On track - FINALLY!!

[Mando]

Save it

[snxtif]

Well, I guess we'll have to get ready for round 2. They got hungry and ate the fry

Sorry to hear that.

Seriously though, what is with this cannibalism???

[jeep]

Preparing a Sunday dinner

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[coralbandit]

Nice ! Slow roasting over the weekend ?
For what it is worth my reading on filial cannabalism says the spawn that follows often is larger and stronger !
It's like pre natal vitamins for the parent that eats them ?
My experience with rams says you should get a good bunch of eggs …
Now why do they eat the eggs or fry ??? They're silly fish I have , no clue !

Good luck Brian .

[Mando]

I can't get enough of how red these fish are! Truly a collectors strain.

[jeep]

Nice ! Slow roasting over the weekend ?
For what it is worth my reading on filial cannabalism says the spawn that follows often is larger and stronger !
It's like pre natal vitamins for the parent that eats them ?
My experience with rams says you should get a good bunch of eggs …
Now why do they eat the eggs or fry ??? They're silly fish I have , no clue !

Good luck Brian .

Even though they have been spawning for over a year, they've been in community with hard water with no hatches. I'm hoping they are still new at this and 3rd time is a charm. I don't like difficult pairs... I'll let them try for a 3rd time and if the same behavior continues I will apply corrective measures If that doesn't work I'll try screening them and if that doesn't work I'll try removing the female as she seems to be the offender. If that doesn't work I'll try raising them artificially because I don't have surrogates at this time although I really don't want to go that far... dam fish need to learn, lol...

[jeep]

Resurrecting an old thread... Mom was finally introduced to a dad that has taught her what it's all about. Unfortunately, she developed a severe internal infection after a series of heater failures and I almost lost her. I was able to treat her in time with kanamycin and SALT and after almost 2 weeks, the infection was expelled. Three weeks later she's acting normal and just laid a small clutch last night. Only 2 survived before dad convinced her to stop eating the kids from the last spawn, but they made it to 5 and weeks and 1 3/4" so far. Hopefully there's more to come soon so I can work more with this line...

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[danotaylor]

Thats great mate!! They look to have great shape as well. Can't wait to see them grow and turn color!

[LizStreithorst]

Brian, it seems that the more important to you the fish are, the more kicks in the head they through out way. It isn't just that way with breeding fish. Judging by the 2 kids you pictured the quality for the size is excellent. Best of luck from here on.

[jeep]

The picture quality sucks! It's a phone camera and they swim at full speed when they see me. It's crazy to get excited about 2 fry, but after the repeated disappointments I've had with these awesome discus, I'm elated to have finally turned a corner with the mother. 1 female out of 15 discus, lol... I've always wanted to have pairs that need no assistance from screens or fostering and I'm willing to work with them as long as it takes. These have just taken a little longer than I would like...

[jeep]

8 week birthday!! So far they're exactly what I had hoped for. Great shapes and not a speck of pepper on them. They should start coloring up in a few more weeks. Dad is tending another batch now because mom just can't get her stuff together...

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[LizStreithorst]

Beautiful fish, Brian.