You’re discus May lay eggs in a ph of 8 but the eggs won’t get fertilized. Has to be in the upper 6’s. Not possible in they high of ph
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You’re discus May lay eggs in a ph of 8 but the eggs won’t get fertilized. Has to be in the upper 6’s. Not possible in they high of ph
It is possible, and I've done it. My tap hovers right around 8. My discus have produced fry many times.
Hold on, I haven't tested ot lately... I'm gonna test pH, kh, and gh and post them. Give me 10 minutes
Eggs will be fertilized, the hatch rate will simply be low, if at all. Our local water is a pH of 8.0-8.2, and a local discus keeper successfully kept discus in these waters for approx 40 yrs (before his passing a few yrs ago). The only time that he tweaked the water parameters, was when he was breeding. He raised his juveniles, and kept his non breeding discus, at pH 8.0+ year round. He also purchased some of his Stendker strains from Hans, as juveniles. Including the fish shown below. In his latter years of discus keeping he also mostly fed pellets, with only the occasional feeding of bloodworms.
I would normally say consistency over chasing a certain number but 8.5 is a little extreme. I have 4 pairs that successfully breed and raise fry on 7.8 pH here in North Jersey.
