Discus babies - Page 4 - Fish for the Planted Aquarium

Tex Gal · 06-11-2008, 02:19 PM

They are so cute. I hope it will work this time. Get that feeder going!!!

Brilliant · 06-12-2008, 11:38 AM

Hehe...I really like watching my Apistogramma mother parade the brood around, both discus do the same thing. After free swimming they want to lead them into the Bleheri abyss which is almost instant death for young ones. I really want to relocate them into a different tank and see how they fare. I would like the parents to raise them to where they eat bbs. It seems like a few days...maybe I am wrong. Last time they started to go after foods I was feeding two days after going freeswimming.

These baby discus are much larger then the baby galaxies.

mulita · 06-17-2008, 03:18 PM

Congratatulations They ready look cute!

I was looking for a thread with recomendations about places where to get discus and found your post, I kept reading as I read it was really hard to breed them, so double congratulation, beside that they look just beatiful in your planted aquarium, I hope a can keep some healthy ones as yours look.

Now, taking advantage of your post, could you recommend me a place to buy some discus Blue turquoise as yours? I want get these and try them into a new project aquarium.

BryceM · 06-17-2008, 06:29 PM

Very cool. You guys are seriously tempting me to give discus a try. I've always been a bit nervous to jump in.

A successful spawn of free-swimming discus fry in a planted tank would really be the "Holy Grail" of aquariumdom for me.

I'm working with angels at the moment. I've raised 100s of them in glass-bottomed tanks, but trying a natural rearing in a planted tank is a whole different ballgame. Thanks for sharing and good luck.

Brilliant · 06-21-2008, 06:18 AM

BryceM, Thanks man...its really great but when you are there then you will want to add a foot or so to the tank and replace glass with starphire...

You know what I mean?! This hobby is like a never ending ride. I really enjoy all the good times. I thought spawning Taeniacara candidi was the Holy Grail!

Thanks again and good luck...hopefully this will help others understand whats going on with discus. I've seen them spawn many times but I was unsure of what happened after that.

The pair is actually raising the eggs again now. Last spawn was the largest of them all...she really covered the tube. I dont think I they can raise them in such a large tank. I was tempted to remove all plants but that would be disasterous because the plants are keeping the water clean. I have not changed water on this tank in three months. I've only added water and changed 5 gallons with maintenance. The eggs recently spawned have hatched and parents are tending to them right now.

Tex Gal · 06-21-2008, 08:14 PM

I was wondering how things were going. So you can't seem to get them beyond a certain age because they get lost in the plants? Do you think the parents will get better at it? You'd think you'd have a few survivors.... (course I know nothing about this..)

Brilliant · 06-22-2008, 05:41 AM

I think that when the babies are lost from 'home base' they become free game. It seems once they are broken away from the parents then the parents loose interest and stray babies through the tank become a snack...and by then mom is already scouting for the next spawn. I think if I get them in closer quarters the bond will be stronger.

lauraleellbp · 07-03-2008, 08:52 PM

Any update?

Brilliant · 07-06-2008, 07:31 PM

I gotta order some aquasoil and start up a smaller tank. I am removing a 20L and replacing with 29g.