My only remaining fry from Nov. 2012 spawn

[farebox]

My pigeon checkerboard, female, from central ohio discus, michael beals, 3.0" 10/14/11 & albino platinum, male, from kenny's discus, 3.5" 12/30/11 spawned Nov 2012. Please checkout the only remaining juvie now at 2.0". Growing out in 40GA breeder tank, feeding Al's FDBW and flakes for now.http: //i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb436/farebox/photo-3_zpsf438930d-1_zpsde5f00e6.jpg
Any comments will be appreciated. Thanks for viewing.....

[rdiscus]

http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb436/farebox/photo-3_zpsf438930d-1_zpsde5f00e6.jpg

[rdiscus]

The eye doesn't look like 2month old fish

[Bill63SG]

The eye doesn't look like 2month old fish

+1,the parents sound awful small to be breeding.

[nc0gnet0]

the parents sound awful small to be breeding.

Read carefully...........

what happened to the others may I ask?

[Chicago Discus]

I'm speechless........Josie

[a volar]

With all due respect, that's a bad looking discus.. I mean, mother from Mike Beals and father from Kenny, fry suppose to be exellent looking... so I guess something happen...

Tell us the story please.

[Bill63SG]

Read carefully...........

what happened to the others may I ask?

Whoops,about a year ago,we'll assume the parents did some growing.

[farebox]

Well this pair would spawn in the 125GA tank with 12 other discus. Three times made it to wrigglers but gotten eaten. Next moved the pair to an 20GA high tank, They spawned at least 10 times, sometimes eat the eggs, sometimes got to free swimming but would not attach to parents. Would remove sponge filter, lower water level, cover tank, still no attachment. The parents would sometimes eat the eggs or wrigglers and start all over again. One time I went away to Vegas for five days, laid eggs, went to wrigglers upon arrival home, woke up in the morning again all gone. Just gave up the last time they spawned, was able to get about five fry from the tank. Done the BBS thing all the time and they just died, except this one. Pics of the parents: http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m536/ladycebu62/DSC_1277.jpg

Also used ro water mixed with tap to obtain tds=84 ph= 6.8 water temp=83F. Daily 50% WC's. I did all the things that I could from info obtained here in SD....

[Oscarsx]

I like it how they completely ignored the breeding cone hehe :)

- oz

[rdiscus]

http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m536/ladycebu62/DSC_1277.jpg

[sandy]

It happen sometime they just ignore what we provide them :(

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[farebox]

Should cull this guy or continue to grow out???

[Bill63SG]

Honestly,your call.Youve put alot of time into him,but if it was me,cull.Looks stunted.

[Trier20]

I would cull too. I have a few that look like that but I used them to help with a grow out of a group of three. When the three get big enough ill play whack a mole with them.

[cjr8420]

any other pairs u can work with pb x non pb never the best combo. u can do everything right and still have ugly fish.im surprised its not more peppered

[Toke]

hello

The problem with peppering should not be the albino gene (if the platinum is an albino), but rather the blue colour from which the platinum has it origins. Blue/turq colour is almost always a problem in pigeon breeding/cross.

[farebox]

RIP...did the deed. Thanks to all for input.

[nc0gnet0]

but rather the blue colour from which the platinum has it origins. Blue/turq colour is almost always a problem in pigeon breeding/cross.


I don't think this statement is accurate. but rather barless fish (non pb) tend to produce cleaner fry than the barred counterparts when crossed with a pigeon blood. There are also several other factors at play, namely the quality of the pb (an albino pb will have it peppering masked so you cannot tell if it is clean or not).

[SoCalDiscus.com]

Very nice male platinum. Female showing too much peppering which may be why the juvi looks so dirty? I feel bad after your one successful spawn that you had to cull it. I understand it, just feel bad after all your work. Good luck next time.