HOW TO: Successfully Breed Discus Fish. A Step By Step Tutorial For Beginners 4K

A Complete Tutorial On Breeding Discus Fish From Pairing, Tank Preparation, Spawning, and, Caring For Your Parents and Offspring. #freshwateraquarium #fishkeeping #discus #aquariumfish #fishtank #apistogramma #tetra #neontetra #blackneontetra #discus #discuscommunitytank #jbjaquariums #aquascape #plantedaquarium #seachem #fluval #spiderwood #aquariumbuild #aquariumdesign #substrate #hardscape #tankdesign #discustank #freshwateraquarium #waterboxcube20 #fluval #discusbreeder #aquariumhardscape #freshwaterfish #fishkeeping #waterparameters #discusph #discustanksize #aquariumdesignguide #aquascaping #discuslover #aquariumplants #planteddiscusaquarium #aquariumsetup #discuscare #aquariumhardscape #aquariumrock #aquariumsubstrate #seachemprime #corydora #aquariumart #aquascaping #oase #aquaticconcepts #aquariumhobby
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[@georgewheeler3459]

Wow, you hit on everything regarding Discus Breeding. Nice to see a mating pair in your Gallery that has a fresh spawn. 👍

[@discusworlddiscoveries8668]

This is such a great video. You covered more than I could have ever asked. Thank you.

[@wilddiscusbreeder5445]

Awesome video my friend. It was a little long, but certainly worth my time.

[@angelfishaltus1807]

Perfect! The best video on this topic I have seen yet. Thank you.

[@discusking4977]

Dude, that was awesome. You are so smart about anything Discus.

[@martyborst5645]

Hi George. As you know I have a male & female discus. When & if I decide to get the parents to mate i will take your suggestions to heart. P.S: I do what you said in a past video to put the food on opposite side so the smaller discus has a chance. It’s working well. Great EDUCATIONAL video. Thankyou.

[@leedibiasio9229]

Love your channel. Thanks for your hard work. You are appreciated

[@aquaticconceptsbringingwaterto]

Thank You!

[@steveallen3845]

Good one! Tanks.

[@aquaticconceptsbringingwaterto]

Thank you!

[@cindystimson3632]

Yes, this is a perfect educational video. Thank you so much for your time and knowledge.

[@aquaticconceptsbringingwaterto]

Thank you Cindy. It has not been easy with the recent health issues. I am determined to stay busy however. I hope you will both like and subscribe. Would you also like to see more live/ podcast type videos where I can answer more questions? Let me know. I am doing a video on that today!

[@lawrenceh1385]

That's the best advice I've ever heard for new discus breeders in 2000 I had to figure all this out on my own lucky I only lost a pair and half in a month after I had 3 55gal tanks with hundreds of fry from dime size to dollar size in 2018 my town lost power for 4 days and I lost them all but again great advice

[@aquaticconceptsbringingwaterto]

That is tragic. Get back on and ride again. Nothing like stealing victory from the jaws of defeat!

[@scottcahala7779]

Amazing information thanks for sharing all the information. Can't wait to hear the grow out video.

[@aquaticconceptsbringingwaterto]

Thank you for watching!

[@shelleraquatics]

👍

[@aquaticconceptsbringingwaterto]

Thank you!

[@michaelmurray2312]

👍

[@aquaticconceptsbringingwaterto]

👍

[@martyborst5645]

Thanks!

[@aquaticconceptsbringingwaterto]

Thank you Marty!

[@susugyan8707]

such a perfect and full of unformation video😍...well done bro and thank you for this video❤

[@cp91187]

Hello, in your video you talked about a medication that you give to your young fry after the first few weeks, which should be very well tolerated. what medicine is it that you give to the parents and then to the fry?

[@aquaticconceptsbringingwaterto]

It is the first 90 days when they are susceptible to Gill flukes. The Medication can be purchased from Wattley Discus in Florida. I have found however that small doses of Malachite Green work just as well. Half strength in a bare tank one time.

[@kaywheels7419]

I have tried several times with Discus Breeding and failed each time. I am going to use your techniques and practices and see how things change. I will let you know. I broke up my last mating pair because they would just lay eggs in the tank and guard them like crazy before just eating them at every stage. Frustrating.

[@AEcclesiates]

Are you changing water or bein near the tank or having loud noise (vibration) then that could trigger them to eat their eggs

[@SickDiscus]

Heya mate, thank u kindly for taking ur time to make such an excellent video and sharing ur knowledge. May i ask a little more about ur filtration as i too run canisters. I didnt see in the video the inlet/outlets. Do u slow down flow? What do u put in ur canisters? How often do u clean them? Many thanks

[@aquaticconceptsbringingwaterto]

These tanks are all in one. All is hidden

[@stevehealddrums]

Bare tank except for the cone but where is the heater and filtration? If it's external canister how do you keep a very slow flow and don't suck up any baby's Thanks for the excellent video

[@aquaticconceptsbringingwaterto]

This is an all in one system so everything is hidden in the back.

