Discus how to care for children

To prevent the death of the larvae, should not take or raise larvae while still cared for, what more when the stick and suck the mucus from its parent body. The most appropriate time to raise the seed when the seed was allowed to roam freely by its mother. Maintenance tank measuring 100 cm x 50 cm x 45cm to accommodate approximately 150 fry. Live feed of infusoria, Moina, daphina, mosquito larvae and silk worms adapted to the development of its growth. During the first month of maintenance, body size could reach 2.5 cm and then thinned to a spacing of two aquariums. So forth, after reaching a size of 5 cm, dense stocking back into a 15-25 tail thinned to a spacing of the aquarium. After 3 months of age of the child as its parent discus was a round and flat, while the color will come out looking real good after the age of 7 to 9 months.

Discus fish breeding techniques

           Spawning places commonly used is the tank size (100X50X45) cm. The height of water in the tank should be more than 35 cm because if less discus rarely want to marry.
           The place has water plants such as spawning or spatterdock echinodorus. Other materials that can be used as pasting eggs are bottles, flower pots, or plastic gutter pieces 4-6 inches in diameter is placed at the center of the tank.
           These fish like to care for and nurture their children in painstaking. Even discus "nursing" her children newly hatched a way to let the mucus in the body is inhaled by children (such as sucking).
           The couple has been dating the disc which is separated from his group can be directly released to the spawning tank. Ahead of spawning, the couple was busy cleaning the surface of the leaves of aquatic plants or other objects that functioned as a way of pasting egg nibbling dirt. That is where eggs are stored. When the egg is released, both the parent keeping a painstaking cleaning of dirt while fanning him with fins in order to obtain sufficient fresh water and oxygen. 

           After 2-3 days, the eggs will hatch into larvae and appeared begelantungan on the surface of the adhesive eggs. Four days later the larvae are able to swim and larvae attached to its mother's body while sucking mucus from the skin of its host body. At the time the larvae are no longer sticking, holding her son freed to roam.

How to maintain the discus

Discus (Symphysodon discus), including freshwater fish species are very sensitive to environmental changes, especially changes in the nature of the water. If the environment does not fit, discus a poor appetite and when experiencing digestive disturbances, will remove dirt sometimes slimy white. For containers, preferably acidic water with low hardness. Oxygen content can be enhanced by aeration using aerators or blowers. The preferred discus water conditions are acidic humus or tannins. To that end, the container into the maintenance of dissolved humus soil containing humus acids and is soft or by way of soak coconut fiber that contain lots of tannins, so the water becomes acidic. The second water bath such materials should always be measured in degrees of acidity with a pH meter. When the desired acidity level is reached, the soil humus or coconut husk removed. And for all, water is checked regularly after two to three weeks of water conditions can change and should be replaced.

Discus (Symphysodon Discus)

Discus known as the "king of the aquarium" is quite popular ornamental fish hobbyists. The increasing number who enjoyed, making the price discus becomes very expensive, especially for species that are famous or trends. As more and more fans discus, discus contests are often held and attended by many participants.
           There are four species of the natural discus, namely Symphysodon discus (Heckel discus), S. aequifasciata axelrodi (brown discus), S. aequi-fasciata aequifasciata (green discus), and S. aequifasciata haroldi (blue discus). Like Hickey, many fans creativity and cultivate fish in the discus breeder raises hybrid varieties with new colors and patterns better than the original. This causes the color and pattern discus are very diverse. In fact, you could say almost every year will appear a new type with attractive colors and patterns. Variasa color discus on the market ranging from white, yellow, red, blue, and brown. While s type ranging from straight lines, random lines, bubbles, until the spots. From the variety of colors and shades, the many emerging new varieties, including snake skin, snake leopart, pigeon red, marlboro, blue diamonds, and red tuquoise. Is almost every year new species emerge with attractive colors and patterns.
         Quality standards are determined from the physical discus fish is smooth, no defects, with scales intact, rounded body shape and somewhat flattened laterally thick, and a fluffy tail fin perfect and no buds. Typically, discus is rather wide mouth with bright color and firm preferred fans and have a higher sale value.
        One that can degrade the quality of discus is the presence of black dots like sand in the back area and damage to the fins for fin rot disease. Discus that have been stricken with the disease has been cured though, the price remains low because the fish will become disabled. Therefore, to maintain quality of the discus necessary knowledge and accuracy in performing maintenance, namely, among others by monitoring water quality and feed regularly.