Eggs!! And they did it while I was travelling...

[Discus Origins]

Mauro,

Hold off on water change and feed very sparingly until the eggs hatch. Once the fry hatch do a small water change but try not to disturb the side that the pair is one when draining and refilling, then put the divider in. I find once there are fry to tend the pair will handle changes easier.

[DiscusBR]

Mauro,

Hold off on water change and feed very sparingly until the eggs hatch. Once the fry hatch do a small water change but try not to disturb the side that the pair is one when draining and refilling, then put the divider in. I find once there are fry to tend the pair will handle changes easier.

Thank you, Mark. I will not do the WC for now and will diminish the feeding. Should I do the WC and put the divider when they become wigglers but are still attached to the cone or when they become free swimmers? How small should the WC be? 20%? 40%?

[Discus Origins]

Mauro,

20% WC is good enough once the fry hatch and every 3 days is a good schedule from here out until you remove the fry to a growout tank. The water change and divider should go in before the fry are swimming.

[Second Hand Pat]

Happy for you Mauro. You must be walking on clouds.

[DiscusBR]

Mauro,

20% WC is good enough once the fry hatch and every 3 days is a good schedule from here out until you remove the fry to a growout tank. The water change and divider should go in before the fry are swimming.

Thank you, Mark. I appreciate your advice.

Happy for you Mauro. You must be walking on clouds.

You are absolutely right, Pat. It is amazing to see that happening.

[Keith Perkins]

Hmm, so I see a trend developing? I show up and peoples wilds get busy, lol.

[Len]

Congrats Mauro

[Second Hand Pat]

Watch out guys, Keith is stealing everyone's thunder and taking credit for all the wilds breeding

[Len]

I don't know Pat. He does seem to have some kind of hocus pocus juju going on. Everytime he asked about mine, they laid again.

[DiscusBR]

Hmm, so I see a trend developing? I show up and peoples wilds get busy, lol.

Keep visting my posts, Keith. I like that

Congrats Mauro

Thank you.

Watch out guys, Keith is stealing everyone's thunder and taking credit for all the wilds breeding

I don't know Pat. He does seem to have some kind of hocus pocus juju going on. Everytime he asked about mine, they laid again.

Hoping that eggs will hatch, I am trying to learn as much as I can about fry development and care requirements. I found David Rose's thread about breeding timeline very useful (http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showth...eding-Timeline).

One of issues I will have to deal with is the possibility of having the fry sucked by the intake of the canister filter. As the video shows, the breeding cone is quite close to the filter's intake, which is covered by a pre-filter sponge. David's thread recommends covering the pre-filter sponge with a nylon (such as ladies nylon) or with a fine micron media bag, secured by a rubber band. I think I wil use the second option. Any takes?

I have absolutely no clue how to hatch brine shrimp. A lot to learn if this breeding experience goes well.

[Second Hand Pat]

Mauro, use a nice piece of foam to cover or slide over the filter inlet. I would suggest moving the filter input out of the brooding chamber if possible.

I used foam to cover the inlets on my overflow and it works beautifully.

[DiscusBR]

Mauro, use a nice piece of foam to cover or slide over the filter inlet. I would suggest moving the filter input out of the brooding chamber if possible.

I used foam to cover the inlets on my overflow and it works beautifully.

It would be difficult to move the intake of the canister out of the area because of my tank's configuration. I have the impression that a fine micron media bag would work fine. Is there a particualr reason why you don't recommend this option? Thanks.

[Second Hand Pat]

Yes, the foam over the inlet helps to spread the flow over a larger surface area and should reduce the flow in one spot therefore allowing the fry to escape the suction if they get too close.

[Keith Perkins]

There are a lot of good threads on hatching bbs, here's a link to my favorite. http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showth...ink#post566827 I use a turkey baster rather than siphoning when you get to that part of the instructions, Martha does now too.

[Keith Perkins]

Watch out guys, Keith is stealing everyone's thunder and taking credit for all the wilds breeding

I don't know Pat. He does seem to have some kind of hocus pocus juju going on. Everytime he asked about mine, they laid again.

Don't worry about it Len, I think Pat's just annoyed that I'm now associating with other wilds people and she doesn't exclusively get all my juju anymore. lol Oh, and Len, been thinking about that other pair of yours again. Pat -