Topic: Breeding Discus

[Afeaz19981]

from what i read about discus. They sound like a hard fish to breed. I was wondering what makes them so hard to breed? They are sure a pretty fish.

[Maddy mad man]

Well they are a little tender in the looking after department as well as being hard to sex (unless you vent which i think is too stressful).  There are waysd they say you might be able to sex but they are not set in stone - can provide more on that if you require.

They pair themselves off so you have to leagve matching to them and the fry - when and if you get any - need to stay with the mother for a while as they eat slime off of her.

However get a pair and away you go - good water (regular water changes to keep nitrates down as they are sensitive to these), right temp, etc.

Good luck

[Dan]

From what I`ve seen and heard they are pretty hard to breed in captivity.  I only really knew 1 person whom had a tank full of them though, and he was never successful at it. Are you thinking of breeding them?  They do have some beautiful colors.

[stilllearnin]

What makes them "hard to breed" is a few things.

Like - people panic and get the "oh my god discus need" ,attitude and spend more time trying to get "perfect" water parameter then anything else. While doing that most people stress them out just from being in their tank constantly as well as shifting water parameters back and forth.


And people take advice like "discus need softwater" which might be true to a point but it's NOT necessary.  <--- that right there leads to another issue -- baby discus grow slow (or not at all) in softwater! To actually grow them out deciently most hatcheries put babies in higher PH softer water,although people get soft,low ph stuck in their head.

Some lines are poor parents as well  and since baby discus feed of the parents body,poor parents are a major problem.

Hard to breed compaired to convicts.
Not hard to breed compared to alot of other fish.
Just depends on the individual fish and how they're cared for.

[Maddy mad man]

What makes them "hard to breed" is a few things.

Like - people panic and get the "oh my god discus need" ,attitude and spend more time trying to get "perfect" water parameter then anything else. While doing that most people stress them out just from being in their tank constantly as well as shifting water parameters back and forth.


And people take advice like "discus need softwater" which might be true to a point but it's NOT necessary.  <--- that right there leads to another issue -- baby discus grow slow (or not at all) in softwater! To actually grow them out deciently most hatcheries put babies in higher PH softer water,although people get soft,low ph stuck in their head.

Some lines are poor parents as well  and since baby discus feed of the parents body,poor parents are a major problem.

Hard to breed compaired to convicts.
Not hard to breed compared to alot of other fish.
Just depends on the individual fish and how they're cared for.

Sounds like good advice.