So depressing

Hi Peeps ;)

Just recently I've been seeing quite a bit of activity in my pairing tank :bounce: I really should be getting all excited right? Well...... I have a known female in the tank that was in another tank previously with a known male that apparently wasn't fertile so I pulled her and dumped the male.... (that was a mouthful)

Well last night I noticed what I thought was a Male cleaning the cone along with the known female..... then I noticed that male in question was making dry runs...... >:( >:( >:( >:( that was really heartbreaking :'(

This same male in question 4 days ago was protecting eggs with a rose red female :-\ go figure eh?

This is a pic of what I thought was going to be a pair.... the proven female is the one in front.

http://images.snapfish.com/336%3A878%3B23232%7Ffp66%3Dot%3E2327%3D%3A49%3D858 %3Dxroqdf%3E232337%3B67475%3Aot1lsi

Have any of you ever had a male that made dry runs ??? This is definitely a new one on me :-\

Maybe I'll have better luck with these two ::) these are siblings from the pic above. The one on top is starting to show some red spots on the body :o I guess that wild blood does some really strange things.....

http://images.snapfish.com/336%3A878%3B23232%7Ffp65%3Dot%3E2327%3D%3A49%3D858 %3Dxroqdf%3E232337%3B674759ot1lsi

This is also siblings..... a proven pair.... This pair is still in the learning process. I have 2 small spawns I pulled at day 4 and day 5 of free swimming. 1 spawn I saved 8 and the 2nd I saved 24 and all are doing great (I haven't lost 1 baby yet ;D ) hmmmm.... I must be doing something right.... hehehe..... The pair now has (I'm guessing here) maybe 100-150 free swimmers that attatched last night ;D wish me luck guys ;)

http://images.snapfish.com/336%3A882723232%7Ffp67%3Dot%3E2327%3D%3A49%3D858%3 Dxroqdf%3E232337%3B67%3A57%3Aot1lsi

So any how...... My daughter brought up something strange to my attention...... tell me what are your thoughts on this......
When a Discus makes a dry run... is it really a dry run ??? Could it be that the Discus are secreting something to help the eggs to stick to the spawning site ??? ..... I dunno :-\

Thanks for peeking ;D

Beth

[Ryan Smith]

Beth,

Sorry you're having such a problematic and stressful time. Admit it, you just wanted to show off some more pictures. lol.

Your fish get more and more beautiful everytime you post them. I bet they look wonderful in person. Let's see some pictures of the fry you've pulled :)

Ryan

I'll go take a few pics just for you Ryan ;D ;D

[SLY]

ya I kinda agree with ryan..but I would be proud if those are my fishes.

[jeep]

Have any of you ever had a male that made dry runs ??? This is definitely a new one on me :-\


I don't know if this is the same but I have one fish (with questionable intelligence) that rams the female off of the cone and then tries to fertilize the bare cone. I guess he's just a little impatient ::)

Here ya go Ryan.....

This is the first day trying out the BH.... they've had nothing but bbs and CBW's until today.
I believe this group will be the first to go outside into the swimming pool ;D

I know there are a couple culls in there but I don't want to cull any just yet.... I didn't want less than 8 babies so the aggression can be spread around ;)

http://images.snapfish.com/336%3A889923232%7Ffp66%3Dot%3E2327%3D%3A49%3D858%3 Dxroqdf%3E232337%3B699647ot1lsi

This group is 2 weeks old and are still on bbs along with the CBW's .... I gave them a little BH today for the first time and they're not real fond of that stuff :puke:

http://images.snapfish.com/336%3A889923232%7Ffp65%3Dot%3E2327%3D%3A49%3D858%3 Dxroqdf%3E232337%3B699646ot1lsi

Thanks Sly :-*

Hey Jeep.....
I have one fish (with questionable intelligence) that rams the female off of the cone and then tries to fertilize the bare cone. I guess he's just a little impatient

Sounds like that guy has issues :crazy:

Beth

[Merdoc]

Great looking pairs. They look very simular to the pairs I have at my house. ;D
He He He

[Don_Lee]

Great looking fish Beth!

Don :wave:

[Jeff]

I love the color. Better luck in the future.

[Ardan]

8) :thumbsup:
Looking real Good!!

Those adults are fantastic! I think soon you will have too many discus! ;D

[gary1218]

Beth,

I have YET to see an adult discus of yours not be LARGE with a VERY nice round body. What are you putting in your water??? ;D

I want fry from the second pair you posted :D

GARY

PS What about your other REALLY nice red female that we've talked about and that I like so much? Any more fry out of her?

[Carol_Roberts]

Looking Good Beth ;D

[dm]

Nice fish. I'm with Gary!

[brewmaster15]

Guys,

The credit is all Beths for raising them fishes right... and if I'm not Mistaken -- Dan at Aquatic Foods for raising them Blackworms right! ;) ;D ;D ;D

[TheDiscusKid]

Beautiful discus Beth. I hope that you will have more luck with them. :)

Bruce

[scotz]

Beth - Great pics. As your pair's get older I'm sure you are going to have better luck.

As for the dry run - I used to have a black angel male that did the same thing. He would make dry runs sometimes 2 days before the female got into the mood - ??? - he did turn out to be good male though.

scotz

[Jason]

Beth,

this male made dry-runs for two years! yes two years! he finnaly fertilized his first spawn with a red turqoise female ??? what the hell was he thinking?
http://images.snapfish.com/3367757923232%7Ffp69%3Dot%3E2327%3D%3B78%3D855%3Dx roqdf%3E2323373458693ot1lsi

[bmrin1]

Beth good luck with the male. Those little guys are looking good and I love those WGxBD's
Brian

[jeep]

this male made dry-runs for two years! yes two years!


Wow! Maybe there IS hope for mine afterall... :bounce:

[RandalB]

Ahh the heartache of gender challenged discus....

Beth if she really frustrates you, feel free to bag her up and send her this way...


LOL
RandalB

Defying the odds...... atleast I hope so anyway....

The proven female finally put the eggs down and the other, sex unknown made runs like a male should ;)

I covered the tank after the spawn in hopes the eggs would still be there (heavy traffic area in the house where the tank is).... From what I can see in the dark tank, there appears to be no fungus and maybe some black dots after 48 hours ;D So just maybe the one in question is a Male.... I guess I should know one way or the other in the next several hours if the eggs are still there ;)

http://images.snapfish.com/336%3A%3A62723232%7Ffp69%3Dot%3E2327%3D%3A49%3D858 %3Dxroqdf%3E232337%3B966936ot1lsi

Thanks Guys ands Gals
Beth

BTW ..... Al

It's hard to grow Great Discus unless you start with a Great Supplier like Cary.... oh yeah! and ofcourse a Great Source of CBW's from Dan sure doesn't hurt :-*

[jim_shedden]

I think that this is a question for Dr. Ruth..............SEX AND THE SINGLE DISCUS.............regardless, Beth ...............they are outstanding...........hopefully they will come through.

Jim