skynoch Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 I'm having a lttle issue. My one ray just gave birth to 7 pups last night so I threw them in a tank that I have 3 discus in. Now when I came home tonight I noticed my discus laid eggs on the filter itake pipe. I have no experience what so ever with discus so I was just wonderig what I should do. Do I remove the eggs and the parents? Do I wait till they hatch and remove both? I can't move the rays do to it may cause to much stress for newborns, any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluecan Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 i have no idea about discus or rays sorry, but i have to say if you could work out keeping the discus babies they are really cool to watch raise ...hopefully itll work out for ya! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rED O Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 Leave the eggs in. If its there first batch, they might eat them. When discus become free swimming, they feed off the parents slime coat and scales I believe... So keep the eggs with the parents. And good luck :thumbs: What is your pH at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluecan Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 yep they do its cool to watch them swarm the parents and develop from normal fish shape into disc shape too and of course feed off them very different Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
African_Fever Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 (edited) Wow Scott, you must be doing something right! Now if only you had something else knocking up all your motoros.... Edited December 16, 2009 by African_Fever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skynoch Posted December 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 Thanks for the help guys. I think it would be very cool to watch if it happens. This is the second time in a week they have laid eggs. The first time they ended up eating them the day after they laid them. The water is tap water and the ph sits at 8.5 and is very hard, which I know is not ideal for discus but I thought I remember reading about some people raising discus in high ph hard water. I think I'm getting close to most my rays being mature now Kyle just need one of your male flowers to put in my viagra water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 My understanding is that discus need soft acidic water to hatch, but raise well in more basic conditions. It'll be interesting to see how it all works out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skynoch Posted December 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 My understanding is that discus need soft acidic water to hatch, but raise well in more basic conditions. It'll be interesting to see how it all works out. I've heard that too so I guess let it happen. Thanks for the reply. For how long will the discus continue to lay eggs if I decided to move the pair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD. Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 The water here is moderately hard, with a pH of 8.0, and discus eggs can & have hatched, no problem. You might get a better success rate in softer water, but if they don't eat the eggs a good portion of them should hatch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skynoch Posted December 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 The water here is moderately hard, with a pH of 8.0, and discus eggs can & have hatched, no problem. You might get a better success rate in softer water, but if they don't eat the eggs a good portion of them should hatch. No such luck they ate the eggs again, not sure if it was because something was wrong wth the eggs or not. Once I get some space I'll make this tank an r/o tank and give it a try again. Thanks or all the help from everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corrosionjerry Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 Move the pair to a tank that is undisturbed and you may have some luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish4fun Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 what kind of Discus are they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skynoch Posted December 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 THey should be in they're own tank at the end of the week. They are a snakeskin and a pigeon blood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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