traco
02-04-2006, 07:14 PM
Who knows where I should have posted this thread (breeding? foods and nutrition? this section?.
I have guppies in my discus tank. When the guppy babies are born, the discus have a hay day with the "food".
Now, if eventually these discus start pairing up and spawning, and IF I put the pair in their own tank, am I jeopardizing the discus fry when they go free swimming? Will their own parents eat them cuz they are already used to chasing and eating the guppy babies right now?
I realize each fish has their own personalities and it is luck of the draw if you get good discus parents. Not even sure I will start setting up breeding tanks but this question popped into my head as I saw them chasing guppies.
I have guppies in my discus tank. When the guppy babies are born, the discus have a hay day with the "food".
Now, if eventually these discus start pairing up and spawning, and IF I put the pair in their own tank, am I jeopardizing the discus fry when they go free swimming? Will their own parents eat them cuz they are already used to chasing and eating the guppy babies right now?
I realize each fish has their own personalities and it is luck of the draw if you get good discus parents. Not even sure I will start setting up breeding tanks but this question popped into my head as I saw them chasing guppies.