Breeding blue diamond discus. Should I change the water?

[Anderman]

Discus are new to me but I am not new to the hobby. My intention was not to breed discus but I have a pair of blue diamonds that laid eggs. It's water change time but I was wondering what the discus breeders do when their discus have laid eggs? Should I change the water or leave it until the fry hatch if they even hatch. It's been a couple days and the discus are guarding the eggs and not eating them so that is a good sign I guess?

 

[decoy50]

Change it as you would normally. You'll get better answers to your discus questions on the Simply Discus forum too.

 

[Anderman]

Thanks, changed the light today to LED and the discus didn't like that and ate the eggs. LOL

 

[decoy50]

Happens all the time. They look like a young pair, might take them a few times before they get it right. I'd keep them in the display tank and let them try a few more times and get the hang of it. Set up a breeder tank for them down the road if you want to have better success.

 

[discus510]

If u really wanna breed them get a 29 gallon tank and separate them in the 29 gallon...