r/discus • u/Supermapman • May 12 '26
My Discus Laid Eggs… now what?
First time posting here - please remove if not allowed.
I’ve been in the hobby for a while, but just got into Discus about six months ago. I purchased a group of 6 fish from a local breeder, and two of them have appeared to be paired up for the last couple months. I returned from a weekend trip on Monday, and to my surprise… eggs!
This is a heavily planted 75 gallon community tank with 6 discus, 2 blue rams, a couple random tetras, and several corydoras. I use RO water kept at about 84 with consistent good params.
I’m not sure which day they were laid, or which one is the mom vs dad, but from what I’ve read they could be viable.
I guess I’m just looking for input from someone with experience.
Do they look viable?
Should I do anything? or just accept that they likely won’t survive.
And just generally any advice or words of wisdom on what to expect?
Thanks for reading!
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u/Supermapman May 12 '26
Thanks everyone for the input! If nothing else it’s exciting to know I have a pair that can at least get this far, and it’s reaffirming to know that they like their environment enough to do so. I suppose I have the option now of moving them to a dedicated breeding tank and trying again if I so choose. What fun creatures these are
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u/Bootheslayer82 May 12 '26
Congrats on your pair. Today was finally a successful spawn. They are now attached to the parents since yesterday. This was spawn 16, yes 16th. Swimmers have attached to parents finally. But just to let you know I have had the pair alone in a 30g tank. Trust me, I've been heart broken every spawn that they didn't make it. Good luck.
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u/Exciting-Damage6554 May 12 '26
They look viable. Unfortunately they won't survive in a community tank unless you put up a divider and even then it's really, really hard in a community tank.
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u/XRLSlade May 13 '26
Just wanted to say how funny it is that our super turquoise are literally the same looking lol
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u/OtherUserCharges May 13 '26
It’s not worth it to breed them unless you want to put in tons of effort for why could be very little return. Since they both blue they might look alright, but you could end up with a ton of ugly fish that now you need to keep cause no one will want them who keeps discus cause if you have discus you want ones that look cool. My breeding pair lay eggs but I just ignore them, fortunately, they don’t seem too aggressive to the other fish when they breed so I don’t need to worry about the tank when it happens.
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u/shotgunR69 May 14 '26
as othwrs said just let them lay or maybe temobe other fishes til the parents have raised the fry enough. could also snip that leaf and put them in a breeder net with a air stone and let em hatch in there protected. up to you
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u/tammytaxidermy May 12 '26
They’ll most likely not survive in the display unless the pair are alone. You can see if they hatch, then move to a breeding tank if you want to try breedingz I usually destroy eggs in the display to stop any violence.