tips for discus fish breeding

Tank Setup:

You can use at least 20 gallon aquarium as a breeding aquarium.Try not to add substrate to tank.Also add broad fine leaved plants or vertical spawning slates which act as spawning sites for discus fish.During the time of spawning the pair may get aggressive so provide lots of hiding spots in aquarium.

Water quality and Food

Maintain the water quality of aquarium at its peak other wise pair may not spawn.So change 5 % 10% of water daily.The level of nitrogenous waste should be maintained at 0 level.Give them diet rich in protein that is basically live food.Also maintain variation in diet so no particular nutrient is missed out. Set the temperature to 86 degrees Fahrenheit.

Spawning

When the pair decide to spawn they choose a spawning site in the tank.It may be leaves of plants or the vertical slate or any other place.Now they will start cleaning the surface so that they can lay eggs on it.Now the female will lay eggs on the slates and later on male will fertilize them.They will lay eggs once in a week and this process may carried out for few months. The eggs will hatch in about 48 hours and fry will become free swimmer in 72 hours.You don't need to separate parents from fry as they secrete a kind of liquid their body on which fry feeds.

Fry care

The growing fry needs larger space to grow.Also can't be allowed to feed on their parents body for longer time.Once they are capable of living independent they should be immediately moved to new aquarium.So when fry get older at a age of 2-3 weeks shift them in their new home.Discus fry need food 5-6 times a day.You can give them baby brine shrimps , micro worms, crushed blood worms.Follow the basics rule as don't overfeed them remove the uneaten food if possible and change 5%-10% of water every day.Hope you will carry out successful discus breeding .Good Luck.

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Difference between male female discus fish

difference between male and female discus fish

For breeding it is very basic point to determine the gender of any fish.So that you can carry out breeding in a planned manner.The ability to distinguish a particular fish increase with experience.This is the case with discus fish.So you can distinguish these by keeping the followingpoints in mind.Generally male discus fish have larger forehead.Generally male is more larger then the females if both of them are mature.Male's lips are generally bigger then the female's as they use their lips for fighting with other fishes.When both fishes are at maturity males have pointed dorsal fin while females have round .Male may try to protect female by coming between her and other fishes and flaring his fins to look bigger.Look at the breeding tube generally females have larger and rounded breeding tube while male have pointed and small breeding tube.The above one is male while the below on is female.

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discus fish care

discus fish care

Discus fish is one of the all time favourite aquarium fish.The reason for their popularity is basically their exotic shape , their vibrant colors and their typical personality.Keeping discus fish is quite tough as compared and they demand high standard of food and water quality.This fish have laterally compressed body and belongs to very famous cichlid family.The side of fish have designs or shades of colors such as green,blue,red etc.These fish have lots of motherly feelings for their babies.They take care of their babies after giving them birth.They develop affection towards you ,they will observe you and greet you by touching your hand.They have large life span of about 10-18 years.

Tank and tank mates

This fish likes to live in group ,so always put discus fish in group of 6 or more.They demand large aquarium as they can grow up to size of 8-10 inches.The size of aquarium should be more then 40 gallons.These are tropical fishes so temperature of the aquarium is of about 25-29 degrees Celsius. Regular water changes are required to maintain the water standards.Change 25% of water every week.Put natural plants in aquarium,you can put peat moss which also reduces pH of water.You can put neon tetras and cardinal tetras as tank mates.Research well before adding any tank mate.

Food

Give them live as well as frozen food.Never compromise with food of discuss fish if it is lack in nutrient then your fish may loose its color ,gets in stress or even May loose life.You can give them tubifex worms, blood worms,beef heart. Clean live food before adding as it may not be 100% safe.You can give them dried or friezed food.

Temperature:25 to 29 degrees Celsius

Breeding:egg layers

Aquarium Size:minimum 40 gallons

Lifespan: more then 10 years

Nature:moderate

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dwarf gourami fish breeding

Dwarf gourami fish breeding is moderately hard.If you you are new then it may lead to some difficulties.If you want to breed fish easily and you are quite new then i will advice that you should try mollies or guppy fish.Sine mollies and guppies are live bearer that is they give birth directly to young ones.They are fairly easy.As dwarf gourami give eggs so it is comparatively harder.The breeding of gourami fish is quite similar to the breeding of fighter fish but more easy.

Tank setup:

Take minimum of 10 gallon or more (35 litres or more).

Set the water level up to 6-8 inches.Now put the both male and female in the aquarium.Remember the pair should be healthy.Avoid adding any other fish because male form bubble nest if other fish is present then it may disturb the nest.Also remember that the current due to filter should be less so it may not harm bubble nest .You can use air stone .Also put plants or vegetation in the tank because Male's use plants or vegetation part for making nest.You can also use fine leave plant such as java moss which is easily available in aquarium shop.Now set the temperature to 28 degrees Celsius.

Spawning

In natural habitat these fishes feed basically on live food such as insects ,worms etc which are rich in protein.So you must provide protein rich diet such as blood worms ,mosquito larvae etc.

