I would like to know if i can keep two small discus with my 6 inch arowana?
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Do you know what does Arowana eat?
Your discus fish will be disappear next day.
Tropical Fish Discus Forum Questions Answered!
Archive for May, 2007
Tankmates
Saturday, May 26th, 2007Filtration concern
Saturday, May 26th, 2007I have a ten gallon aquarium with a 10-20 filter by regent, aqua-tech. I had a population of 12 fish and the aerobic pad in the aquarium was very discolored due to the # of bacteria. Well I had to treat the water with an algaecide (which did not work by the way), and since then, 2 fish have died (one was constipated I believe and the other one was pregnant and her eggs exploded in her womb and caused her to bleed to death). The aerobic pad is now the same color it was when i purchased it w/ only a few dark spots. Could 2 fish being removed cause the bacteria to die like that, or could it be the stress zyme that I am using? or could it be the algaecide?
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Algaecide is very poisonous.
Light dosage cannot kill the algae.
Stronger dosage you will kill the fish.
Algaecide must be handling very carefully.
Position of tanks
Saturday, May 26th, 2007There are shadows in the breeding tanks. How do I position the light and the tanks so that the discus pairs do not eat the fries ? They take care of the fries for a few days and then eat them or some times they eat the eggs on the second or the third day.
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Discus fish are very sensitive to shadows. They feel scare if shadows fall on them they start jumpy. They eat up the eggs or babies. Actually they want to swallow them into the mouth to protect them then accidentally they . . . . . .
If the location of the tank is not right and you don’t have any other better locations then you can fix an overhead lighting on to your tank. Minimize the activities or movements near the tank.
The discus fish works so hard to choose a location, clean it , lay eggs on it, guide the eggs, fan the eggs almost for 24 hours, the urge of wanting babies is so great, how can they eat their babies. There must be a very strong reason for them to do it. Could it be the human factor?
Eaten Eggs
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007I am trying to get my discus pair to spawn. Whenever the female lays eggs though, the male follows right behind her eating the eggs as they come out. Some never even make onto the slate. Do you have a remedy that will encourage the male to fertilize them instead of eating them?
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It is really a big headache to teach the male to fertilize the eggs.
By instinct they know what to do.
If she does not do it, it must be a reason.
Could be she is a female.
Could be she is not mature.
