Discus laid eggs

[OscartheGrouch]

Oh well the eggs are gone. Better luck next time.

 

[kurtr12]

Erm, the eggs are probably molding over because they didn't get fertilized BTW.

To the best of my knowledge there are no waters within the continental U.S. with a low enough gH for discus to successfully breed without the use of an R.O./D.I. system.

Also, females will lay eggs - and discus will pair off - almost a full 1-2 years before the male is mature enough to fertilize eggs.

It can take up to 5 tries for a fully matured pair to actually get it right.

There's a wealth of knowledge at Simply Discus, if you want to get serious about spawning them I would highly suggest heading over there and investing a few hours in reading through their forums.

EDIT:
To give you a bit of background - and keep in mind I have no idea what experience you have with discus, so if this is repetitive don't think I'm trying to lecture you or something - discus normally only spawn during the rain reason. Rain is pretty much 0 gH, literally pure water with very little mineral content. If you want to trigger spawning (and what likely did in the first place - but who knows) you simply perform a large water change (50%+) with water that is about 4 degree's cooler then what's in the tank.

If the water is also R.O./D.I. water, it will encourage pairing behaviors. You'll want to watch those two discus - as the females become pissy with the males after a few unsuccessful spawns and will start to beat on them a lot.

That is not true, a lot of people don't use ro water to breed, just regular tap.

 

[dirtyblacksocks]

I'd like to know the gH and TDS of that tap water

 

[windsurfer]

I don't know about no place in the US having soft enough tap water, but it is a fact that the water needs to be soft for the eggs to hatch. Most people combine ro with some tap to get soft water, but still with some buffer, so that there are no pH swings.

Even fertilized eggs will fungus depending on the quality of your water.

windsurfer.

 

[ziggy2]

I have breed Discus and I do not have RO.

 

[kurtr12]

I'd like to know the gH and TDS of that tap water

I think you'd be surprised. Remember most people are breeding domestic strains, not wilds. So, they are more accustomed to differerent water parameters.

 

[dirtyblacksocks]

Hrm, I suppose you're right. I haven't bred them in many years - and back then all of the Grade AAA discus were still coming from out of the country, completely different water parameters.

 

[Valkyrie]

Oh well the eggs are gone. Better luck next time.

I would suggest not putting them in a breeding tank until they have successfully produced a spawn to the wriggler stage. Unless you actually saw the pair spawn you could have 2 females paired off this happens sometime with discus.

Cheers

 

[fsirico]

I live in florida and I went to Jack watleys discus farm he had all kinds of pairs their. he said he breeds them with regular water and the discus adjust to the PH and the PH and hardness in florida is quite high. anyway i bought some off him a year and a half ago and just today i have a pair that just laid eggs. the water i use for water changes is from a natural spring. the discus that paired one is a red melon and the other is a blue panda. i have 4 other discus in the tank with them dont know what will happen keep you guys posted.

 

[hillbilly]

FYI, these fish were bred, hatched, raised, and live in pure Western North Carolina well water, straight from the faucet. Honestly, I've never done a GH test on it, but the PH is 6.