Secrets Shared by a Lifetime Discus Breeder - Discus Hatchery Tour

There are 1,000s of Discus at this AMAZING Urban Hatchery / Wholesaler!
Simply AMAZING to see a real discus hatchery in action!
Darren and Donna from Southern Discus Centre here in Melbourne, Australia are doing a fantastic job breeding, raising and selling thousands of beautiful discus in all sorts of sizes, colours and patterns.
If you have ever wondered where your discus come from, how to turn your hobby into a business, how to breed and raise discus or anything else then this is the video for you!
You can keep up with Southern Discus Centre on Facebook here: / southerndiscus
Hope you liked this Tour!
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0:00 Introduction
0:31 Discus Growout Tanks
1:27 Feeding Schedule and Diet
2:04 Fishkeeping Background
3:15 Sexing Discus / Blue Rime Red Cover Pair
4:00 Breeding Cones and DIY
4:57 How Many Tanks and How Many Discus
5:27 Stocking the Tanks and Separating the Batches
5:50 Waterchange Schedule
6:51 Filtration
7:39 Spotted Eruption Future Breeders
8:05 Mating Behaviour and Age
8:18 Take the Eggs or Leave the Eggs?
9:33 My Favourites
9:55 Adult Feeding and Waterchange Schedule
10:31 Filtration For Adult Tanks
11:21 Discus Keeping Philosophy and Background
12:24 Discus Pairing, Philosophy and Mixing
14:31 What to do About Runts?
15:50 Fry Batches and Stunting
18:28 Breeding Pairs with Fry
19:51 Line Breeding Chat
21:11 Imported Stock
22:03 Discus Keeping Temperature
22:46 Fry Raising Process
23:50 The New Discus Hatchery
25:22 Future Plans
26:11 Hatchery Filtration
29:15 Hatchery Stock
29:48 Catching out of IBCs
32:42 Sorting the IBCs
35:03 Outro
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[@southerndiscuscentre4986]

Thanks heaps for coming out to our Discus room. Doing something like this was way out of our comfort zone but you made it easy. We hope everyone enjoys seeing our Discus. Mostly importantly what we do works for us 100%. Thanks everyone for watching. Support Local.

[@BlakesAquatics]

Was a great time! Thanks for inviting me. Stunning discus!

[@caewalker9276]

Thank you so much for sharing your Discus room with us.👍💚

[@kernalbert4939]

Now a guy in Canada knows about you! You did great!

[@donnacooke7766]

Thanks so much guys means alot. We have been under the radar for about 15years I guess not anymore lol

[@jdghok]

Hello from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, i watch all of blakes videos as he's an entertainin young bloke and he's very knowledgeable too, this has been a thoroughly enjoyable video as it's a pleasure to see such a professional set up and your dedication to your passion/living is highly commendable mate, thanks for letting us see your outfit, all the best yeti 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@vandermolen404]

Thanks for making this video’s Blake!! Loving every second of it

[@BlakesAquatics]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@Chan_Discus]

This is incredible! I wish this place was in the US absolutely gorgeous discus.

[@noturaveragedad]

Wow that is incredible!!!

[@johnmaude5065]

What a awesome setup, and some amazing discus 😊

[@BlakesAquatics]

I think so too!

[@brandonhk1lljoys]

Great video👌 Some really stunning fish and so many! Cool to see the ins of a Discus breeding operation 🔥 ✌️♥️

[@BlakesAquatics]

Thank you thank you peace and love 👌

[@robg915]

Very cool video. These are some top notch discus. This guy knows what he's doing!

[@BlakesAquatics]

Hes an absolute legend 👍

[@michaeltooke9164]

Thanks Blake! Great tour.

[@BlakesAquatics]

Thanks for watching 👍

[@OWR_Mission]

Loved the video!

[@user-iy7ce9mv6b]

That is a serious set up and some lovely fish. Thanks for sharing.

[@BlakesAquatics]

Thanks for watching!

[@ImL50634]

Very beautiful and stunning fish awesome tanks and setups great 👍 job awesome video

[@BlakesAquatics]

Thank you very much!