[@the1superman]

Nice. I have some new discus fry and this helps

[@AndyParishani]

Hello. I have a problem in begining steps of breeding. I'll be approciate if you help me. At first the pair take care of babies carefully until the first two days of free swimming (10 days overall) but, suddenly I don't know what happens! All of them disapears and the parent start to lay new eggs! If they eat their babies why they don't earlier! I don't know exactly what's need to do! I don't want to raise them in a separate tank.

[@aquaticconceptsbringingwaterto]

Young parent that are inexperienced will do that. These male in the middle of the night will eat the fry so he can get her to spawn again. You may have to remove the male once they are free swimming. The female can usually raise the young on her own. If you see her getting sores or irritation from the young feeding off her you may need to take over with BB or other foods to raise yourself. This is rare and she should be able to do it herself. I hope that helped?

[@beatatarczon1402]

Can I put easy growing plant in to the breeding tank to make sure there is no ammonia and change water less often?

[@aquaticconceptsbringingwaterto]

Not a great idea when the fry are young. Any ornaments can distract from the parents.

[@stuartfer]

I must have missed it but you were going to tell us the name of the medicine

[@LukeDurrant]

Use regular tap water and treat it for chlorine and Don't do water changes during breeding/fry, saved you 50 mins.

[@michelhaineault6654]

The most critical part of raising discus fry it's about water change when they are separate from their parents, you have to do as many water change as possible, at least one 100% water change per day , it's a lot of work but if you don't you will fail, they will die one after another very fast.

[@aquaticconceptsbringingwaterto]

I agree with the water changes, but I never do 100% I do 50% daily and have great success! It is a lot of work.

[@tktropicals4997]

Cool. Do they eat their babies. I know my OB Cichlids do.

[@aquaticconceptsbringingwaterto]

I have not had that happen. Eggs yes but not fry.

[@pattijusongma]

they will eat their babies only if they feel threatened or feel disturbed or if they stressed out caused by poor water quality.

[@lakhveersingh5352]

Hi, can you please tell me the pair you have, are they from the same fry. Thankyou

[@aquaticconceptsbringingwaterto]

No!

[@jtkeepingfish]

Hi there, good video and definitely agree on most points, however I have a question. So I have a proven discus pair, and have had multiple batches of babies. Yet for them to be successful every time I have used RO water to be at a TDS of around 75-100. As if I were to use my tapwater (which is high ph and hard) the eggs would every time calcify. So what would you recommend for me? Thanks!

[@aquaticconceptsbringingwaterto]

@@jtkeepingfish I don’t understand the question? Can you be more specific about water, hardness, and pH?

[@jtkeepingfish]

@@aquaticconceptsbringingwaterto so my tapwater ph is around 8 - 8,5 which is rather high. And water hardness also high, not sure on what the number is exactly. And so they will breed for me in tapwater however my eggs would calcify each time, and not because they weren’t fertilised. Because I know my male is fertile. So that’s why I use the RO water to mix with the tap water to make the TDS around 75-100. So basically asking what you think of that and or if you have had experience with breeding discus on tapwater that has high ph and hardness etc.

[@aquaticconceptsbringingwaterto]

@@jtkeepingfish your water parameters are almost exactly the same as mine. My suggestion is you don’t chase water parameters and your water hardness. There’s nothing you can do except for go with RO. I have seen water parameters worse than yours and they were still able to breed discus fish. What I would suggest obviously is an empty tank void of any rock wood anything except for a ceramic slate. If your water hardness is where it’s at and you’re getting calcification on what you believe, are fertile eggs, then you need to figure out a way to soften that water and I don’t know a way in which you can do that without going with RO

[@imanhamedi580]

​@@jtkeepingfish nothing you can do except using ro water or rain water to have a high hatching batch.. i use ro water normally whose tds is around 17.. if you want all them hatch you should use either ro water or rain water... then after hatching you can turn it to half ro water and tap water...

[@lawrenceh1385]

Do to a hurricane

[@aquaticconceptsbringingwaterto]

I hope no one was hurt and damages were limited. Give it another try! I am glad to help!

[@lawrenceh1385]

Every one on the island was good luckily just a big mess but all stores were down couldn't leave the island either for 4 days they wouldn't let you cross the bridge all my battery's were dead for my pump

[@stevenjones6853]

can't see a heater

[@aquaticconceptsbringingwaterto]

It’s an all in one tank and hidden in the pump area!