Also do 20% of partial water change in 3-4 days to induce spawning.When bubble nest will be ready the male will start courting rituals with female gourami.The male will swim around females while showing her fins.The male try to draw female towards his bubble nest. If female is ready to spawn then she will swim under the bubble nest.If not then try out another pair after waiting for few days.When female is ready then she will touch the males body with her mouth.The male will embrace her and help her in releasing eggs.Then the male will fertilize the eggs.Now the male will put those eggs in his nest.

Female may give about 50 eggs in one time.Up to 700 eggs can be collected by male.At this time you should remove the female.The male will take care of eggs till fry are born.The eggs will hatched in 12-24 hrs.They will not come out of nest for few days.When they come out of the nest then you can remove the male from breeding aquarium.Feed them infusoria for starting few days then later on brine shrimps.

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difference between male and female dwarf gourami fish

Dwarf gourami are very popular aquarium fishes because of their beautiful and colorful pattern on their body and their docile and shy nature.They are quite easy to breed also which add also a plus point to their popularity.For breeding you need a pair of male and female so it is very important to distinguish between their sexes.It is quite easy to distinguish between male and female on the basis of their color and their fin shape.Generally males are more colorful then females .While the females have dull greyish color with faint green horizontal strip.The dorsal fin of male's are pointed while the female's is rounded or curved and shorter in length.Above one is female while below one is male.

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dwarf gourami fish information

As from the name we can say that these fishes does not grow large.They are colourful fishes having colored pattern all over their body.Which really make them attractive .Their maximum size is of about 2 inches.However other members of same family can grow up to 2 feet such as giant gourami and it can live even more then 20 years in aquarium.As you might be knowing that lifespan of fish is generally proportional to their size.Other medium size gourami is " kissing gourami "which may grow up to 10 inches. The other smaller one is talking gourami also know as " croaking gourami "as they made croaking sound at night while breathing.

These are omnivorous in nature and eat live as well as other food.Also provide floating plants and vegetation in aquarium.Since these are shy in nature so provide lots of hiding places.Dwarf gaurami will do well in 5 gallon aquarium or more.They are sensitive to noise so put them in quiet place.

Similar to Betta or fighting fish these fish belongs to labyrinth family.Fishes belonging to this family have special capability to survive in water having less oxygen.They can breathe directly from the air above the water.So remember they should able to access the surface otherwise they may die.IF they are not having proper airflow over surface.

Dwarf gourami are docile and shy in nature.They may be harassed by other larger fishes and may died .Even they may be tortured by larger gourami.They even don't retaliate.So put them with peaceful species of almost same size or smaller.Also don't put them with fighter fish.But these show some aggression with similar species because they may claim their territory.

Breeding : nest builder/egg layer

Diet : Omnivorous

Nature: Semi aggressive

Tank region: Middle

Temperature: 77 f or 25 C

Tank size : 5 gallons or more

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how to breed bosemani rainbow fish

Rainbow fish breeding is not a tricky part.However you need to take care of fries when they are born, extra care is needed because they are so small and can't be fed normal food because they are so small to eat that.Also when rainbow fishes eat their eggs.So you need to protect them.

Setting up aquarium

you can use your main aquarium to go for rainbow fish breeding provided you are having large aquarium with less fishes and lots and lots of hiding places.They another way is that you can make a separate compartment for babies by putting a divider or you can go for breeding box or breeding net.In this case you need to transfer the eggs to separate compartment to protect them.Else you can have another breeding aquarium of about 10 gallon capacity .Set the temperature to 26 degree Celsius.Put the fishes you want to breed in aquarium you have installed.Add spawning mop or java moss which act as spawning site.Add gravels for up to height of 4 inches.Add sponge filter too.

Prepare the fish and spawning

You can give the fish protein rich food.So they can spawn effectively .Live food is best option.You can feed them brine shrimps, mosquito larvae,black worms ,etc.Do partial water changes.When the female will be plump it means she is carrying eggs.They may show other sign also when they are ready to spawning.They may chase each other.The male will move in front and back to attract her.Male will keep its dorsal and anal fin erect to attract the female.Many times the males show intensely dark fin margins.While male is doing this the females decide whether she is ready to go with male or not.Some times males nudge the females pelvic base before actual spawning starts.Spawning generally occurs in morning.

During spawning both fishes point their head in same direction and get nest to each other.Then the female will release eggs they may tremble while doing this.

Eggs

The female may give eggs almost every day during spawning.You should keep an eye on it because they may eat their eggs.Eggs are clear and 2mm in size.They may stick to java moss or spawning mop .Now its your duty to transfer the eggs.Cut the portion of moss or mop which are holding eggs .And put them in other container or breeding box where you want them to grow.Remember don't take out them of water they may get damage.Set the container or breeding box with wall of aquarium so temperature difference is not there.The hatching time is not same for all species.It may go even more then a week or several week.Maintain low light intensity.

Fry care

When fries are born they are about 4 mm long.They may fall down to the surface for 1-2 days.The aeration should be gentle.They have yolk sacs on which they will be dependant for starting days.When they consume it you may feed them infusoria or liquid fry food.When they grow older you can give them brine shrimps and micro worms.Maintain the water quality by feeding only in required amount hat is about 7 times a day.If food is left behind it may spoil the water.Do 20% water changes daily more water change may shock the fry and may kill them.

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