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    Default Could it have been her all along?

    For over a year I was sure that my home bred high bodied blue spotted snake skin had fertility problems. I had him in with a Chicago Discus Classic Blue Leopard and the eggs fungsed time after time.

    A lot of water has passed under the bridge from then, over a year ago, until now. I finally put the Chicago Discus female in with a male of the same strain (likely her sibling). They spawned for the first time 2 days ago. She put down the eggs and he followed fertilizing them. The eggs are all fungusing. It was just their first time and although I think that everything was right, something might have gone wrong that I don't know about. I will let them try again, but it would be interesting if all this time I had been putting the blame on the wrong fish.
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    Liz, were you ever able to pull the eggs and try the meth blue hatching method? I remember talking about it but Cant remember if you tried it to see if the eggs hatch better.
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    Default Re: Could it have been her all along?

    I did, Al. Same result.
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    Where is the male now? Maybe you could set him up on a new mate date? That would be interesting!
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    Default Re: Could it have been her all along?

    Unfortunately, the Chicago Discus fish is the only female I have. The home bred male is in a 75 with his dad the domestic RSG. I gave them a big tank because they are both males. After a bit of posturing for a day or so they started getting along just fine.
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    Default Re: Could it have been her all along?

    I never bought into the fact that females can lay bad eggs. Not sure if that's possible. Problem is with water or the male...Bill

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    I always aggreed with you until today, Bill. Today the pair spawned for the third time and the eggs turned white. Jim
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