is it hard to breed discus fish?

Answer 1

It is hard, though not impossible to breed discus fish on a home aquaria condition. When your discus starts to pair up, it is probably a sign that they are ready to breed ...

Method to discus breeding:

Good food of high nutrition
Feed your fish with perfect food that consists of good nutrition.
They also consist of minerals and vitamins to hasten their growth. In order to have the above minerals and vitamins you will have to prepare your own food - I call them Discus Burger

Natural live food
Wild discus in rivers take natural food. They grow well and breed.
However, discus breeders do not totally rely on the natural food to feed their fish. The main diet for their discus is not natural food but discus burgers instead.

Live food like worm, daphnia, larva or bloodworm is excellent for the discus but they do have endless problems. They carry bacteria and parasites that will kill your fish.

In cities, it is not possible to have this natural food constantly supplied daily. So, besides feeding your discus fish with burger as main diet, it is necessary to feed them with natural food as a
supplementary diet.

How to pair them up?
Keep a few discus fish in a community tank, putting strains that you want to breed. Feed them heavily with live food. They should be fed at least twice a day. Change water after feeding.

Maturity (when they are ready to breed)
When they are at the age of eight to twelve months old, they are more or less mature. Observe them closely. They will start looking for their partner.

Hiding at the corner
When you notice there is a pair of discus hiding at the corner, chasing others away and guarding their territory. This is the pair of fish that you are looking for. If you notice them chasing one another, find out which two always stays together. They often keep themselves at one corner.

Guarding & cleaning
The pair will guard their territory and start cleaning the area to get ready for spawning.

Breeding tank
Put the pair in the breeding tank. They prefer a place where it is not too bright, light traffic and activities. Use right pH to stimulate them. Adjust the water slightly soft and acidic. Soon they will spawn after they get use to the environment.

More Tips:
1. You have put them in one tank. It is a right thing you have done, if it is a real mated pair.
2. In breeding, discus fish prefer acidic water.
3. They will choose a suitable location they prefer. They will start cleaning it. Leave them alone they will do the rest and spawn.
4. The normal way of spawning; The female will lay the eggs and the male follows behind and fertilize the eggs.
5. After spawning apply some Methylene Blue to protect the eggs from turning fungus.
6. Both will take turns to fan the eggs.
7. After 4 to 5 days, you see the eggs become darker. That is larva.
8. You see larva starts shaking.
9. When the larva drops, the parent will pick them up and place them back.
10. For another week, the larva will start swimming and stick to the parent's body.
11. The parents will nurse the babies.
12. The first food you give the babies is artemia (Brine shrimp)
13. Then follow by daphnia and worm.
14. When they are 1 month old, you can start feeding them fish burger.

Hope this helps...! Good Luck.

Answer 2

How To Breed Discus

Answer 3

If you have to ask the question, then yes.
In actuality, breeding discus is relatively simple. After all, discus not only raise their own fry but feed them, too.
The hardest part of breeding discus is getting the water conditions perfect. They need PERFECT WATER QUALITY and accurately replicated the warm, soft, acidic waters that they come from. The water must also be very clean; in fact, small daily water changes are recommended, and have the added benefit of stimulate appetites.
The quality of food is almost important. Blood worms are a good staple, but you can compliment this with beef heart, white worms, and brine shrimp. Avoid feeding them tubifex or black worms.

Naturally there's more to it than that; once the fry are removed from the parents' tank, for example, they need to fed every 3-4 hours.

There are many good articles online, I suggest you read them, and work on perfecting discus keeping before venturing into discus breeding.