mtchye Posted October 9, 2004 Share Posted October 9, 2004 Well, the snow white pair we've had barely 2 weeks spawned this afternoon after all. They are still in the quarantine tank with a tonne of baby peppermints so I had to remove the spawning pot with the eggs on it into a bucket of R/O water. Now assuming they hatch, which is a big IF as the male was pretty lazy around spawning time, what can I do to artificially raise them? I've read various accounts on the net, what they do agree on is keeping the fry in a small white container. Some say you must smear the sides with egg yolk and raise the water levels, others suggest using small sized proprietary foods will suffice if squirted at the fry. I guess I'm asking if anyone has practical experience with this and has any tips.. I might try both ways as I have this really good artemia replacement food in 100 micron size I can try out. Also has anyone ever tried microworms to feed discus fry? Cheers Vincent Heres a pic of the female cleaning the pot.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mianos Posted October 9, 2004 Share Posted October 9, 2004 Nice shots. I think you are going to have to have them with the parents. Discus fry live of the slime on the body of their parents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoges Posted October 9, 2004 Share Posted October 9, 2004 yep totally agree!!! I doubt that you will be able to raise them without their parents!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtchye Posted October 9, 2004 Author Share Posted October 9, 2004 Hi guys, Thanks for the compliments. Discus traditionally are raised by their parent's slime. However, many ppl have succesfully raised them artificially using a variety of methods. I've read up on all of those but am interested if anyone has practical experience doing this. Most of the methods use some kind of yolk paste to simulate parental slime, and there is a really interesting paper using freshwater rotifers too... Cheers vincent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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