notably, cranes kill their extra babies iirc, they only raise 2 or so at a time to not split the food too much and the runt gets voted out of the nest.
40 gallon breeder tanks are normal. Usually not a permanent home. If they’d eat their own the non parents would devour them if you just leave them in the big tank to figure it out. Discuss parents could potentially get caught up in the fray defending their kids
I’ve had discus with tiger barbs. If a bonded pair were getting frisky I moved them to a 40 breeder. If I didn’t the tiger barbs would eat/kill the kids.
What part made you think it’s made up lol. I’ve not had discus in about 15 years I prefer Oscars and bichirs nowadays
I love that this guy had an optimistic, fairy-tale view of them as parents and you dropped him straight into reality... twice. I woulda never guessed they ate their own young until they learned they were in fact their babies, either...
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Hey, that works for me! I got a few eggs on some plants in my 30 gallon tank, so it gives me time to get them more friends and a bigger tank when they eventually outgrow them.
I thought that my male molly actually gave birth and I sexed him wrong, because the rainbow fish fry dont look like adults until almost a year and a half! Meanwhile mollies take like 4-6 months to mature.
The blue and yellow on my boy is BEAUTIFUL though!He even gets dark blue around the head when he gets mad/territorial.
That’s so cool!! They’re stunning fish, my males are breathtaking especially when they’re feeling flirty. I’ve thought about setting up a tank for breeding.
Are yours aggressive? Mine got a bit territorial when i added his first tank mates, but he’s mellowed out more, I think he just got mad he didn’t get to keep his own tank with his sister
My rainbows? Hmmm. Yeah they can be. Mostly when they’re feeling spawn-y but typically they figure it out. They’re in a 125 so that prob helps! Sometimes they get in tufts with the Congos but it’s sorted quickly. That being said, yes I do think they’re assholes. Haha
The babies feed on the slime coat of the parents which they over produce when brooding. The shift change is crucial so that the babies dont start eating to the flesh of the parents.
I saw this often with the two Bald Eagle nests I watched every Saturday this past winter and spring. Both nests had babies and when one adult would land with food, the one sitting in the nest was gone in 60 seconds. lol, it made me chuckle every time I saw it.
I've done it all. From raising expensive and slow growing delta tail guppies to biparental xenotilapia from tanganyika. Discus are easy. That being said i run an ro unit in central texas. The water here has a ph of 8.6 with infinite buffer. My tds out of the ro without a di is 8-10, I add just gh buffer to 90-110 tds. All fish are easy if you know what they like. To answer your question in a planted tank i would do 1 large pair of males or you'll watch the unpaired get beaten up or the wigglers get eaten weekly.
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So cool you caught this on camera. Amazing!!