beekart
12-17-2019, 11:52 AM
Hey everyone,
I've been keeping discus for many years, but for the first time I've separated 1 of my pairs into a breeding tank (120ltr cube) .
They have been practicing in the community tank for so long i figured I will give them a tank of their own so they can finally have a chance.
The minute they got into their own tank, they immediately started spawning, they took excellent care of the eggs, wigglers, and now they have about 150 fry circling around them.
The fry is growing insanely fast (much faster as some of the reports I see logged around these forums/internet) - why that is.. I dont know!
But something that has gotten me worried is that it seems to take a toll on the parents.
Especially the male discus has gotten really aggressive, he attacks food that is thrown into the aquarium instead of eating it, he just lunges at it and try to make himself look as big as possible.
He takes on about 80% of the fry all of the time and once in a while he just shoots off to try and lose them for a second, but then immediately returns back in the school of fry to get them to re-attach.
I know this is normal behavior - it just seems to have gotten way more violent as the fry get bigger.
I've turned off the tank light too, to try and calm him down.
perhaps i'm worried over nothing! - Like i said this is the first time im breeding discus in their own tank, so most of this is all new!
In the community tank they never got further than wigglers,, before Mr. Pleco came by for a midnight snack.
Thanks for you help!
I've documented their growth from day one, so i'll add a diary at some point, figured that might be fun to see :)
I've been keeping discus for many years, but for the first time I've separated 1 of my pairs into a breeding tank (120ltr cube) .
They have been practicing in the community tank for so long i figured I will give them a tank of their own so they can finally have a chance.
The minute they got into their own tank, they immediately started spawning, they took excellent care of the eggs, wigglers, and now they have about 150 fry circling around them.
The fry is growing insanely fast (much faster as some of the reports I see logged around these forums/internet) - why that is.. I dont know!
But something that has gotten me worried is that it seems to take a toll on the parents.
Especially the male discus has gotten really aggressive, he attacks food that is thrown into the aquarium instead of eating it, he just lunges at it and try to make himself look as big as possible.
He takes on about 80% of the fry all of the time and once in a while he just shoots off to try and lose them for a second, but then immediately returns back in the school of fry to get them to re-attach.
I know this is normal behavior - it just seems to have gotten way more violent as the fry get bigger.
I've turned off the tank light too, to try and calm him down.
perhaps i'm worried over nothing! - Like i said this is the first time im breeding discus in their own tank, so most of this is all new!
In the community tank they never got further than wigglers,, before Mr. Pleco came by for a midnight snack.
Thanks for you help!
I've documented their growth from day one, so i'll add a diary at some point, figured that might be fun to see :)