A thing I hoped but secretly never thought I'd actually see: ATTACHMENT!!!

[Rolla P]

Ok so you'll have to excuse the exclamation points but it is without a doubt a truly beautiful thing to witness in real life. I've seen it on a number of youtube vids but, while trying to work out the conundrum of discus breeding, it happened.

I have never been beyond this point with discus so feel free or should I say please feel free to drop any nuggets of wisdom on my next steps here.

A couple of semi blurry pics and a video. Please click the links.





https://i.imgur.com/aF8gpY3.mp4

[fljones3]

Congratulations!
If you post more about your tank, occupants, size, water parameters, BB or not, etc. you might get more assistance. Also, under the breeding section is lots of information!

[danotaylor]

Awesome. Video won't play for me though

[coralbandit]

Congrats ! It is awesome to see in person for sure . ENJOY~!
I used a syringe to target feed the fry BBS while they were still on the parents .
Some of the BBS stuck to the parents slime so the fry got the 'incidentally' at first .

[Rolla P]

Congratulations!
If you post more about your tank, occupants, size, water parameters, BB or not, etc. you might get more assistance. Also, under the breeding section is lots of information!

180L bow. Bare tank. Water is down to a third to help with the attachment process. 1 male/1 female.

I'm wondering when I should increase the water and by how much. They haven't been attached more than 4 hours.

Congrats ! It is awesome to see in person for sure . ENJOY~!
I used a syringe to target feed the fry BBS while they were still on the parents .
Some of the BBS stuck to the parents slime so the fry got the 'incidentally' at first .

I'm going to try feeding BBS eggs as well as live bbs but I'm unsure of when to start the feeding and Water changes?

Awesome. Video won't play for me though

Here is a new vid. Click the link and it should open on imgur

https://imgur.com/a/Rr4ajMS

[Iminit]

Corgrats Rolla!! That is a fine site!!

[LizStreithorst]

There is nothing more beautiful than that sight.

[Rolla P]

This being the first time I've ever got to this stage I am confused about a number of things.

1. While I understand the number of feeds I should do and the number water changes daily when/if the fry get older... But at this early stage, while they're feeding on parents and while the water is reduced by two thirds to aid in attachment... When should I start water changing and by how much?

2. When do I start adding baby brine shrimp eggs and/or live baby brine shrimp for the fry to feed on?

[LizStreithorst]

Once they are for sure attached you can raise the water level every day during your normal daily WC. Depending on the number of fry the parents are dealing with I start feeding live BBS between day 3 and day 5. In your case day 4 should be just right. To get the babies to eating non live food you should try this stuff made by a guy right here in the States: http://fishguysplace.com/preparedfoods00.html#sf

[Rolla P]

Once they are for sure attached you can raise the water level every day during your normal daily WC. Depending on the number of fry the parents are dealing with I start feeding live BBS between day 3 and day 5. In your case day 4 should be just right. To get the babies to eating non live food you should try this stuff made by a guy right here in the States: http://fishguysplace.com/preparedfoods00.html#sf

Thanks a bunch for the info Liz. I'll start raising the water level today.

Unfortunately that food / Link is a US site and I'm a UK resident.

I read a blog some time ago where a discus keeper swore that "Decap BBS eggs" was more nutritious and caused less deaths (in his opinion of course) than live BBS. I've been searching for that thread for a while now but it was a series of clicks that led me there some time ago and I haven't been able to find it since.

[seanyuki]

Worth trying ARTIFICIAL REARING DISCUS by Cliff Young.


https://www.mondodiscus.com/2007/11/...y-cliff-young/

[seanyuki]

As a feed source, decapsulated cysts have a higher energy and nutritional value than live Artemia nauplii as zero energy is consumed in the hatching process and lipids, amino acids, and enzymes are left intact.

https://www.artemiacystsaaa.com/deca...-artemia-cyst/

Thanks a bunch for the info Liz. I'll start raising the water level today.

Unfortunately that food / Link is a US site and I'm a UK resident.

I read a blog some time ago where a discus keeper swore that "Decap BBS eggs" was more nutritious and caused less deaths (in his opinion of course) than live BBS. I've been searching for that thread for a while now but it was a series of clicks that led me there some time ago and I haven't been able to find it since.

[LizStreithorst]

The bad thing about decaps is that you don't get the wiggle factor of live. It matters a lot when weaning babies from their parents.

[seanyuki]

Good point Liz that is why I listen to experience people like you....learn from the best.

The bad thing about decaps is that you don't get the wiggle factor of live. It matters a lot when weaning babies from their parents.

[Rolla P]

The bad thing about decaps is that you don't get the wiggle factor of live. It matters a lot when weaning babies from their parents.

Thanks Liz.

That is something I didn't consider. I was focused on the cleanliness of decaps as opposed to live, I might try a mix of the two?