General Separation of Discus

[rburrowes]

Hey Guys,

Just a quick one for you, I have just got 4 beautiful adult discus, 2 pairs, thanks Adrian. Specifically, 2 super eruptions, one blue base and 1 red base, 1 alainca and 1 high body scorpion.

The problem is, on there arrival I placed all of them in a 200L tank without issues, the became friendly towards each other and everything was happy, now I divided the tank into 2 with a piece of per specs that took with about 4 hours of hole drilling, 2mm holes, with a 5mm separation from each other.

Now the environment has changed slightly and they are all against the perpects at the back beside each other.

I put the divider in there hoping to get them to breed. So do I take the per specs out and let them have their happy life together, or will they get used to the idea of being separated and start breeding again?

Cheers

Rob

[giorid]

hi rob,
If I were you I'd take the perspecs/divider out and whatch them for awhile and see what they do if one pair or both start to lay eggs then put the divider back in, I think they feel more secure as a group at the moment and separating them might stress them out, just my opinion, maybe someone else as a different view, cheers max.

[Mr Wild]

Agree with giorid, until they lay eggs a few times and gaurd them the pair bond is not truly made. ATM they are just lonel;y for each other.

[Nev]

Yep wot they said.