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samdog
10-06-2007, 10:08 PM
I purchased 5 beautiful discus about 4 months ago.Two of them paired off about a week ago,I woke up this morning and have eggs on my heater with the parents protecting the eggs from the other 3 discus.I have no experience in raising discus fry can anyone help.
~Erik3.8.07~
10-06-2007, 10:16 PM
welcome to the a.c. i have no expierence with discus but you may get more answers in the discus or breeding sections
Ark6ie
10-07-2007, 06:46 AM
congrats on the fry!!!! well done. i dont know anything bout discus either but id eventually like to have some oneday. anyways welcome to the forum :ezpi_wink1:
squirt_12
10-07-2007, 04:08 PM
Welcome to the forum!!!!:19:

I heard that they will stick to their parents back and eat the slime that is on the parents. Now i might be wrong because i don't know much about discuss but i think that that is right.

Congrats on the eggs BTW.

EDIT- Go here. > [Only Registered Users Can See Links.]

Good information on that ^^^^^^^ website...gives you everything you need to know.
tropfish
10-07-2007, 04:49 PM
Welcome to the forum!

Yes, they do eat the slime off there parents (there was an article in AFM about breeding discus.
squirt_12
10-07-2007, 05:56 PM
Welcome to the forum!

Yes, they do eat the slime off there parents (there was an article in AFM about breeding discus.
i thought that they did....thats only like a week after they are born i believe because htey can't swim until a week after they are born. When they are born they sit in the place that they were born and don't move. they will eat their yolk sac. After a week they will swim to their parents and eat their slime coating...after a week (i think) of eating their parents slime they then will accept BBS (baby brine shrimp) and powdered flake food....now my time line may be wrong but they eat all of this stuff.....Good luck with the eggs.
country_boy454
10-07-2007, 10:05 PM
Welcome to A.C.
SkarloeysMom
10-08-2007, 12:05 AM
Welcome to AC! I'm sure you'll find lots of helpful information about your discus on that forum. Good Luck with the fry!
CAF
10-08-2007, 04:33 PM
Welcome to AC. Let us know if we can help out in any way!

As for discus, they are very similiar to any cichlid in the way they take care of their fry. The fry will graze off their parents slime coat, but this is ok as the parents produce much more slime coat (mucas) during this period. Feel free to post your questions in the Discus area of the forum.
jeffs99dime
10-11-2007, 02:30 AM
welcome to a.c.