aseph
08-22-2013, 11:16 PM
Hi All
Thx for answering my previous thread, now a new blessing / problem occur, 2 out of 5 dominant discus started to show spawning behavior , they are shimmering/shaking and cleaning driftwood in my planted tank
4 discus are recent addition in this 2 week span, now they are all eating, 1 still has pinched body, bullying is under control...
To be honest i'm not ready to care for fry(I have read some of the stickies on breeding) , breeding discus would be my long term goal, yesterday I replace my 5 gal planted tank to 20 gal BB, my wife throw a fit (small house and mts = grumpy wife), My experience on breeding fish = 0 the only thing breed in my tank was guppies probably due to high current and fertz regime (all my tanks are planted), I have placed an order of RCS(arnd 80 adults) to start a colony which i will pick up this weekend, my line of thought is, when i m ready to breed discus i can just dump my shrimp to my other tank.
any thoughts what should i do, leave the spawning pair in community display tank , or move them to 20 gal BB, I cant and don't plan to add more tanks to raise fry, i m worried if i move the pair, the display tank has only 3 left which i know is not a good number, would they be more stress with or without the pair?? if I add the 2 back aggression will escalate, and my discus are barely adapting as it is now....
ps: the pair still occasionally bicker body slapping head butting is this normal?
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HpWR_-Aakmg/UhTN-QGhh9I/AAAAAAAAAG8/rWdhN7XdLCU/s640/P8210286.JPG
Thx for answering my previous thread, now a new blessing / problem occur, 2 out of 5 dominant discus started to show spawning behavior , they are shimmering/shaking and cleaning driftwood in my planted tank
4 discus are recent addition in this 2 week span, now they are all eating, 1 still has pinched body, bullying is under control...
To be honest i'm not ready to care for fry(I have read some of the stickies on breeding) , breeding discus would be my long term goal, yesterday I replace my 5 gal planted tank to 20 gal BB, my wife throw a fit (small house and mts = grumpy wife), My experience on breeding fish = 0 the only thing breed in my tank was guppies probably due to high current and fertz regime (all my tanks are planted), I have placed an order of RCS(arnd 80 adults) to start a colony which i will pick up this weekend, my line of thought is, when i m ready to breed discus i can just dump my shrimp to my other tank.
any thoughts what should i do, leave the spawning pair in community display tank , or move them to 20 gal BB, I cant and don't plan to add more tanks to raise fry, i m worried if i move the pair, the display tank has only 3 left which i know is not a good number, would they be more stress with or without the pair?? if I add the 2 back aggression will escalate, and my discus are barely adapting as it is now....
ps: the pair still occasionally bicker body slapping head butting is this normal?
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HpWR_-Aakmg/UhTN-QGhh9I/AAAAAAAAAG8/rWdhN7XdLCU/s640/P8210286.JPG