Discus Eggs & German Blue Ram Eggs

Posted by Sarah on August 13, 2008

Discus Eggs

We noticed discus eggs yesterday morning.

This is the first time the discus have laid eggs since we removed the extra male discus (The Lone Wolf) a few weeks ago, so we are pretty excited.

The eggs are on a sponge filter intake tube, and they are facing the tank, so that we can actually see them pretty well this time.

Since we removed The Lone Wolf the two remaining Discus have been exploring the tank a lot more – but they haven’t always been side by side like they were before, so I wasn’t sure what would happen.

German Blue Ram Eggs

We noticed German Blue Ram eggs this morning, that must have been laid last night.

Oddly enough – the light that we left on for the discus can be seen in the Ram tank too.

The pair has been increasingly interested in the slate where they normally lay their eggs, so I’m surprised that it took them so long to actually lay the eggs.

When I got up this morning I saw one of the male rams circling around the slate – and a clown pleco peeking out of the cave beside it.

After I turned on the aquarium lights I realized that there were eggs.

We are out of extra tank space right now, so the rams willl get a chance to try to raise their own eggs again. That’s probably good for them, because they do get a little stressed out when we pull the slate.

The ram pair are pretty good at chasing the other rams away from the slate, but it’s the clown plecos I’m worried about.

One was about an inch away from the eggs when I turned on the lights this morning.

There’s still no sign of Apisto Agassizi eggs or Celestial Pearl Danio eggs – but since we don’t have any more space, that isn’t a big deal either.

What’s going on in your tanks?