4th July
http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIJ4sAMr8UE
I was worried about my two female discus, they were looking REALLY thin. I did a course of Kusuri de-wormer, and after it dissipated a couple of doses of primafix and melafix.
At the same time I've started target feeding them bloodworm.
I was telling today my friend at the LFS they were looking better and when I come back home... this!
WOOHOO!
The "woohoo" is not so much because of the possibility of discus fry, it is quite remote. It is just because they must really be better if they're feeling well enough to breed.
Mind you, it's the third time they spawn so I decided to start a journal. They are in a community tank, so I'm not trying to breed them, but it will be interesting to see how they fare. For the moment the male is defending the eggs quite ferociously.
EDIT:
Didn't take too long for the eggs to be eaten. Not to worry, young couple, so it's to be expected.
... next time...
12th July
http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaez4AnGQvY
Caught in the act!
I have just added some sand so you'll probably see very little as there is a lot of crap in suspension, the water is clearing, but not clear yet.
Anyway, a week after the first spawning, they spawn again, so I must be doing something right!
Again I'm not expecting this lot to survive, but I am tempted to delay the setup of my soil tank and try and breed these two in "solitary confinement". That tank won't be available for a while yet (see the jaguar fry/juveniles series), so i have plenty of time to think about it.
Unfortunately the pair is very much disturbed by the two leopard snakeskins that have been fighting recently and have decided they MUST fight in that corner, despite the parents trying to chase them away.
UPDATE:
They have kept fanning and guarding the eggs for three days. Once I noticed a layer of mold on the, with the parents still tending to them, I put them out of their misery and scraped them off the glass.
Still, better than last time, when the eggs were eaten.
... oh well... next time, maybe...
http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIJ4sAMr8UE
I was worried about my two female discus, they were looking REALLY thin. I did a course of Kusuri de-wormer, and after it dissipated a couple of doses of primafix and melafix.
At the same time I've started target feeding them bloodworm.
I was telling today my friend at the LFS they were looking better and when I come back home... this!
WOOHOO!
The "woohoo" is not so much because of the possibility of discus fry, it is quite remote. It is just because they must really be better if they're feeling well enough to breed.
Mind you, it's the third time they spawn so I decided to start a journal. They are in a community tank, so I'm not trying to breed them, but it will be interesting to see how they fare. For the moment the male is defending the eggs quite ferociously.
EDIT:
Didn't take too long for the eggs to be eaten. Not to worry, young couple, so it's to be expected.
... next time...
12th July
http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaez4AnGQvY
Caught in the act!
I have just added some sand so you'll probably see very little as there is a lot of crap in suspension, the water is clearing, but not clear yet.
Anyway, a week after the first spawning, they spawn again, so I must be doing something right!
Again I'm not expecting this lot to survive, but I am tempted to delay the setup of my soil tank and try and breed these two in "solitary confinement". That tank won't be available for a while yet (see the jaguar fry/juveniles series), so i have plenty of time to think about it.
Unfortunately the pair is very much disturbed by the two leopard snakeskins that have been fighting recently and have decided they MUST fight in that corner, despite the parents trying to chase them away.
UPDATE:
They have kept fanning and guarding the eggs for three days. Once I noticed a layer of mold on the, with the parents still tending to them, I put them out of their misery and scraped them off the glass.
Still, better than last time, when the eggs were eaten.
... oh well... next time, maybe...