Rob_General_Lee
05-12-2004, 04:37 PM
Hello discus-lovers!
I am new to this site, but a long time discus lover. I have kept freshwater fish for about 10 years and discus for the latter 4 years. I have never had luck in getting two discus to pair up until just recently. I strongly feel it was due to getting a RO unit installed about 5 months ago. I have been doing water changes with RO water since then. The growth of juvenile discus and health have never been better. But back to my problem. The two that paired up are a pigeon blood male and a marlboro red female. They have spawned about 6 times now and still no fry! They were first in a 72 gallon with 8 other discus. After the first failure I thought they may have ate eggs due to other discus being around. So, I moved the pair to a 30 gallon by themselves and after about 2 weeks they spawned again. I have a fluval 204, milleneum 2000 filter, and a sponge filter in the tank. I have tried putting drops of methylene blue in the water and changed water every other day. Still, many of the eggs get moldy or male eats the eggs. Has anyone had similar bad luck? Any suggestions? I am desperate for help!!!
Rob_General_Lee
I am new to this site, but a long time discus lover. I have kept freshwater fish for about 10 years and discus for the latter 4 years. I have never had luck in getting two discus to pair up until just recently. I strongly feel it was due to getting a RO unit installed about 5 months ago. I have been doing water changes with RO water since then. The growth of juvenile discus and health have never been better. But back to my problem. The two that paired up are a pigeon blood male and a marlboro red female. They have spawned about 6 times now and still no fry! They were first in a 72 gallon with 8 other discus. After the first failure I thought they may have ate eggs due to other discus being around. So, I moved the pair to a 30 gallon by themselves and after about 2 weeks they spawned again. I have a fluval 204, milleneum 2000 filter, and a sponge filter in the tank. I have tried putting drops of methylene blue in the water and changed water every other day. Still, many of the eggs get moldy or male eats the eggs. Has anyone had similar bad luck? Any suggestions? I am desperate for help!!!
Rob_General_Lee