Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faran Posted June 4, 2006 Report Share Posted June 4, 2006 Just a heads up, if the parents decide to spawn again and you want to keep the lot of fry you currently have, best to remove the eggs or they will ignore and even kill the older batch of fry. I just lost a big lot of fry guys about 5 weeks old this way as I didn't realize that the parents had spawned on the back side of the potted plant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted June 4, 2006 Report Share Posted June 4, 2006 Hey Blue, 5 wks old and the parents spawn again! You got to stop feeding them The Viagra Tab lol. At 5 wks the frys should be quite big and being a big spawn they would have rip the parents apart. What are the frys doing in a planted tank? Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faran Posted June 4, 2006 Report Share Posted June 4, 2006 That pair of parents spawned on the potted plant and I never took it out as the fry spent quite a bit of time around the leaves. Yup, they were getting large and I was ready to remove them from mom and dad. Day late and a dollar short. Shhh, the viagra in the food was supposed to be our little secret!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted June 4, 2006 Report Share Posted June 4, 2006 Hey Bud, In future if the spawn is valuable to you, always remove 1 of the parents in order to save them. V in food Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted June 5, 2006 Report Share Posted June 5, 2006 Haha the secret's out fellas. Might have to stop using less myself and put more in the food to maintain a competitive advantage. I think about 4 weeks is a good time to remove the fry from the parents. What's the earliest you've done it Ronnie? I have some a couple of weeks old now but not a big batch, so thought I might move them in with the other older fry and let the parents spawn again. Lynne I find my pair gets quite bolshy at times, but then they kiss and make up. So I'd say if it's really bad then remove one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted June 5, 2006 Report Share Posted June 5, 2006 Luke, The earliest is 2 days after eating brineshrimp. As long as they know how to eat the BS you can take them out. Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faran Posted June 5, 2006 Report Share Posted June 5, 2006 Once again it occurs to me that I need more tanks dedicated to breeding discus. I'm about to load a HEAP of fish on TradeMe to finally get that to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted June 5, 2006 Report Share Posted June 5, 2006 There is heaps of tanks for sale in trade me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil_elmo Posted June 8, 2006 Report Share Posted June 8, 2006 i have a pair that spawns but the male eat the eggs straight away, how many times do they spawn before they give up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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