[@ImL50634]

Your welcome anytime my Aussie mate 👍

[@roscoeturner4099]

Very interesting. Well done!

[@BlakesAquatics]

Cheers Roscoe

[@Kaityscichlids]

This was really interesting to see! I would definitely struggle with catching the fish out of the tubs, I get impatient catching fish from a tank 🤣 It looks like a really great facility they've got going on and lots of healthy discus 😊

[@rodrigoss8061]

Amazing video. There is a lot of knowledge about discus. And i agree, big and fat discus, i've never seen this big either 👏👏👏

[@rjv2395]

great tour, tks

[@BlakesAquatics]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@MrTila111]

Really enjoyed this video. They are some of the biggest discus I’ve ever seen wish we had a stockist like this in the uk. 👍

[@BlakesAquatics]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@MsJimbo1960]

Well done Darren you have amazing setup and fish.I just wonder what you feed the tiny fry ..?

[@jdghok]

Cheers that was a dynamite video blake 💪🏻👌🏻

[@BlakesAquatics]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@dirtyoldfarmhand3]

Awesome

[@jonno6674]

Awesome video, would be awesome for you to tour some other operations not just people’s fish rooms but actual commercial setups like this

[@BlakesAquatics]

This is a commercial wholesaler that has operated for over 20 years but yes I will do my best to keep them coming

[@AussieAquatic]

Melbourne's BEST Kept Aquarium Secret!! Just Awesome to know we have these fish so close in such numbers :)

[@BlakesAquatics]

True that!

[@AussieAquatic]

@@BlakesAquatics I would like to see a follow-up video to take the obvious next step from the breeder's facility to the customer's home aquarium. From Darren's point of view, how would a Discus owner set up a "forever" tank for these fish? Are discus only kept successfully in bare tanks? What are the do's and don'ts of setting up a home discus aquarium. That would be very informative.

[@BlakesAquatics]

@@AussieAquatic you have successfully anticipated the next video 🤣

[@jdghok]

@@AussieAquatic i concur, that is a fucking splendid idea mate 👍🏻

[@AussieAquatic]

@@BlakesAquatics just call me LUCKY...........LOL :)

[@kadalora]

WHOAAA! This is next level. That is a lot of dedication to my favourite fish, great to see. Awesome size on a lot of them too. I prefer the parents raising the fry always though as the parents' mucus provides a constant source of nutrition which also contains antimicrobials that help protect them from infections. And of course it's just the natural way it is supposed to be; I could be wrong but I feel like the fry would also have this process ingrained in them and hence have an improved skill set when they then become parents themselves. You could simply avoid any disease getting to the fry by prophylactically treating the parents prior to spawning, though of course this would incur some extra cost. I'm curious how many people help manage the facilities here, because that is A LOT of work to keep everything running smoothly; I used to work on a tropical fish farm in NZ so understand first hand. Keep up the good work!

[@johnbrand1893]

Darren’s family business is an awesome Discus facility, he explains everything really well, full of great detail, especially the taking the fry away from the parents in the beginning, and artificially raising them, so eventually all fish are free from parasites 🦠 and the K1 filtration on this scale for Discus, I’ve not seen or heard off before. 👍 Would love to see a follow up of the new setup being installed in these huge vats containing the Discus. 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@southerndiscuscentre4986]

Thanks for the positive feedback we really appreciate it.

[@BlakesAquatics]

Well said!

[@omkarwanganekar8017]

You are great

[@warhealer]

Great video, thx for sharing. I may have missed it in the video but what do you feed the fry in the bowls?

[@BlakesAquatics]

baby brine shrimp :)

[@omkarwanganekar8017]

How do you maintain water quality and tanks are so clean

[@vijaysalunke3119]

Can you share food preparation video that you put to your discus

[@dfafishing1476]

Awesome setup. I would love to know how he did those overflow boxes on the IBC. How are they connected into the ibc

[@BlakesAquatics]

Via a bulkhead 👍

[@dfafishing1476]

I think I worked it out they are connected at the bottom, so one pipe is a stand pipe, and the other is the drain pipe. The two pipes got me. I thought they were both drains

[@MissChelle]

