Helping a Breeding Pair to Spawn Again
WILL MY BREEDING PAIR SPAWN AGAIN? If your discus pair has stopped breeding, don't worry. As long as the pair is healthy, they are very likely to spawn again. Follow these...
Challenges of Discus Breeding
Marlboro Red and Red Panda Cross Discus Spawning Why might it be a challenge to breed discus? Discus need a high protein diet. However, their metabolization of protein deteriorates water quality. Discus (especially...
Jack Wattley’s Artificial Fry Rearing Method
THE ART OF ARTIFICIALLY RAISING DISCUS: EGG DIET Artificially raising discus was perfected by Jack Wattley. Wattley's method allowed discus to be produced on a larger scale and even sold globally....
Plants and Breeding Discus
There are pros and cons to breeding discus in a planted aquarium tank. Plants can be very beneficial to breeding discus, but they can also cause problems. On the pro...
Rearing Young Discus
As the discus fry start free-swimming, they become more of a challenge for their parents. The parents will spend a lot of time trying to catch the babies that swim...
Hatching Discus Fry
After about 60 hours (dependent on water temperature), the eggs hatch. The young will be placed, by the parents, on a different place of the breeding medium, until they can...
Spawning Media
You will want to provide your breeding pair with a suitable spawning medium. This can be in your community tank, but you will most likely have more luck with a...
More on Sexing Discus Fish
Gender identification of a Discus Fish is nothing short of challenging. Even seasoned keepers can sometimes have difficulty determining which fish are male and female. While there are various methods...
How to Sex Discus Fish
Sexing discus fish is not an easy task. There are a lot of different opinions online about sexing discus fish. When discus fish are small under 4 inches in size their...
Different Strategies for Breeding Discus Fish
Breeding of Discus fish is quite difficult in terms of taking care of them and it may be difficult to succeed in having a high survival rate when you first...
