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.