Discus arriving soon getting everything ready

[planter]

Will she really lay eggs with no males around?

[bluelagoon]

Yes, females will go into their cycle without males. Including us.

[Sturiosoma]

OK then ,I'm starting to wonder if I'm at the right forum is this E harmony or Simply Discus

Jeanne

[bluelagoon]

Facts of life.

[planter]

So it's been a almost a week since she's been in this tank and she is still shaking a lot. I haven't seen any eggs but she is always cleaning the filter inlet tubes. Is it normal for a female to take this long to lay eggs?

[bluelagoon]

Seems like the males just don't quite get it yet. Females will become fertile first; males take a bit more time to become fertile and may not feel the urge because of sexual development. "The Big Bang Theory"

[peewee1]

Seems like the males just don't quite get it yet. Females will become fertile first; males take a bit more time to become fertile and may not feel the urge because of sexual development. "The Big Bang Theory"

A fix for that is to match older males with younger females. Should you buy 6 or more fish next time buy 3 larger and 3 smaller. Or if the seller can tell which is the male or female the larger ones should be older so get larger males and smaller female. If the seller cannot tell then order 3 large and 3 small, or some variation of that.

[planter]

So some unexpected turn of events.


I added all of the discus 4 day's ago over the last 3 day's there has been a lot of fighting between them all. Yesterday the rams in the tank spawned (again) and ended up eating their eggs (again).

When I got home today I found that the discus have also spawned not one pair but two pairs. and it looks like a 3rd pair has formed and are both cleaning the intake tube of my other filter inlet tube across the tank.

Good news I guess. I was afraid that they would not like their new home but It looks like I was wrong. I am not prepared to raise discus so I guess I'll let whatever happens happen for now. I feel bad for the 7th discus he has no one now lol.

Here is a picture of the female (I think) with her eggs




I just shot this video of the second pair spawning. They are still at it as I post this.

https://youtu.be/uJAnMmh4l1o

[danotaylor]

Looking good Filipe! What a great "problem" to have. Love to see a full tank vid of the set up you moved the discus into as well. Cheers mate!

[planter]

Thanks Daniel I just hope the fighting stay's at a minimum.

Here is a quick video I shot of the entire tank.

http://youtu.be/E7L61O5mM0I


How did you expand the video from that link?

[coralbandit]

Wow talk about close neighbors !
Nice on happy fish but I suspect they will not all stay happy ?


Take the " s " off the end of the http
Your link gets me a bigger picture though !

[danotaylor]

Awesome Filipe, your tank looks amazing!
When loading the link without the "s" you have to paste into the "insert video" icon located here;
Screenshot_20200129-175943~2.jpg
Cheers mate!

[planter]

Well both pairs ate their own eggs. On a side note I decided to open one of my canisters today and found it completely dirty. It looks like my pre filters are not doing much and the water in the tank is not clear. I'm going to remove the pre filters as it appears they are not doing much.

[planter]

And I just had a third pair spawn. 6 out of 7 fish...

[coralbandit]

They are Happy fish !
Nice !