trebor69
05-18-2009, 05:31 PM
I have a group of 8 BDs in a 75 gallon tank.
bought them at around 2-2.5 inches last August
About 3 weeks ago eggs started showing up but they didnt appear to be fertile and were eaten by others. I am going to guess that I have witnessed eggs being laid about 5-6 times in the last 3 weeks.
Most of the time I watched as one discus laid eggs and 1 or 2 of the others followed immediately behind eating them. One time there appeared to be a pair guarding the eggs but the following day the eggs were all gone.
I know theres got to be more than one male in there but they don't appear interested as I haven't witness any males making their pass over the eggs.
And there has to be several females laying because I have had too many batches in a short time span. Its so dang hard sometimes to tell these solid blue fish apart.
Do the females mature faster? These are Stendker BDs that based on their size when I bought them are somewhere between 11 and 12 months old.
As I type this I am watching another batch of eggs being laid. This time there appears to be a male sort of trying to get things right. I have seen him make a couple passes but he is not doing it in a timely matter. The female is making 3-4 passes to his one.
I know there is not much chance of success in with the other fishes(also 10 Sterbai cories) but I was hoping to atleast see wigglers so that I know it is a fertile/compatible pair before I attempt to relocate them to their own tank.
So how about it....are the males too young yet?
Any chance of getting to wiggler stage in a tank with 6 other discus and 10 Sterbais?
on a side note....I also have a pair of black angels that laid eggs in another tank and HOLY COW there must be 600+ eggs on the cone. Man if all those hatch I would need a swimming pool to hold the babies. No dang wonder angels are easy and cheap to buy.
bought them at around 2-2.5 inches last August
About 3 weeks ago eggs started showing up but they didnt appear to be fertile and were eaten by others. I am going to guess that I have witnessed eggs being laid about 5-6 times in the last 3 weeks.
Most of the time I watched as one discus laid eggs and 1 or 2 of the others followed immediately behind eating them. One time there appeared to be a pair guarding the eggs but the following day the eggs were all gone.
I know theres got to be more than one male in there but they don't appear interested as I haven't witness any males making their pass over the eggs.
And there has to be several females laying because I have had too many batches in a short time span. Its so dang hard sometimes to tell these solid blue fish apart.
Do the females mature faster? These are Stendker BDs that based on their size when I bought them are somewhere between 11 and 12 months old.
As I type this I am watching another batch of eggs being laid. This time there appears to be a male sort of trying to get things right. I have seen him make a couple passes but he is not doing it in a timely matter. The female is making 3-4 passes to his one.
I know there is not much chance of success in with the other fishes(also 10 Sterbai cories) but I was hoping to atleast see wigglers so that I know it is a fertile/compatible pair before I attempt to relocate them to their own tank.
So how about it....are the males too young yet?
Any chance of getting to wiggler stage in a tank with 6 other discus and 10 Sterbais?
on a side note....I also have a pair of black angels that laid eggs in another tank and HOLY COW there must be 600+ eggs on the cone. Man if all those hatch I would need a swimming pool to hold the babies. No dang wonder angels are easy and cheap to buy.