It is not uncommon that exotic fish owners find



breeding discus fish a little bit difficult to

get baby discus. The hardest part about breeding

discus fish is finding the right mates, this

issue rises from the fact discus like to choose

their partners alone, and not anyone suits their ?ntaste? Under such circumstances, you'e got two

solutions for breeding discus fish: you can

either buy a couple or raise them together in a

group and hope they will make couples. The first

variant is not the happiest, since a discus fish

couple can be as expensive as a few hundred

dollars, which is a lot.

Therefore, the most advantageous option you'e

got is to start breeding discus fish by creating

a discus group of at least six members and keep

the fingers crossed that you get at least one

couple. How do you recognize mates? Well,

breeding discus fish is not that difficult from

now on if you follow some basic rules. First of

all, the ?ew-weds?will delimitate a perimeter

in the tank and will start defending it against

trespassers. This means it? time for you to move

to the second phase of breeding discus fish.

You should prepare a separate tank for your

breeding discus fish and keep it as simple as

possible. There? no need to put anything on the

bottom of the fish tank, all they need is a

vertical surface where they could lay their eggs.

Your breeding discus fish should soon begin to

spawn. Don? worry about the eggs that look

whitish, those are infertile for sure, as for the

rest, it is possible that the parents may eat

some of them and protect the others. The good

part about breeding discus fish is that they feed

their own siblings for a few weeks.

In about three weeks time, you'l have to move

the fry into a special tank as it is not uncommon

that the breeding discus fish be injured by their

own babies who eat their scales for instance.

Once they'e off the parenthood responsibility,

the breeding discus fish will begin a new cycle

of reproduction and you may have some more

siblings soon afterwards. Feeding and water are

essential all throughout the breeding period, so,

make sure that you don? make any mistakes.