Discus Breeding ??

Question

this is the second time my discus layed eggs......both times they were eaten by another discus....i have a total of 3....ones blue ones dark brown and the other one is a Marlboro.... the blue one is the one laying eggs....... the first time the Marlboro ate them and the second time the dark brown ate them.......we have a quarentine so we can seperate them.......the blue one still wants to lay more.......any ideas what to do this time.......cause u need a male for the sperm???

ummm that link dont work

ok i got that understanding.....i guess my next question is than........y are the eggs disappearing.....is the male eating them...are they hatching and than disappearing???

Answer 1

meeting

Answer 2

In a 10gal tank they wont even get to breeding length.... An person Discus has a physique in regards to the size of the plam of your hand (6" x 6"), and that they % appropriate water circumstances to reproduce. You dont additionally be attentive to if yo have a pair.. approximately 30gal for a single pair of Discus. back to the learn right here or you're in basic terms going to finally end up with ineffective Discus. Ian

Answer 3

that answer guy is a spam bot/guy.. Yahoo answers for hacked into. don't worry about it.

yes, of course you need a male.. The one laying eggs is obviously a female. The male should be by the female's side.. They are a pair/couple and are good parents.

here's more info http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/breeding/grangediscus/index.html

Answer 4

I guess this is not an uncommon problem, the breeding pair should be alone and eventually they will raise their young, however, breeders sometimes remove the parents after spawning and raise the young themselves. The instructions can be found on www.discuspro.com

Answer 5

Some fish does not really care about their children