Egg colour

[DiscusMad]

Might be a bit of a dumb question but are the eggs of discus just the same colour for all discus or do they have multiple colours for different types of discus???

[flukes]

same color....
should be a golden orange if fertile then turn black and finally wrigglers.

[dreamer]

i dont think they are all the same color... i've seen reddish and orange-ish eggs on the net ..but eggs from my pairs are bit yellowish close to clear. i'd say it also affected by the food ...

[Proteus]

clear, yellowish = not fertilised...

they will usually go fungal or get eaten unless a Male makes them change.

[dreamer]

im quite sure they were clear/yellowish then turn darker ... i have ~100 3weeks freeswimmer ... they cant be not fertilised

[Proteus]

Forgot to elaborate previously...

They only go dark after the Male has passed over them and fertilised them, so if they stay clear/yellow they wont produce any little un's...

[nicholas76]

COLOURS VARY FOLKS!!

my scorpion eggs are as yellow as the sun yet after 2 days they develop black dots

strange ?? maybe, but he isnt shooting blanks.

ive fed them premium discus pellet food just to see if there is a change and no nothing diffrent.

ps the non fertile ones still go as white as tic tacs.. My old melon pair had nice dark orange eggs , these are perhaps most common.


Nick

[nicholas76]

fertile!!

excuse the focus , just trying to get a closer look at those black dotted eggs

[sunshinediscus]

I agree with nick, they vary a lot.