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LemonDiscus: 20 Gallon Discus Breeder

Discussion in 'Freshwater Aquariums & Fish Photos' started by LemonDiscus, Sep 16, 2009.

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  1. cooltow1

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    Goldfish are a poor mans koi.
    Koi are off the chain expensive.

    Rick
     
    cooltow1, Oct 14, 2009
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  2. LemonDiscus

    LemonDiscus Thread Starter Active Member

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    Yup your telling me! They have foot longers up at my LFS going for almost $1000 (butterfly koi, imported)
     
    LemonDiscus, Oct 14, 2009
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  3. LemonDiscus

    LemonDiscus Thread Starter Active Member

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    Back home from work and the eggs are still there... this batch is lasting longer than the last one... one more day to go til wigglers... we will see...
     
    LemonDiscus, Oct 14, 2009
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    keeping fingers "X" for you

    Rick
     
    cooltow1, Oct 14, 2009
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  5. LemonDiscus

    LemonDiscus Thread Starter Active Member

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    Eggs eaten this morning.... I have ONE last idea but I need to buy an eggcrate diffuser.... I will divide the female from the male leaving the male on the side with the eggs.... this may stop the idea of wanting to spawn again... after this... I dont know what else to do...

    I still yet need to buy a diffuser to divide the tank
     
    LemonDiscus, Oct 15, 2009
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  6. cooltow1

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    Ever considered taking the eggs and manually hatching them? I know this presents whole new set of problems a with the rising of the fry but could be worth a shot

    Rick
     
    cooltow1, Oct 15, 2009
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  7. LemonDiscus

    LemonDiscus Thread Starter Active Member

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    I have... but the problems of raising the fry are SO ENORMOUS that I dont really want to undertake that.... If it were Angelfish, yes I would... Discus... no...

    The other option is to keep both fish away from the eggs with a screen and hope that the fry will be ok when they go free swimming... I dont know how to make the screen though to cover the cone with... so I have not done that.

    I THINK that its the female eating them wanting to spawn again OR its the male eating it BECAUSE the female wants to spawn again... Thats where the divider is a good option... it ends the "lets spawn" cycle...
     
    LemonDiscus, Oct 15, 2009
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    With discus fry it does pose a very difficult problem!
    I have seen Angelfish never became a proved pair, were every spawn had to be manually raised
    I know with aggressive new world cichlids I often had to separate the male and female after a spawn mainly to keep the female from being beat up or killed by the male protecting the spawn. Most of those were brutal spawner anyway


    Rick
     
    cooltow1, Oct 15, 2009
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  9. LemonDiscus

    LemonDiscus Thread Starter Active Member

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    And that is one other reason why you hate cichlids huh? :)
     
    LemonDiscus, Oct 15, 2009
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    Don't know if that would make the "HATE LIST" but most certainly didn't do much to endear me with certain specie.

    Rick
     
    cooltow1, Oct 16, 2009
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  11. LemonDiscus

    LemonDiscus Thread Starter Active Member

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    Trust me... I wish I could manually raise them myself... Im out of money again so I am not able to buy the egg-crate for the divider... I may just throw the female out next time they spawn and see what happens... I do have the 55 gallon tank she can go in for a bit... let the male raise them all himself... hmmmm
     
    LemonDiscus, Oct 16, 2009
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    That would be my next plan of attack

    Rick
     
    cooltow1, Oct 16, 2009
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  13. LemonDiscus

    LemonDiscus Thread Starter Active Member

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    Thats good... maybe thats the gold... we will see... next time I see eggs... out she goes....
     
    LemonDiscus, Oct 16, 2009
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    Eggs laid... females out of the tank... we will see how this works.... fingers crossed
     
    LemonDiscus, Oct 19, 2009
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  15. cooltow1

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    If that doesn't work then next time try the male

    Rick
     
    cooltow1, Oct 19, 2009
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  16. LemonDiscus

    LemonDiscus Thread Starter Active Member

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    The male is 99% of the time the one that tends the eggs...
     
    LemonDiscus, Oct 19, 2009
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    yea, but you never know.

    rick
     
    cooltow1, Oct 19, 2009
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  18. LemonDiscus

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    Female out and he ate the eggs.... She does not tend the eggs... idk what to do... maybe I will try removing him and see what happens...
     
    LemonDiscus, Oct 20, 2009
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    awww.... GL but guess what i just picked up a 7-8"+ pair xD
     
    stevenrox, Oct 20, 2009
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  20. cooltow1

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    want me to send you a vinegar eel culture is you can try your hand at manually rising them?

    rick
     
    cooltow1, Oct 21, 2009
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