Fry past the 1 week stage

[Fluff]

Beautiful fish BrianNY. Any chance of seeing a pic of the snow white butterflies?



Oh, guess I should have checked your gallery first. Lovely fish.

 

[kenor33]

OMG those Red Diamonds are beautiful, should I start getting my discus tank ready for the future arrival of Brian's one-of-kind-ultra-rare babies? ? ?

 

[Menagerie]

...and you thought your plecos were popular!

 

[BrianNY]

One of a kind? It's amazing to me that all of my adult discus seem unique. It's just that some are better looking than others .

It's premature for me to think about what I'd sell any of the fry for. I'm probably at least a year away from achieving anything substantial. The red diamonds ate their eggs last night and I view that as a set back.

I'm in the planning stage of building a high tech fish room Getting lots of advice on ways to save on energy and labor.

 

[rubysoho]

high tech fish room? *imagining robots systematically cleaning tanks, and scientists at work tables concocting the perfect receipie for fish food*

 

[BrianNY]

Snow white butterfly pic for you Fluff. I'm sure I have better shots on my home computer than here at work. I'll have to look

 

[Fluff]

Beautiful fish, thanks.

 

[BrianNY]

I just read your response on a high tech fish room rubysoho.

The room would require several things. Enough electrical outlets strategically placed, and a back up system in case of an outage. A fully enclosed water storage system (I'm thinking about 300 gallons), maintained at 84 degrees, with a pump to do water changes. An air exchanger to keep the humidity down.

As far as the scientists concocting the perfect fish food . Well water quality is more important than food. I'm still doing lots of experimenting with that. I'm thinking the spawns will be more prolific if I stop using straight tap water, and find the ideal mix of RO and tap.

 

[rubysoho]

8O oooooOOOOOooooo that sounds awesome. You'll have to have a tour guide because everyone will want to see it. Good luck!

 

[robertmarda]

Those are nice looking fish.

Not to be a nag or anything, but its been a week. How are your fry doing now? Did you remove dad today?

 

[frshwaterfinatc]

Wow! Great work! Keep us posted with pics!

 

[BrianNY]

You're not a nag robertmarda. I'm really enjoying sharing this with anyone that cares to look. I'm down to 6 fry. I was planning on taking dad out but.... he's so good that I'm going to leave them together a little while longer. The fry still swim to him when they're startled. That's a good sign IMO.

I've found a better pic of the snow whites (female is on the right)

 

[Mofo2713]

what happened to 3 of the fry?

 

[deeni0z]

Is the clay traffic cone (hehe) a substrate for them to lay their eggs on?

 

[BrianNY]

Yep deeni0z, that's a ceramic breeding cone or discus love nest. LOL

And I don't know exactly why fry die Mofo. I watched one struggle to swim. When that happens the fry can no longer eat and dies rather quickly. This morning I only have 5.

 

[rubysoho]

sorry to hear about your losses in fry. How are the remaining fry doing? Or do you think you might loose the whole batch?

 

[BrianNY]

Day 18, and I've 5 fry left. At some point this week I'll remove the fry to their own 20 gal. Talk about MTS . Then I'll reintroduce the female to the breeding tank with her mate. I expect that this pair will get better and better and will produce larger spawns eventually.

I know that male is slightly over 2 years old. I'm thinking it takes this much time for them to just get the hang of it.

 

[QTOFFER]

Congrats on your success so far, Brian! It seems that each successive spawning goes better than the previous one. Soon, you'll be up to your eyeballs in discus!

 

[trent]

WOW! beautiful discus. just wow! how much fry do you have? any for sale? how hard was the hole prosses?

 

[trent]

WOW! beautiful discus. just wow! how much fry do you have? any for sale? how hard was the hole prosses?