[@sopbape8120]

Hi whats the medicines name? Thank you for this great video

[@aquaticconceptsbringingwaterto]

@@sopbape8120 flubendazole

[@sopbape8120]

@@aquaticconceptsbringingwaterto how should I dose it? And can it be dangerous for my discus? Does it work for gill fluke and stuff? How much water should I change after using it, and is potassium permanganate also a good or do you not recommend it

[@aquaticconceptsbringingwaterto]

@@sopbape8120 it would be a last resort for me with young Discus Fish . What is the main issue and what have you tried?

[@sopbape8120]

@@aquaticconceptsbringingwaterto hi I'm just a starting discus breeding hobbyist I'm not really doing this to sell and I've only ever reached the wiggler stage and just want to get information about keeping them safe. But I would like these guys to survive and grow them out, that's why I'm just asking because I've seen videos of people using potassium permanganate to treat their fish, right now I've gotten a batch to the wiggler stage which is pretty exciting but would like to know what to do in terms of medicine to avoid that 30 days syndrome

[@aquaticconceptsbringingwaterto]

@@sopbape8120 As I said Flubendazole has worked for me. You have to be careful with any medication when it comes to young Discus Fish. The first most important thing to keep your young Discus fry from getting sick is making sure everything you use is kept extremely clean. That means using nothing but hot water no detergents cleaners of any kind but extremely hot water to make sure that everything is sanitized. When it comes to the medications, use them sparingly and make sure that you are giving a dose that is not lethal to these fry. Flubendazole is much safer than potassium Permanganate. You must be an extremely experienced discus breeder to use that medication. If you do one thing wrong, you will wipe out your whole tank, including the parents. That is a drug you can buy from Gabe Posada at Wattley Discus but he will tell you that if you don’t know what you’re doing to stay away from trying to use it. I have had several spawns of discus fry that I have never used any medication on because I kept things so sanitary. This may be something you try. Medication’s are always risky. I have given you the name of the drug that I have used and if you want to try it, I would make sure that you were extremely careful on how you administer. If you go to Wattley Discus Miami, Florida, look at their medication sheets they will give you some ideas on how to use these medications. I don’t like to push medication‘s on anyone who is trying to breed discus, there are just too many risk and I do not want to be held responsible for you making a bad decision or giving a dose that is not correct so what I would tell you is that I would get a little more perspective from someone who has a better sense of how to administer And that would be Gabe Posada. Gabe will technically answer the phone if you look him up on the Internet that number goes directly to him just tell him George Wheeler sent you from aquatic concepts and he will give you any information you need on that 30 day syndrome that you are so concerned aboutagain, I don’t recommend any drugs but if you think you have to investigate it more before you make that move I hope this was helpful. Also I do offer my personal assistance for a small fee that we can discuss. This gives you up to 10- 15 minute sessions with me. Call me now at 800-566-2647. I am available this afternoon.

[@aaronrobert7196]

its hard to get discus to breed if you dont have a PH of 5,.8 to 7.0 and 7.0 is pushing it they just wont be stimulated enough. not saying it wont happen but if u want ur discus to breed for sure you need to ;;get ur water soft and acidic also you should def.do water changes often if u dont use a sump my sump tanks I can let go a little longer but u should always do water changes especially if u want healthy fish. I use seachem discus buffer which will work 100% of the time you dont have to do all this stuff he is saying either if the water is right they will do what they do in the wild without white sides on the tanks not saying he is wrong because it works to but ur water condition is the most important part everytime my discus breed I end up with 100 to 200 babies to sell. yes they can be successful with everything he is sayig but if ur not producing 100 plus babies everytime ur doing things wrong. I also only leave one of the parents in the tank with the babies it keeps from them fighting and also spawing again because the babies need lots of food and the water needs to be changed everyday dont care what anyone says it has to happen for healthy spawn! a lot of times the parents wont even eat for the first 2 weeks very little if so. not putting plastic in my tanks at all either!

[@aquaticconceptsbringingwaterto]

@@aaronrobert7196 I have 5 Mating pair of Discus. All Have Produced 75-120 Fry that have grown into adults. Water conditions are Important as far as water being Clean, but you do not have to chase Ph etc. stability is the most Important factor. As far as My using White Corrugated Plastic inserts it is something that works for me. It is easy to clean by removing for a few minutes and does not require you to paint your tank. I know large scale Discus breeding operations that all use a white out technique of some kind so the young can find the parents. Daily Water changes are your best friend if you have a very efficient system in place that does not stress the parents or fry. I agree with most of what you say, but my way is proven as well. By the way my Ph in all my tanks is just over 8.5.