what would you do?

If you had a pair spawn on the pre-filter pipe of an AC300 would you turn the filter back on after they were done? when they began to spawn i turned off the filter....they seem to be done now and are just fanning the eggs... ???

[fcdiscus]

Is it a community tank? If so, I would turn it back on. Is it a Breeding tank with other filtration, or do you have seeded sponge filters to put in with the fish? Then, I would leave it off. frank

the tank HAD 3 other fish in it....after the 2nd time i saw them zoning in for a snack(and getting one) they went into a spare tank, with a cycled filter....so it's just the two of them....with the ac300 and i've also got a double air-driven sponge that's cycled...

[fcdiscus]

That should work. Good luck! Frank

female and eggs

male

[fcdiscus]

Nice David. Hope you get some fry, they are nice looking fish. Frank

[Carol_Roberts]

. . . and I approve of your pre-filter sponge too
Carol

I'm glad you approve carol.... ;D
which reminds me...should i try and take the pre-filter sponge itself out of there, so that it doesn't start going "south" on me?? i already removed the filters from the ac300 itself and put them in another filter...

[Carol_Roberts]

Nah, just leave them alone. In about 24 hours or so you may see eyes. If not, let them practise fanning them for a couple of days, then remove the filter.
CArol

[keno]

David, I really like your fish, are they wild browns? Where did you get them? Good look, hope you get wriggers


Ken

[DarkDiscus]

David,

Really nice fish! Good luck with the fry! As for what you did - shutting down the filter and using alternative filtration, that's the best call. For some reason some fish like filter intakes and sponges. Maybe the vibration is appealing in some way?

John

[roger]

Ive have a pair that are looking at the intake pipe on my fluval. They have been pecking at it and doing the shake/shimy by it for about 3 days now. I lowered the water level in my 55 by about 4 inches so that if the fishbrains do use that tube they dont put eggs at the disconnect. The hope being I can just disconnect the tube and suck water from the top of the tank instead of the bottom. My theory isnt so much that they like the vibration but that there is usually a mild current surrounding the tubes. A mild current keeps the eggs cleaner IMO.



Back to the original question it sounds like you have enough filtration without the ac300. If the prime on it hasnt already broken I would take care of that then just let the filter go dry until they get done breeding.

[daninthesand]

Way to go david on your first discus spawn!

Touch wood!

Daniel

the female's a red alenquer, and the male is a wild santarem...i picked them up from Dave_C a few weeks ago when he momentarily took leave of his senses and sold off a whole bunch of his fish..
I was hoping that the male was going to breed with a really nice red-spotted diamond snakeskin, but i guess beggars can't be choosers...either way i'm happy whether the eggs hatch or not...I've already got angel fry to take care of right now...
the eggs are at about 18 hours, and there're about half a dozen that are white....the rest still look good(about 120 or so)