The Internet Says This Won’t Work (Breeding Discus)

[@josephjiang4562]

Got 8.3 PH. Always kept fish in high ph water, no issues at all. I've got 8 discus doing amazing, sensitive mormyrids, etc... The only fish I've had issues with is the payara.

[@MridulSinghMusic]

"Let's put some pants on" LOL Those discus are looking beautiful! And if they've been bred and raised in the hard water, it would actually be a detriment if you tried to bring them back down. They're already used to those parameters. I had a guy in my area as well who did hard water discus.

[@WeldonTanks]

To have this quality of discus in the fish room is still mind blowing to me. Really hoping we can spawn these and have success.

[@MridulSinghMusic]

@@WeldonTanks I'm stoked to see your passion Trent! I also am hoping to see some spawns out of these guys!

[@jasper8598]

Gotta say that internet says alot about things not working in the fish tanks. Personal experience often says otherwise.

[@unspeakable1270]

Great video! Excited to see how this all goes. Curious, do you use white paint for all your tanks? Is there benefit over a black paint?

[@WeldonTanks]

White is the one off in my fish room. I usually use black. With discus I have talked to other breeders locally that use white paint on their tanks. Reasoning I have been told is that when the discus breed and if the parents raise them the white paint allows the fry to find the parents as the parents will be darker against the white paint.

[@troyclark1914]

Lighter color paint also lessens the peppering (the black specks on the white part of the Discus) of the pigeon blood strains of Discus. In a darker tank they will pepper up to blend in with their surroundings.

[@gq_aquatics]

I know this is an older video, but did you have luck breeding these discus and tapwater?

[@WeldonTanks]

I unfortunately did not based on life changes that happened shortly after making this video

[@AngeliqueCheskaAyad]

Can the eggs survive and become wrigglers even at 70ppm?

[@Ranjithvlog1]

Can we breed discus which is raised in the hard water?

[@WeldonTanks]

It is my opinion that water quality and food are the most important for fish to breed. Take the stress away and let them naturally do their thing. Everyone said I would not breed wild caught plecos in hard water and I did.

[@AngeliqueCheskaAyad]

@@WeldonTankscan the eggs survive and become wrigglers even at 70ppm and 6ph?

[@BlakeAdamsCO]

Another unique video! Good stuff Trent!

[@WeldonTanks]

Appreciate it!

[@chesterandrew-oit3621]

yes I have seen other videos on breeding discus in 8.0 PH. Consistent water quality is the key

[@undersurfacechannel]

I absolutely adore discus 😊 Great stuff buddy!

[@brachenclark3521]

Just bought a Severum from you guys. Great experience! He is doing well in quarantine, but our 75 gallon has ich. We have been treating for like a week now with salt, turning the heat up, ich meds and our fish seem to be clearing up except our electric blue acara keep getting worse. Any suggestions??

[@WeldonTanks]

Gave the comment a heart for the severum! We appreciate the support. If you have the ability to I would reccomened removing the Acara into its own quarantine tank and dosing with Ich x or medication of your choice and following the instructions on the med. Raising the heat can assist in speeding up the life cycle of the ich but it is after they drop from the fish that you need to terminate them before they can attach back to a host.

[@brachenclark3521]

@@WeldonTanks thank you! We moved them and hope they aren't too sick to make the move, but they just weren't getting better. Love to support local and as a fellow KZbinr, I'll definitely have to support the channel!

[@BlakeAdamsCO]

I'm no expert but one other thing that I've heard from Dan's Fish is to add the Ich-X or whatever med you're using in the evening prior to lights going off. Ich seemingly drops off more-so when lights are off so if you do that, it's ensuring optimal potentcy since the med was just added. May not be truth to this just something I remember hearing. Good luck!

[@abubbleoff1742]

get ich x. Its the cure

[@Jeffdoeswhat]

My wife has been wanting a discus tank for awhile. One of these days I’ll have to get some.

[@charlieosgood4830]

Normally it’s the simple case of how the eggs are when it comes to High PH, it can be done but survival rates may be less, but at least you can now sell to most people who have high PH tap water

[@trevorgregori9667]

Great fish man. What brand of heater are you running?

[@WeldonTanks]

It is the Fluval E Series heater. I really like these heaters but they are difficult to find right now.

[@trevorgregori9667]

@@WeldonTanks Thank you I want to make sure I get a high quality heater for my build.

[@BlakeAdamsCO]

@@WeldonTanks I've never tried those but have seen in reviews they get an error sometimes due to lack of water flow...have you had any issues with them?

[@WeldonTanks]

If you put the heater at a 45 degree angle you will not get an error It is how the heater is actually designed to be used

[@trevorgregori9667]

@@WeldonTanks Thank you. I will see if I can find one.

[@mountaintoppufferkeeper2289]

good stuff. Id say stable is the key and if the regani are an indicator a a slight environment fluctuation of some sort barometric pressure, temp, or tanic acid, to get the first spawning. The only way to discover is to do it. That will be an awesome project

[@WeldonTanks]

Amazing what you can do with a little stability and patience in this hobby.

[@leo2o915]

Amazing video Trent

[@Work5390]

Can we see the result? I'm interested in buying discus that can live in hard water.

