discus courting behavior

[jipee]

I have 1 turquoise and 1 leopard, in my 30 gallon tall, bare bottom, planted. I have noticed either one of them flickering fins at the other when they get real close. Any explanations? they are fairly new acquaintances(3 weeks in same tank)

[Frankr409]

A Good sign indeed. Time to hang the do not disturb sign.

[Quintin]

Good Luck.please post pics soon,but dnt stress them.its really cool

[jipee]

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[damba]

This looks positive!

[jmf3460]

the background (your fireplace) looks really good. I love your planted pots! very unique tank IMO

[DISCUS STU]

This is part of the Discus mating ritual. Along with shaking, vibrating, the upward/downward movements when they approach, darkening, etc.

[jipee]

In the future if the spawn; Should I does anything to help keep water clean from pathogens or bacteria/ infections?

[DISCUS STU]

The tank looks pretty clean now. What is your current regimen for your water?

[jipee]

Glass scrape and 45% water change every 3 days

[DISCUS STU]

You may want to step it up to every other day. What type of filtration? Also if they're going to mate in this tank, all the other fish, especially the Rams, will have to be removed. It's also a good idea to read up on breeding. Then wait and see...

[jipee]

all i have is a fluval U3, which is behind the glare in the full tank pic, if that is the case with the rams then ok i will soon

[jipee]

update: pecking more than usual at each other + noticeable darkening

[DiscusBR]

I just caught my wilds discus on video in the courting behavior. You can see them shimming and cleaning an area of the driftwood. Few hours later they spawned in the driftwood:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bax4JXf5UEk

They ate the eggs, but you get an idea of courting movements.