Discus fry~ 9 days old today

[Diamond Discus]

I have been given permission by my good buddy Curt to make an announcement. The High Body Checkerboard Turquoise group that he bought from me a few months back has formed a fertile pair. Please meet the 60+ new family members of "King and Mii".
They like to much on the algae that is on the flower pot as well as on Mom and Dad. Picture taken Saturday, the fry were 7 days old. Can't you just picture a group of these in my planted tank.

These were taken before they were free swimming.



I will be getting a batch of 8 to 12 of these to grow out. They are the same fish that are in my avatar...they were juvies in the avatar picture, now they are a good 5.5 to 6 inches.

 

[Lupin]

That's really amazing!

 

[MFK RHaCoDaCTYLuS]

wow im really impressed... i dont think id ever be able to get discus to breed.

 

[msjinkzd]

Great shots! Lovely fish

 

[HarlanAshmore]

thats fantastic great looking discus

 

[Diamond Discus]

That's really amazing!

Parenting pairs are amazing to me too!

wow im really impressed... i dont think id ever be able to get discus to breed.

I always could get them to breed, it is the parent raising issue that was the problem!

Great shots! Lovely fish

Thank you.

thats fantastic great looking discus

Again thanks, I'll update as these grow out.

 

[coltergeist]

good work, would like to do that some day

 

[Diamond Discus]

good work, would like to do that some day

Thanks. My friend Curt is doing all of the hard work, I'm just his moral support and advisor. Between the two of us we can accomplish way more than either of us could alone.

9 days old with Mom
I'll keep this updated and it can be a growth timeline thread as well.

 

[Hmong_Xiong]

Wow nice going..I have a hard time breeding discus

 

[Lupin]

That's really cute. Glad the discus are doing well so far!