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07-02-2013, 11:25 AM | #11 | |
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Quote from a source on the possible offsprings between a Snow White and Pigeon Blood, pasting here for future reference (source):
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08-02-2013, 02:40 AM | #12 |
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once the eggs laid, cannot move the pair.
so no choice leave the pair, and take the others out. but once u disturb the tank, chances are the eggs will be eaten up. got to try again , and this is a common think with discus. good luck |
09-02-2013, 09:28 AM | #13 |
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I believe you should see some wrigglers now. I am counting from the date of ur post (egg laid) to be about 3-4 days old.
If so, pls keep the pair in its original setup. High possibility for the wrigglers to die. Just hope the pair is able to find the young. Otherwise ( eggs eaten or wrigglers die), I suggest u move the pair to an empty tank for the next breeding attempt. Typically from 2-6 weeks, depending on pairs. |
11-02-2013, 10:08 PM | #14 | ||
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When I returned home on Thursday evening (7th Feb), the eggs were indeed all gone, and I thought it was gone case for all the wrigglers again. Then while I was vacuuming the substrate, I suddenly noticed something darting around in the carpet plants, and realised there was a few fry swimming amongst the plants! There was actually three survivers! I then moved the mollies out of the tank and during the weekend, they started going to the surface, totally nonchalant of the other fishes. Their parents noticed them but would not eat them up. The fry didn't attach to them either. Then yesterday, the parents spawned again, this time on the EHEIM inlet pipe, just like the previous couple did. Caught me by surprise as I didn't know they could spawn so quickly again. After thinking through, since we have limited space and tanks, we will just let nature takes its course in the main tank in terms of breeding, while I continue to focus my attention on growing out the other three smaller discus first. Will keep you guys updated again! |
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12-02-2013, 10:31 AM | #15 |
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Any close up picture of the fries? I have a feeling that they are not discus fries, probaly its mollies or swordtails.
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12-02-2013, 09:33 PM | #16 |
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16-02-2013, 06:28 PM | #17 |
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Some updates: (by the way, the fry are indeed mollies')
The discus pair had their 3rd spawn on another part of the driftwood (hidden from front view) and while I was wondering whether they had already laid their eggs etc ('cos can't see clearly due to the angle), I noticed some wrigglers floating around with the parents quickly sucking them in with their mouths. Fortunately I had bought two pieces of acrylic separators from a LFS and so I quickly placed them in to separate all the fishes, so that the wrigglers won't be eaten up again by them. Hopefully the fry will grow up better now, especially in a planted tank where food for fry is in abundance(?). Can bros here advise what do I need to take note and do next? Thanks! |
16-02-2013, 11:45 PM | #18 | |
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Bro i think you better let nature takes its course than to separate them... Its natural for parents to look after their offsprings... If they were to eat them there must be something wrong if they did that... either water, frightened or other reasons... the offsprings will need to locate their parents to feed off their slime... the parents will tend to them. Dun worry too much... train them to be good parents... or maybe by nature they are already good ones! |
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16-02-2013, 11:49 PM | #19 | |
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The fry are all still taken care by their parents at the left side of the tank. |
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17-02-2013, 12:10 AM | #20 | |
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OIC. shall wait and see then. maybe should try to raise some BBS soon... just to assist the parents on feeding after they are free swimming for 3 days... Now also to hope when wrigglers become free swimming, they can attach to their parents and feed on their slime. |
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