Posted by Sarah on April 30, 2009
We finally started moving some of the tanks back after our never ending flooring project, and we ended up turning the 55 gallon into a discus and german blue ram grow out tank.
It’s so much fun to be able to see the German Blue Rams and the discus every time we walk them, but it’s hard to resist their begging.
The fry seem to be getting along great together.
There is a huge difference in the size of the discus – one of them is at least three times as big as the other ones are.
The rams all seem to be about the same size, although I still think they are a little small for their age.
We still have to move one more fish tank, and move the Australian Desert Gobies upstairs.
I can’t wait for that!
What’s going on in your fish room these days?
Posted by Sarah on January 15, 2009
I think the discus like their new home.
They’ve taken over 1/3 of the tank and they’re guarding eggs on a swordplant’s leaf.
The other fish are giving them their space, but the rasboras don’t care.
Jeff saw the cloud of rasboras swim right over to the discus, and the discus swam away pretty fast.
I hope the discus don’t get too vicious with this spawn.
Posted by Sarah on November 11, 2008
If you read Jeff’s post Fish Out of water Christmas Miracle Early?, you’ll know that Papa Discus had a harrowing ordeal after he jumped out of the fish tank on Friday.
Fortunately, he seems to be doing well, and he and Mama discus even laid eggs yesterday.
We’ll be keeping a close eye on the fish to make sure there aren’t any birth defects as a result of the ordeal, but so far everything looks great.
I’m so glad that he’s ok, because I really didn’t think he would make it, especially since we think he was out of water for 30 minutes.
Once we put him in the tank he swam upside down, and with his face facing the bottom of the tank for about 30 minutes, but after that he was fine.
It truly was a miracle.
Posted by Sarah on August 25, 2008
I don’t think any of the discus fry made it.
The wigglers made it to free swimming stage then disappeared.
It was so exciting to see all of the discus fry swimming around the 75 gallon, but they only lasted a day.
I did see the male discus eat one of the fry 
.
Maybe they’ll learn one day.
I did manage to get a picture of the wigglers – I didn’t get a good one because I didn’t want to upset the parents.
If you click on the picture it will take you to a larger one where you can see better.
There are also a few eggs at the top of the filter intake tube.
And I just noticed I spelled discus wrong in the picture.
Oops.
