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- Thread starter WyldFya
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WyldFya;1033692; said:
Turquoise Pair 1 of 2 spawned their second time. Lots of eggs and only a couple eggs fungus at 24 hours. This pair incorporates the prettiest of the herd, the female. This is unusual for me to have good eggs from 10-1/2 month old fish.
They often need to be 12-15 months before the fertility rate is really good but they haven't hatched. Its a good sign when the young pairs don't eat their spawns right away.
I am more convinced than ever that the hormone treatment is a widespread problem among many SE Asian imported Discus. The group their parents came from were spawning at 15 months and all the eggs would be bad in 24 hours.
It took four pairs to get one fertile pair out of the originals. That fertile pair raised a couple broods then have never produced another one year later.
I was really ticked off. In the past, four pairs would be fertile and half would be good parents. I think hormones effect fertility and brood instincts due to masculinization of the females from methyl testosterone exposure.
If other discus keeper have sources whose fish grow up to be good breeders then you have valuable connections. Wish all discus sellers would stop handling doped fish. It hurts the hobby and the fish. All it accomplishes is more color on little fish a couple months sooner than they should have them.
If they prove to be good parents then I'm sure I'll make some good deals for local friends, those who don't mind picking up small fish.
