Breeding My Discus

[DevotedToDiscus]

oooooooooo I am dying for my cories to reach breeding age. Bet they are CUTE!

They are rather small

 

[Alm0stAwesome]

Awww! I've got a group of sterbai. I'm really hoping I get the chance to raise some one day

 

[DevotedToDiscus]

Awww! I've got a group of sterbai. I'm really hoping I get the chance to raise some one day

I did breed some Bronze Corys by design a few years back, and it was pretty easy to get them to spawn(2 days feeding live brine shrimp, and then added some chilled water). Not sure why these Sterbai spawned, as I didn't do anything and I have never noticed them spawning before. As icQb suggested, it could well have been the weather. Just given them their first feed of spirulina and egg yoke, will switch to freshly hatched brine shrimp tomorrow, as I have only just popped the brine shrimp eggs in the hatchery.

Don't want to detract here, and end up waffling on about Corys

The Discus wrigglers did not develop well and kept falling off the cone. Their little sticky hair was not so sticky! I was at a loss as to why this was, as it happened on the last couple of batches. I think I found out at 4am this morning

Have had a sore throat for a couple of days, and I woke up at 4am with what felt like a stage of the Paris to Dakar rally taking place in my neck!

So ended up watching TV and feeling all sorry for myself. Now, as you might know my breeding tanks are outside, plumbed to the R/O unit, running a total loss system, at a trickle. The water comes from the tap at 29C(86F), so I don't need any heater. Ho hum! Well at 4am it doesn't come out of the tap at 29C, it comes out at 26C!

That's a smidgen too cold for Discus, and while the adults are not feeling any ill effects, I think the tiny little bodies of the wrigglers can't take it. I have now installed heaters to stop the temp slipping at night.

Take 36!

 

[Alm0stAwesome]

Hey ho! Live and learn! It's not like they won't go again lol!

 

[DevotedToDiscus]

Hey ho! Live and learn! It's not like they won't go again lol!

Indeed, this bit is easy now. I will try and trick them into spawning again tomorrow. I have given the blues a break, and moved them back to the big tank, and switched them out with the new Pigeon Bloods. Is not really fair leaving them in that little space for extended periods.

 

[Zante]

I'm reading this thread with a lot of interest.

I now realize why discus are so expensive when you buy them...

What can I say... goo luck, and keep us updated!

 

[DevotedToDiscus]

I'm reading this thread with a lot of interest.

I now realize why discus are so expensive when you buy them...

What can I say... goo luck, and keep us updated!

Indeed mate. If they were as easy to breed as guppies they would cost a quid each. Once cracked I don't see breeding them is any harder than many fish, but cracking it is not easy. Like everything these days we can find information about anything on the internet, but reading about something is quite a bit different to doing it. I stare at these fish, I read everything I can about these fish, yet still they baffle me

I will keep trying

 

[IcQb]

Indeed mate. If they were as easy to breed as guppies they would cost a quid each. Once cracked I don't see breeding them is any harder than many fish, but cracking it is not easy. Like everything these days we can find information about anything on the internet, but reading about something is quite a bit different to doing it. I stare at these fish, I read everything I can about these fish, yet still they baffle me

I will keep trying

You would be surprised how little is known about many well known hobby-fish!

Although i once found a thesis about Tanganyika shell-dwellers and their behaviour in the lake! one of the most interesting pieces of fish-keeping i've hever read.
And i don't even own any

I hope take 36 goes awesome!
Did you install a heater to fix the 'cold'-night water?

 

[FishFanatic04]

I got a chuckle when I read the bit about the night temperature. The easy answer is usually the last one you think of. Like when your keys are on the counter, but you've just dug in the couch. {My couch has old kid snacks in it these days}


Maybe the heaters will do the trick then, bet the parents will be nicer to their babies when they aren't whining and shivering.

 

[DevotedToDiscus]

I got a chuckle when I read the bit about the night temperature. The easy answer is usually the last one you think of. Like when your keys are on the counter, but you've just dug in the couch. {My couch has old kid snacks in it these days}


Maybe the heaters will do the trick then, bet the parents will be nicer to their babies when they aren't whining and shivering.

Some old foreign coins, a couple of Mentos and a........ewwwww what is that???

 

[DevotedToDiscus]

Indeed mate. If they were as easy to breed as guppies they would cost a quid each. Once cracked I don't see breeding them is any harder than many fish, but cracking it is not easy. Like everything these days we can find information about anything on the internet, but reading about something is quite a bit different to doing it. I stare at these fish, I read everything I can about these fish, yet still they baffle me

I will keep trying

You would be surprised how little is known about many well known hobby-fish!

Although i once found a thesis about Tanganyika shell-dwellers and their behaviour in the lake! one of the most interesting pieces of fish-keeping i've hever read.
And i don't even own any

I hope take 36 goes awesome!
Did you install a heater to fix the 'cold'-night water?

Indeed. I believe that there are somewhere close to 30,000 know species of fish in our world.........would take a while to study them all

Tanks all toasty at night now

 

[Biulu]

Well, at least your sore neck served a purpose! On to take 36, yeah!

 

[DevotedToDiscus]

Well, at least your sore neck served a purpose! On to take 36, yeah!

Also it's a good job I'm a big pussy, and didn't sleep it off like a man!

 

[crazyforcordoras]

Keep trying! Looking orward to seeing more!

 

[DevotedToDiscus]

Keep trying! Looking orward to seeing more!

Conditioned both pairs yesterday with hourly feeds of live brine shrimp, and they are now both displaying signs of spawning again. I hope to get some love action this evening(that's the fish, not me!.........or.....)