I’m planning on keeping discus in the ‘vintage’ 200L I’m refurbing. Can’t wait to get them! What does IBC stand for? How can I make sure my LFS stocks this breeders fish? I love his whole ‘quarantine’ setup! 🇦🇺❤️

[@southerndiscuscentre4986]

Hi ibc stands for intermediate bulk containers. You can message us though our Facebook page and we can point you in the direction of our stockists.. Thanks for watching.😀

[@gk9417]

What a moving bed filtration system Unless I missed understood ✌️👍🙏🇨🇦

[@craigphillips6032]

Thanks for sharing. Some absolutely gorgeous fish. Do they sell to the public or only wholesale? If they sell to the public, where can we find them?

[@BlakesAquatics]

Only wholesale sadly

[@omkarwanganekar8017]

Please tell me your tank dimensions in which you have kept big discus fish

[@nicholaimifsud]

how does one feed/grow the babies if they hatch separately from the parents? would love to know more, as i kind of always saw it as they feed off the parents skin for around 2 weeks then give them baby brine shrimp and move them a couple of weeks later.

[@helenpounds9149]

BEAUTIFUL!!! Are you careful about the pH of your tanks? Do you change the pH to encourage breeding? Thanks!!

[@BlakesAquatics]

Hi Helen, for the most part i dont even test until something seems off. Just regular tap water changes

[@chubchub3902]

what size r the breeding tanks

[@tropicalfish429]

good afternoon greetings I have a question, what material do you use to make the shelves or furniture for your aquariums?

[@BlakesAquatics]

Pine (90x45mm) or steel are the 2 most common

[@edstar81]

so awesome. I want some. how many did you go home with?

[@BlakesAquatics]

None this time 😄

[@exoticdisc]

❤❤

[@markearly1247]

I have noticed the black box on the shirt colars on a few other vids. What is it?

[@BlakesAquatics]

Its the microphone

[@user-pp2fi7fh3k]

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.

[@BlakesAquatics]

The eggs are coming and at that time the parents feel the babies are a threat to the eggs so they eat them. Its a tricky one but youd be better off separating the fry once its about time for new eggs

[@user-pp2fi7fh3k]

thanks for your response. Is it enough to separate one of them? @@BlakesAquatics

[@BlakesAquatics]

@@user-pp2fi7fh3k personally id rather not break the bond of the mated pair. Id use that as a last resort

[@Clownsuperworms]

why do discus fish look pale sir? Is it because there has not been a color mutation?

[@BlakesAquatics]

Pale usually means they are stressed. Some stress factors are temp, water conditions, parasites etc

[@wowyummyyy]

L I K E 👍👍 👍 👍👍 🍀🍀🍀🍀 🍀🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@ABHI-fg4ky]

That a koi pond filter

[@kaosaelee8832]

What's thus place called?

[@BlakesAquatics]

Southern Discus Centre

[@kaosaelee8832]

@@BlakesAquatics thank you....from what country? Do you know who he get his discus from?

[@BlakesAquatics]

@@kaosaelee8832 australia. Some locally bred some from malaysia

[@fatrat6929]

Didn`t say anything about water parameters except temp .

[@caewalker9276]

The first Discus I got was a runt . He's the coolest little fulla. The second lot I got was a disaster. I lost all 3 adults 👋$600. I want more runt Discus but everyone I ask says " I don't breed runts". I reckon they're better than the bigger ones.

[@BlakesAquatics]

🤣 well thats a good point I guess, dont need as much room either

[@caewalker9276]

@@BlakesAquatics I think they are hardier too

[@sanjayfarle7528]

Hii

[@yenriver5255]

That artificial breeding is time consuming. If used my system I develop 30 years ago will require no water change and fries take the brine shrimps on the third day. I have an article in TFH and 1 in Australia magazine. I prefer PVC over ceramics. I had 40 tanks in my days when I was breeding.

[@BlakesAquatics]

Thanks for sharing

[@jasonbates2977]

Would like to know more about your system. Could you share a link?

[@leemcglinchey5776]

At 10:10 sec white fish with blue in with orange markings what are they called I've got 1ove them & also have another but that ones markings are orange dots when I bought them the person couldn't tell me what they are