8 day old fry! Some questions.

[Iminit]

Thanks all! Here’s todays pic 9FDEB753-7078-4E27-B5E6-FC08644E64A5.jpg

[seanyuki]

courtesy of Jackie Tran 2 TAT discus, discus baby growth timeline.

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[brewmaster15]

courtesy of Jackie Tran 2 TAT discus, discus baby growth timeline.

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That is an awesome poster! really well done!

[Iminit]

Nice poster! But he pulled the parents at day 15? Next what is the word on doing pp treatments? I’m not a fan of pp but I’ve read it a lot that it needs to be done on or by the 4th week. This true? And if it needs to be done can anyone explain to me the way it’s done. I have pp just never used it.

[brewmaster15]

Nice poster! But he pulled the parents at day 15? Next what is the word on doing pp treatments? I’m not a fan of pp but I’ve read it a lot that it needs to be done on or by the 4th week. This true? And if it needs to be done can anyone explain to me the way it’s done. I have pp just never used it.

Two comments..

1. There is no hard fast rule on when to pull them.. see post 10 and 12 this thread.

2. PP?.. Trying to bait me ? Seriously, I will bite...pp is absolutely not necessary as a prophylactic and can damage developing gill tissues.

Al

[Adamski77]

This is such a lovely picture! Congratulations!

[seanyuki]

30 day death syndrome
Poor water quality
Overcrowding
High bio load of organic waste
Poor filtration
Poor aeration/ low oxygen levels
Lingering diseases without a proper QT
Parents infested with flukes
Wrong size tank Overfeeding
Poor husbandry
High temps
Poor Filtration
Poor Filtration Flow
Not enough water changes.
These are all the things that can lead up to bacteria, Gill disease also know as BGD or some like to call it 30 day syndrome.

[Iminit]

morning Al . Well I read it on Facebook . Truth! They’re claiming every 3 weeks!

Wait a minute Francis!! Those things all sound like things a keeper could be doing wrong!! Got to be another reason!!

[CliffsDiscus]

I wouldn't PP but remove the fry as some starts to eat from the tank floor they are going to pick up the cysts left from the flukes.

[Iminit]

Ok remove thosd IMG_6488.jpgeating off the floor. These guys are starting to adventure around the tank. I’ve got a 30g set up waiting for the babies.

[Iminit]

Ok I think I’ve got a problem one. Been noticing it’s been swimming kind of off. Guessing this one should be culled. Center of frame

[CliffsDiscus]

Looks like a bladder problem(slider).

[brewmaster15]

Tom,
That one definitely has issues and should be culled.. it has very short gill plates as well as its swimming poorly.
Al

[Iminit]

Thanks! I did pull it and another after this evenings water change. Just to see if they would live I put them in the 20g.

[Iminit]

20 days old! Still looking good to me! 7FE6450B-D332-42F9-A9DA-A10E46D935A8.jpgE3B3835A-4C8B-4B8E-8C56-BCFEE9CD7E4A.jpgED55FAA7-7449-48F6-AC7C-CD3EA5D5B1C7.jpg. Feeding a mixture of fdbw discus chow sera and flakes all mashed to a powder and bbs. Seem to now be eating everything. If you guys could tell me what you think of these fry. Thanks