female is trying to bite males side fins the fry are 1 week old

[maryalan]

is this normal, she has split his side fin, and the fry are on the male . should i be worried ? can anyone give me some advise is this normal ?

this is there first spawn and i am new to this ...

[troysdiiscus]

hey maryalan, how many fry do you have?

[maryalan]

about 35 left out of about 90.

[troysdiiscus]

Ok the male can carry that amount with no problem. My female got aggressive with my male after about 2 or 3 weeks because he was carrying most of the fry, so I took her out. Keep an eye on her if she gets worse the male can carry them. If the male is good with them you will be fine

[maryalan]

she has them again and stopped since we turned the white light off, do you think that could have been the problem ? the white being to bright, should i just keep the blue one on.. and thanks for your help .

[DiscusLoverJeff]

My Carnation Pigeon male carried 150 by himself, so 35 is not a problem.

Good luck!

[troysdiiscus]

I used a single buld flourscent light on all the time till I pulled the male, then at night left blue moon light on. As long as you have a light on you will be fine. Just keep an eye on her. With that amount of fry and it being first spawn she might get alittle excited about not being able to carry more fry and will compete with the male to carry them. So just keep a watch out....

[maryalan]

ya maybe she just wanted the fry back, makes sense :) thank you

[maryalan]

http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac131/marylovesalan/E1355171-815F-4643-8B7F-17068A631322-4422-00000371E8D532C9_zpse92e1cee.jpg (http://s893.photobucket.com/user/marylovesalan/media/E1355171-815F-4643-8B7F-17068A631322-4422-00000371E8D532C9_zpse92e1cee.jpg.html)
this is the mother
http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac131/marylovesalan/9335125E-3B4C-4437-B7A5-AE636A386173-4422-0000037273AE2D49_zps4dd93f77.jpg (http://s893.photobucket.com/user/marylovesalan/media/9335125E-3B4C-4437-B7A5-AE636A386173-4422-0000037273AE2D49_zps4dd93f77.jpg.html)
and this is the father.
do you have any idea what the offspring will be ?

[nc0gnet0]

95% of the time the male is the better parent, pull the female, otherwise it sounds like you might come home one day to 0 fry.

[maryalan]

i don't have any where to put her this is my only tank i did not expect them to breed. we came home last week to eggs. i hope she is ok hope she don't kill him, is that possible ?

[OC Discus]

Nice blue male. What is that strain called?

[maryalan]

male is a blue Diamond and we believe the female is a Heckle.

[Second Hand Pat]

Female is not a heckel...perhaps a turquoise of some sort?

[maryalan]

cool id like to find out, what color do you think the fry will be ?