free swimmers dissapeared

[7851martinb]

hi can anyone help i just started back with discus after a short break never got any pairs before .
this time 2 have paired of thay layed eggs last sunday ,everythings gone fine i e wrigglers then today they went free swimming got in at @ 6 30 to see one of them go round and scoop them all up i thought they were moving them but havent seen him spit them out is i usual for them to eat them at this stage .
up to now he has looked after them great moving the wrigglers aroun and puting em back when they fell.
any sugestions please

[Moon]

Sometimes young inexperienced pairs will eat their fry. I had a pair of checkerboards that kept on eating the fry when they became free swimming. This happened for about 6 months.
Then the last spawn about two weeks ago they are raising a nice brood of fry.
Be patient with them. They will eventually learn that their fry is not food.

[7851martinb]

hi thanks for quick reply its so dissapointing after how good they seemed to be with them how long is it before they lay again after this

[William Palumbo]

Yea it sux when that happens...My first Rose Red pair did that so many times in the beginning before they got it right. And if you think only young pairs do this, or pairs that never did, won't...guess again. I have had new and old pairs do this. Sometimes with fry that has been free swimming for 4+ days. One of the many joys of raising Discus...and one of the reasons they cost what they do!...Bill

[7851martinb]

i know i felt sick as i watched helplessly it al happened so quick

[Disgirl]

One time I saw one of the parents I had go around eating up all the free swimmers. I was surely mad at the fish! A while later I noticed that the fish had actually spit them out somewhere out of the way that I had not noticed for a time. Maybe yours too?
Barb:)

[7851martinb]

hi just an update all free swimmers gone and laying again as i type this a case of try again !!

[7851martinb]

hi all just an update 14 months later and finally babies :)
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[mmorris]

Excellent! What are your plans for raising them?