First time free swimmers finally attached to parents!

[Christian74]

http://s964.photobucket.com/user/cvbatts74/media/IMG_1797_zpsb770d9ff.mp4.html?sort=3&o=0

[rdiscus]

Congratulation!

Male PB, female leopard?

[Christian74]

Congratulation!

Male PB, female leopard?

no the male is the leopard.
BTW any advice on what i should do cause i took the sponge filter out and lowered the water level right before free swimming any advice when to put it back and raise the water? thank you

[Christian74]

thank you im excited lol finally did it

[Tvd/Tlc]

Congrats such a beautiful sight good luck with them:))

[Christian74]

Congrats such a beautiful sight good luck with them:))

thank you terri

[astrochick00]

Hooray! Congratulations!!!

[Christian74]

Hooray! Congratulations!!!

thank u guys. any advice you guys can give with when to start adding the sponge back and the water? and when to start feeding baby brine

[John_Nicholson]

Congrats.

On the filter I would have never taken it out or lowered the water level. Those tricks are normally not needed for non-PG strains.

-john

[Christian74]

Congrats.

On the filter I would have never taken it out or lowered the water level. Those tricks are normally not needed for non-PG strains.

-john
thanks john so you think i should put it back?

[rdiscus]

Yes you can put it back after the fry attached to parents

I want to see how your fry turn out ... Good luck with them!

[Christian74]

Yes you can put it back after the fry attached to parents

I want to see how your fry turn out ... Good luck with them!

thanks ryan i will keep u guys posted

[kira ken]

Congratulations!


A lot of hard work ahead ;)

[Nick Klimkowski]

nice work, get ready to hatch some BBS.

[Christian74]

nice work, get ready for some baby brine.

i know lol when should i start feeding baby brine

[Nick Klimkowski]

i know lol when should i start feeding baby brine

i usally will give the fry 5-7 days with te pair before i start to introduce BBS.

[Keith Perkins]

i know lol when should i start feeding baby brine

John would tell you to start on day 1. I've had to start as late as day 10 because of travels and haven't found the starting day makes a lot of difference to the fry. It's probably easier on the parents if you start earlier rather than later however. I try to start around day 4.

[Christian74]

John would tell you to start on day 1. I've had to start as late as day 10 because of travels and haven't found the starting day makes a lot of difference to the fry. It's probably easier on the parents if you start earlier rather than later however. I try to start around day 4.

thanks guys for the feed back also when is it okay for me to shut the tank light? i hear to leave it for the first 2 weeks running 24/7 ?

[Keith Perkins]

thanks guys for the feed back also when is it okay for me to shut the tank light? i hear to leave it for the first 2 weeks running 24/7 ?

I usually leave mine on until the parents look like they need a break or the fry start loosing interest in the bbs. That could be as early as 2 weeks but for likely somewhere between 3 and 5. Not a rule, just what I do.

[John_Nicholson]

While most discus fry can eat fresh hatched BBS on day 1 I normally only do that when raising them artificially. When they are with the parents I normally start somewhere between day 5 and 10.

-john

[Keith Perkins]

Oops, sorry about that John.

[Christian74]

While most discus fry can eat fresh hatched BBS on day 1 I normally only do that when raising them artificially. When they are with the parents I normally start somewhere between day 5 and 10.

-john

thanks john maybe ill wait a few days then

[Christian74]

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babies swarming the cone

[Christian74]

is it normal for the babies to be staying on the cone and not as much on the parents? well they only really attach to the male leopard but most are on the cone?

[John_Nicholson]

I have seen it before. Is one of the parents a PB? Looked like it in the last picture. Babies are attracted to dark objects, most PB's don't really turn dark. And as my normal response I never suggest mixing a PB with a non PB.

good luck.

-john

[Allwin]

My guess, wait for another 24hrs, most fry's will try to attach eventually..


is it normal for the babies to be staying on the cone and not as much on the parents? well they only really attach to the male leopard but most are on the cone?

[Allwin]

And i had some luck with blue led lights which makes the parents look darker during attachment.

[Christian74]

I have seen it before. Is one of the parents a PB? Looked like it in the last picture. Babies are attracted to dark objects, most PB's don't really turn dark. And as my normal response I never suggest mixing a PB with a non PB.

good luck.

-john
now there attached again this morning. but my other pair has free swimmers too and the are both PB. and nun are attaching

[rdiscus]

Why don't you remove the cone? it will help the fry stay on parents

[Keith Perkins]

One "trick" you can try is projecting a spotlight type lamp into the front of the tank as your light source. It makes the backside of parents appear as dark spots where they are blocking the light. I personally haven't used this method, but it came from a good source. HTH

+1 on removing the cone

[Christian74]

One "trick" you can try is projecting a spotlight type lamp into the front of the tank as your light source. It makes the backside of parents appear as dark spots where they are blocking the light. I personally haven't used this method, but it came from a good source. HTH

+1 on removing the cone

well the first pair are back on the parents the other pair of just PB are on the cone so i pulled it if they dont attach to the parents soon you think i should net them into the other tank even tho they are a lil smaller than the other babies. maybe they will think its there own parents?

[Keith Perkins]

Perhaps, or maybe the foster parents will defend their fry by eating all the intruders. Impossible to say. Often times the less messing around you do the better in the long run.

[Christian74]

Perhaps, or maybe the foster parents will defend their fry by eating all the intruders. Impossible to say. Often times the less messing around you do the better in the long run.
i took one out of the other tank and put it with the pair with attached babies and they are treating the one as there own

[Christian74]

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update of 11 day old free swimmers