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Breeding Discus – 3 Ways to Encourage Spawning
So you have a mature pair of discus fish that have
shown an interest in each other but there not laying any eggs.
The most important factor in discus breeding in the
water quality, make sure it is soft, acidic and clean. If you have
this water, your most likely stressing over why there isn’t hundreds
of eggs in the tank. If you have discus ready to lay eggs there are a
few ways in which you can give them a helping hand.
The first way you can tempt them to lay is to feed
a rich diet of frozen bloodworms for about a week. Feed it everyday as
well as their other meal. This should condition the female and get her
ready to breed. Other foods that are good for breeding discus are
white worm, adult brine shrimp and chopped up crab sticks or prawns.
Make sure you buy frozen food as there is less chance of disease.
Another way to encourage your discus to breed is by
doing a 25% water change but drop the temperature by a couple of
degrees of the water going in. This imitates there natural habitat and
can trigger spawning. This is a little trick I use on all my young
pairs when trying to get them to spawn. Make sure all the pH and
hardness is the same making only the temperature different.
The third trick in getting your discus to breed is
by separating them for a couple of days before reintroducing them. To
do this you can add a tank divider or move the male to another
aquarium. Make sure the female gets plenty to eat when the male is
away. When you reintroduce the discus just keep a close watch over the
next 24 hours as males have known to be aggressive towards the female.
They should start the courtship over the next couple of days and
hopefully lay eggs after.
