No more aquariums!..........(at least not in the house)

[jdhuyvetter]

Put my foot down. No more tanks in the house. But, my discus have a mind of their own and keep throwing out babies. Even in the community tank.

So, it's warm enough here in SW Florida. Outside growout tank. Bought a used 75 and setting it up this weekend.

http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss55/jdhuyvetter/20170423_150413_zpsqokinxt8.jpg (http://s561.photobucket.com/user/jdhuyvetter/media/20170423_150413_zpsqokinxt8.jpg.html)

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The reasons why:
http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss55/jdhuyvetter/20170423_150332_zps5wqfgah9.jpg (http://s561.photobucket.com/user/jdhuyvetter/media/20170423_150332_zps5wqfgah9.jpg.html)

http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss55/jdhuyvetter/20170423_150604_zpsd4aej9sz.jpg (http://s561.photobucket.com/user/jdhuyvetter/media/20170423_150604_zpsd4aej9sz.jpg.html)

[bluelagoon]

Wow!!!

[smsimcik]

Wish I had that problem.
If I lived in Florida, I'd come help take some of those fry off your hands. Lol. I've been trying to breed some that look just like that.

[Kyla]

amazing they can raise the babies in the community tank!

[jdhuyvetter]

I managed to catch all but one baby out of the tank over the last couple days. Pair #4 is spawning on the front glass even as I type this!

[Ryan925]

So crazy that so many have some trouble with breeding and you can't get yours to stop. Care to share your tank stats and water params. Very interesting stuff

[jdhuyvetter]

I honestly don't know my stats. Water temp is around 82. I try to change 80 gallons once a week. But with the babies, that was about once a month. Tank is 300 gallons. I have a refugium under the tank as well. I keep pulling baby tetras out of that. Currently has 2 baby lemons. When I do a water change, I use RODI with 2 capfuls of seachem equilibrium to reconstitute some of the minerals.

I feed twice a day. My own mix of frozen foods in the morning (beefheart, bloodworms, plankton, mysis and brine shrimp). Feed FD blackworms in the evenings.

[Ryan925]

Ah gotcha thought all this was going on in tap water. Cool stuff though