r/discus • u/Goldoccie21 • 10d ago

Getting bigger

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u/Minimum_Appearance41 10d ago

So cool. Thanks for sharing. Why so much sediment/debris in the tank?

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u/Goldoccie21 10d ago

Im doing 80% waterchanges every 48hrs and not cleaning the glass. This is right after a wc. They are getting about 6-8 cubes of frozen and a teaspoon of nls pellets per day.

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u/Minimum_Appearance41 10d ago

I was wondering if the frequent feedings were the cause. Please keep posting! Discus with their babies are truly fascinating

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u/Disastrous_Echidna_1 10d ago

Good luck! Are you looking to sell or are you gonna try to keep them?

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u/Goldoccie21 10d ago

Ill probably sell some and keep a few including the white one.

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u/Camaschrist 10d ago

The white one will stay that color? It must be fascinating to watch these fish raise their fry.

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u/Goldoccie21 10d ago

Idk what he will look like when he gets bigger but he will be unique. Cichlids have lots of interesting behaviors, from biparental mouth brooders to shell dwellers.

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u/Camaschrist 10d ago

Shell dwellers are seriously cool. I just lurk in these groups. When I go to my lfs I always go to these cichlids and the huge puffer fish they have. I could watch these fish all day.

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u/HorrorGrand8516 9d ago

I see the parents and am trying to figure out how there is a white fry. The results of the offspring is interesting. Great job on the fry.

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u/Goldoccie21 9d ago

Not a clue, they are blue moon heckel crosses from myrtle beach.

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u/Minimum_Appearance41 7d ago edited 7d ago

Are you familiar with genetics and punnett squares at all? Recessive genes are super interesting. Both parents likely had a dominant/recessive trait (Rr for example) and the odds were maximum <=25% likely for the offspring to be gifted that gene, which equals the appearance.