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Prior to you starting to breed discus fish,  you will need  to understand the  of this exotic and charming tropical fish.   Dicus like to select their partner individually,  which  make it a bit hard and expensive for the owner. Discus fish should be retained in community of not more than four peers group as standard setup. Keep the water warm enough and feed them properly and breeding discus will be a true joy; it won’t take too long before they will spawn.

To understand the principles of breeding discus you’ve got a lot of things to read as there will be quite some changes in your tank. You need to know right from start, that discus like to pick a upright location for their coupling and will first clean it up before laying its eggs. Don’t be suprise if  you see them spawning in the bottom of the tank or side of the tank. After the laying of the eggs and fertilizing them, both parents will be guarding the vicinity preventing other fish from coming close.

You will also notice some changes in the activities of normally so calm and shy fish while breeding them. Normally, they won’t be aggressive to other tank occupant unless their eggs are under treat. Sometimes breeding discus require having to sacrifice some eggs; hence, the parents eat the eggs they can’t protect. It is easy to find out when you’ve got a pair of breeding discus; once two of them start defending a perimeter in the aquarium, you need to act quickly. That would be an ideal time to move them into a different tank. You shouldn’t put any object at the bottom of the discus tank to enable you to be able to clean the tank easily. They only need a vertical surface to deposit their eggs.

To renew the ambient of breeding discus, you can add a bag of peat moss in the power filter, hence re-making the natural water environment of discus. Water quality and right food are the two most important items for successful discus breeding. For further assistance and useful information on how to deal with breeding discus fish you may visit the following web page: discus fish secrets.com.  Practical information will come handy especially when you haven’t been breeding discus fish before; so, enjoy the experience and bear in mind that the well-being of new healthy tropical goldfish is your responsibility from the start to the end. Have fun and good luck with your aquarium discus fish breeding!