www.theSmileyFish.com Discus Fish are great parents. On this video, you can see them guarding and cleaning their eggs and waving water over them. The male (the blue colored fish)has just gotten back from foraging. These beautiful fish actually take turns caring for the eggs. When the babies hatch, the parents will produce a milk-like substance from their skin. The babies will feed on this milk-like substance for the first two to three weeks of their lives. To learn more about this extraordinary freshwater fish, check out January’s Fish-of-the-Month Post on.
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June 2nd, 2010 - 8:51 am
wow at 00:35 seconds what type of discus is that?
June 2nd, 2010 - 9:38 am
is that a wild discus?5 stars!
June 2nd, 2010 - 10:26 am
How many gallon is your tank? I have a 90 gallon tank and my discus just made it’s first batches of eggs. At what temp did you keep your tank at? I’ve changed it to 86 2 weeks ago and now a day ago they’re laying eggs. There’s about 112 eggs. Any advice for me is appreciated.
June 2nd, 2010 - 10:55 am
Yea, their certain type of water is known as “extremely clean”.
June 2nd, 2010 - 10:58 am
beautifull tank u hav got..wats da name of da small blue color fish..pls let me know
June 2nd, 2010 - 11:15 am
Is it true that Discus fish have to have a certain type of water?
June 2nd, 2010 - 11:36 am
outstanding!!!!!!!!!I cant wait to set my 60 gal with a school of them!
June 2nd, 2010 - 11:45 am
Ok thank you for the information.
June 2nd, 2010 - 12:33 pm
Hi,
Usually Discus should be kept in “species only” tanks. They require warm (82F-86F), soft water that’s of a low pH (the temp alone excludes many potential tankmates). Also, Discus should never be kept with larg and/or aggressive fish (sorry, no angels).
A few fish, including Blue Rams, can be kept with Discus. There’s plenty more to say, but I’m running out of room. So, take a look at my article on Discus found on my blog (the link to my blog is found in the youtube description above)
June 2nd, 2010 - 12:45 pm
If you want to keep Discus fish, do you have to keep them in a tank without any other species of tropical fish, such as Angels, Cichlids, etc?
June 2nd, 2010 - 12:50 pm
Opinion on keeping discus is changing very rapidly. At a time many people believed that the only way to keep discus was in an aquarium with a low Ph. However much has changed and that is mainly to do with the amount of discus breeders out there. Many European bred discus can now thrive in Ph up to 7.5 but still require a peaceful aquarium. In short Discus are going much the same way that the Angelfish went before them and is becoming far more resilient.
June 2nd, 2010 - 12:56 pm
its a wild, South American, Royal Blue discus, they’re like 230 bucks!
June 2nd, 2010 - 1:29 pm
hi how hard is it to keep discus and what sort of size can they grow is there any special way of keeping them ?
thanks btw i love that blue one how much was that ?
June 2nd, 2010 - 1:37 pm
that is so beautiful ,,how did they made the fish so lively,
I have a website that talks about how to take care of your fishpets , it is
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June 2nd, 2010 - 2:21 pm
i think its A brilliant blue diamond tefe scrible mix
June 2nd, 2010 - 2:54 pm
the blue one is beautiful