Breeding Indicators?

[chris@yen]

Hi there,

I've got 2 discus that keep "kissing" (for want of a better word) a piece of vertical driftwood. I don't know if they're a pair, but is kissing aquarium ornaments normal discus behaviour?

Thanks in advance.

I hope they're a pair, i've never bred discus before.

Chris.

[jim]

I think it's the sign....have they acting more aggrasively toward other fish that swim near that piece of driftwood??

[chris@yen]

They're actually both (but in particular one of them) aggressive to all the other discus in the tank, both near or far from the driftwood.

But I think you might be right, no other discus has gone to that side of the tank.

[Mattzilla]

i think it sounds more like asserting a little dominants than breeding....

[flukes]

Hard too tell, i posted a video on here a while ago of a male and female doing the kissing thing. It looks like they are more fighting and i do believe it was more too do with dominance.

But now this pair have spawned several times and even raised young..

[chris@yen]

hi there
just a quick update.
The fish have layed eggs.
Now I just got to hope that the other community fish don't eat them.

Any parental tips?

[kevkoi]

errrm.... how about getting all the OTHER fish out?

[chris@yen]

I would love to take out the other fish, but I can only fit so many fish into a 2foot hospital tank.

Do i need to worry about Neon Tetras and other Discus fish from eating the babies? How about Gourami's and Guppies? Oh yeah, and 1 Algae Eater. Plus 6 smallish Clown Loaches.

[jim]

If it's their first time laying eggs...don't worry about other fish....the parents will finish their eggs before other fish

[chris@yen]

oh really

Anything that can be done?