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Posted by Sarah on December 8, 2008
It looks like Mama and Papa discus decided that they should eat the babies.
When Jeff went down this morning to feed them he noticed that there weren’t any baby discus in the tank.
I guess we’ll have to move the next batch of babies out sooner.
The first batch of discus is still doing good – one or two of them are nickel size now.
Hopefully we’ll rearrange some tanks and get them moved so we’ll have some space for the next batch of discus.
Posted by Sarah on November 25, 2008
Discus eggs on a clay flowerpot
The eggs are on a clay pot, which is the preferred egg laying site.
This was the first or second batch of eggs after Papa Discus’s out of water experience, so they didn’t last long. I think that the discus ate these eggs, although with one batch they did wait until the fry hatched, and then ate the fry.
We do have another batch of fry that hatched this morning, and they’re still doing ok.
When Jeff went to feed the discus this morning the female was watching the fry, and the male was up at the front of the tank waiting for some food.
And they were in exactly the same place when I just went to check on them.
Hopefully these guys will make it.
Posted by Sarah on November 19, 2008
The discus fry are doing great.
These guys were attached to the parents on October 19, and here’s how they looked 2 days ago.
There is a wide variety of sizes in the batch, although you can’t see it in the picture.
We’ve had a couple of deaths, one at a time, but I think that’s to be expected.
We’ve seen one with a hint of orange color on the top fin, and one or two with little black stripes, but so far they’re pretty colorless.
They’re still cute though.
Posted by Sarah on November 6, 2008
I just went and looked and I don’t see any babies in with the adult discus.
I took some pictures today, and I must have scared them to death because there aren’t any babies anymore.
Oops.
