| The last few years have seen more and more | | | | matters of their own personal choice do not try |
| being written about keeping discus fish than most | | | | to force two together. Therefore if you do plan |
| other fish species. Anyone who is thinking about | | | | to breed your discus as said you cannot match |
| keeping discus fish in their home aquarium should | | | | make and expect them to breed, you will have to |
| of course get all the information they need | | | | let them choose their own partner. When you are |
| before actually buying any of them. They are | | | | keeping discus fish that are about to go through |
| thought of as royal fish, they are native to the | | | | the breeding process it is always best to separate |
| warm and calm Amazon waters that charm | | | | them into a different tank specially prepared for |
| through their behavior. Keeping discus fish does | | | | the purpose. If you are keeping discus fish that |
| require a bit of knowledge on their background, | | | | are about to breed together with the rest of |
| about what to offer to make such pets happy | | | | your aquatic pets, you will run the risk of having |
| and also what to expect from them. Discus fish | | | | some violent behavior due to the territorial claims |
| are considered fish of changing habits that | | | | of the breeding pair. Discus fish prepare their area |
| manifest personality. | | | | that they are going to use to have their babies |
| When first keeping discus fish you will find that | | | | by cleaning it first and defending it throughout the |
| they are shy and very calm in general, but when | | | | whole process. |
| they start making couples they can often | | | | You will find that discus feed their young by |
| become a little bit aggressive due to breeding | | | | secreting food for them from in between their |
| territory protection. Keeping discus fish will bring | | | | scales. After about a week the fry will be big |
| lots of rewards but it will also give you a few | | | | enough for you to help with the feeding by giving |
| challenges as well. First off, as you will see with | | | | some baby brine shrimp or even just some |
| most groups of any type of fish, within a group it | | | | flaked food will do. When you are certain that the |
| is not uncommon that the weakest discus will get | | | | fry have stopped feeding from the parents it will |
| bullied; this is something that can unfortunately | | | | be safe for you to remove them from the tank |
| result in death. Keeping discus fish in groups in a | | | | into their own. Use a separate tank for the fry |
| minimum of six individuals is thought of as ideal. | | | | feed them well to support the accelerated |
| By doing this you will increase the confidence of | | | | growth rate. If everything has been done |
| the group members and you lower the risk of | | | | correctly they should grow well and at around 12 |
| group misbehavior. | | | | weeks they should have grown to about the 2 |
| When you are keeping discus fish, you will have | | | | inch diameter mark. At that size you will be able |
| to respect their habits. For example mating are | | | | to start to sell your baby discus fish. |