Discus breeding

[Darrenpen]

I Have a well stocked community tank which includes four discus, I've just noticed they've laid eggs and im looking for some advice, the eggs are pinky red , is this normal? I'm assuming I need to set up a separate tank to successfully breed them? I had no idea I had a breeding pair so have no experience of breeding them! Any help/advice would be much appreciated

 

[blesser13]

Hello Darrenpen

First I recommend you to do some research, I have an interesting link for you, How to Breed Discus Fish - Presented by AmericanReef.com and Wetpets - YouTube, this guy have 30 years of experience. He will explain you the steps for a successful breed for discus, hope it help. Let me know if you need more info

 

[Darrenpen]

The link gives a lot of info, I'm buying another tank but does anyone know if I should move all my other fish into the new tank and leave the breeding pair where they are or move the breeding pair into the new tank?

 

[blesser13]

put your pair in a 20 gallon, sponge filter, low light witht the same water condition as your main tank

 

[Darrenpen]

After the second attempt I have around 150 fast growing healthy fry! Next question is how do I know when they'll need there own food rather than feeding from parents?