Bobindenver
02-21-2014, 04:50 AM
My 11 discus in my 125 gallon planted tank are all now healthy and very happy.
In fact, 5 are now breeding. Yes 5. Two one side of my tank and three, (3 - a manage a trios ), on the other side. The 3 discus are one female and two males. The males are quite cordial with one another, and I observed them fertilizing eggs simultaneously doing so in tandem immediately after the female laid them. Prior to this I observed the two males courting the female simultaneously with their trembling and shaking behavior displays in front of her.
I assumed that the two males would fight for dominance a/o control, not these two. They are very close to each other, btw, with both guarding the eggs as the female swims off to eat. Sometimes any two will swim away to eat and one or the other will return. Often the two males travel together and go off to eat while the female stands guard. All three will sometimes gaurd and tend to the eggs.
Has anyone else seen this type of behavior in discus?
In fact, 5 are now breeding. Yes 5. Two one side of my tank and three, (3 - a manage a trios ), on the other side. The 3 discus are one female and two males. The males are quite cordial with one another, and I observed them fertilizing eggs simultaneously doing so in tandem immediately after the female laid them. Prior to this I observed the two males courting the female simultaneously with their trembling and shaking behavior displays in front of her.
I assumed that the two males would fight for dominance a/o control, not these two. They are very close to each other, btw, with both guarding the eggs as the female swims off to eat. Sometimes any two will swim away to eat and one or the other will return. Often the two males travel together and go off to eat while the female stands guard. All three will sometimes gaurd and tend to the eggs.
Has anyone else seen this type of behavior in discus?