Discus Eggs

[crackmonkey]

The orange Disucs to the right of my picture has laid eggs twice in the last 3 weeks and looks like its a pair with the biggest most colourful one in the picture which must me a male but it doesn't seem to be doing the fertilisation part. After about 2 days they just dissapear gradually and one or two get like a white mold on them.

And now as im typing this my other orange Discus is laying eggs paired up with the same male which is beside it. How come he isn't fertilising??

 

[blitztidus]

He might be a she, which occasionally some fish get confused, or he is fertilizing them, but they keep eating them because they are trying to protect them. I would seperate breeders, if you want to raise young, in a different tank.

 

[jkc]

How old are the fish?? From the picture they look very young. blitztidus could be right, he could be a she but it may also be that he doesnt know what he is doing yet. Once he does realise what he's meant to be doing it may take them 8 or 9 lays before they realise they should be protecting the eggs and not eating them.

Breeding discus is all about patience. Personally I wouldnt move them into a separate tank yet. Let them practice for a while. When you eventually know that you definately have a pair and they seem to be getting the hang of it then think about moving them to their honey moon tank!!

 

[Alex_]

it takes awhile for Discus to get the whole matting thing right.

and white mold spots can mean that the female isent faning the eggs

,not enough water movement and bad water quality.

-Alex

EDIT: what is the bottem left discus called??

 

[Sp00ky]

how have they paired off? If you want your discus to breed truely, then the breeding pair need to be in a tank on their own and out of the line of sight with any other discus. Otherwise they will continually destroy the eggs, or worse, damage themselves trying to get at the other discus.

As the other guys say, the he may be a she. You could have a tank of female discus and they would all lay eggs constantly if the water is right. There doesnt have to be a male around for the female to lay.

The way a friend of mine does it is he puts his new adult all in one tank and any new one he buys go in the same tank. When 2 of the same are ready to pair off, this is noticed by one of the pair ( usually the male ) becoming very protective of the female. He demonstrates this by "head butting" or showing aggression to anyone near the female. He then removes the pair ( which are now paired off ) and puts them in a 2 x 2 x 2 cube ( thats feet not inchs btw!) in RO water along with a cone. And away they go !!

Just my observations on this and that dont mean its correct.

Ta

Sp00ks