[@WeldonTanks]

I have since moved out of state and no longer have these fish in my possession. I would say the stigma of discus is starting to go away and you will find success with clean water and good diet

[@hayattullah-3369]

any updates to this pair? what about the tds parameters, mine is quite high in tds i want to try breed them, but ppl say that won't work in high tds water 😅

[@WeldonTanks]

I had the female lay eggs once but I have since actually moved states and no longer have this pair. I would say focus on clean water and you will find success

[@hayattullah-3369]

@@WeldonTanks okay, thanks a lot i'll give it a try

[@EuroGupper]

Some fishkeepers like to complicate things I ordered 8 Stendker German Wonder Discus today and i hope they are hardy as the internet claims they are

[@spencerward4302]

Did these tow ever had babies? I got the same kind

[@WeldonTanks]

I unfortunately did not get the time to work with them properly.

[@DiscusRussell]

No excuses flow🤣

[@Jackal799]

Also, I think clean and warm water with good food is vastly more important than chasing ph with discus. Keep up with your water changes and you’ll be good

[@TheBSideDJ]

off course it's already well known to never chase chemistry or parameters besides some exceptions but the few exceptions also proof this general rule. Nothing really new here, to be honest.

[@Jackal799]

I keep discus in ph of 8 with 199 TDS. I’ve got a pair and they spawn like crazy. However, I’ve never been able to get wrigglers out of em. Although that’s in my community tank. If I tried the breed them I would probably mess around with using some methylene blue cuz they get fungus

[@WeldonTanks]

Sounds like you are having good starting success and proving that it is working well for you

[@markhaunert5029]

Hello, just wondering if had ant luck with fry yet. Thanks.

[@WeldonTanks]

Unfortunately I am moving and the company that these fish came from wanted them returned before I had success

[@markhaunert5029]

@@WeldonTanks that's a bummer but it would have been interesting. Thanks for responding. 👍

[@YancyLow]

do you think discus would be okay in my 8 ph well water?

[@WeldonTanks]

Well water vs tap water, I do not see much difference there. Now, I can say yes and if the the fish die then you can come back and blame me. So, yes, I do think they could do well in your well water, what I would recommend though is doing your research of where you are purchasing them from. It may need to be that for a time you are mixing ro with well water to adjust water parameters.

[@YancyLow]

@@WeldonTanks thanks I'm going to research

[@jpsfish5966]

You will have eggs in no time. My pigeon bloods bred in their tank plenty of times. I should have separated them out when I had the chance. Can’t wait to see how they turn out.

[@fishiemon64]

I also have high ph and am not a fan of chasing ph I own some L333 and L134 still a bit to young to breed but I would like to try breeding them in my tap water do you think it would work???

[@WeldonTanks]

I agree with you that chasing PH is a recipe for disaster. I can tell you from experience with the L333 that I have local breeders having success in our hard water. And it is my goal to have them breeding soon.

[@sharronmiller451]

Beautiful discus!!

[@skippityskeepskeep923]

You're gonna do it no problem!

[@saiaquarium5945]

Great video 👍

[@briandixon4931]

Its not crazy the asian discus are raised at 90 degrees in tap water with carbon only inside filters and there bigger than that .

[@CooperAquatics]

👍🔥 do you have channel stickers if so I need getting everyone's gonna do something cool

[@WeldonTanks]

I do have them If you want to send me your address I am sure I can mail some out

[@fisharefriends598]

Will be fine. The stendeker discus are tap water safe My ph 8.4... no issues

[@WeldonTanks]

I know so many people want to keep discus but are afraid to. Hoping to help change that.

[@jarredhaynes3088]

Question. How would you recommend acclimating discus with a PH at 8.3?

[@WeldonTanks]

If the PH range is similar you should be ok. If the PH is much lower going into that range you can do a drip acclimation to help the fish.

[@jarredhaynes3088]

@@WeldonTanks thanks

[@leo2o915]

Fun Fact In case y’all didn’t know Cory says Discuss taste delicious 😂

[@WeldonTanks]

One day I will get to try it lol no serious though....

[@leo2o915]

@@WeldonTanks lol only try if you in South America lol you know it’s fresh

[@Cancertrain]

Maybe you can make $20k in one month breeding discus like that one youtuber. He was breeding them at 8.4.

[@WeldonTanks]

Ha we will see. I want the knowledge of knowing how to breed them and offering good discus in the hobby.

[@frankcimera9955]

They definitely are not quality fish,very heavily peppered pigeon and the melon is very average, good luck but expect lots of peppered fry.

[@ronniegoudie4672]

This guy needs to stop snorting his snot ......

[@WeldonTanks]

This guy needs to learn what Tourette’s syndrome is...

[@ronniegoudie4672]

@@WeldonTanks oh my bad, didn't know that's what it was

[@itsBimmerman]

@@WeldonTanks Thank you for the extra confidence to try Discus in my water. I also looked up Tourette syndrome and learned a lot! ❤

[@exvandal187]

It doesn’t work until u show us living fry

[@WeldonTanks]

And your comment does not prove that it does not….so?

[@exvandal187]

@@WeldonTanks I’ve been trying to get a good fry batch to hatch for 2 months straight. I’d love to see proof that you’ve successfully hatched fry in a ph that high or even had your fish lay eggs

[@WeldonTanks]

@@exvandal187 proof is in the videos. Plenty of fish spawning in high PH

[@exvandal187]

@@WeldonTanks your discus aren’t hatching fry in that