Re: [GSAS-Member] AquaDiscovery - artificially raising discus fry

["simion" <info@simion.info>]

Hi Matt,

Yes, it is interesting. Jack Wattley started to raise discus fry 
artificially quite some time ago. However, from what I red in one of his old 
articles on this subject, he used to smear the egg formula on the bowl's 
wall, at the water edge. I find the use of the air stone as a dummy parent, 
like in the video posted on AquaDiscovery, quite innovative and looks that 
it works very well. Anyway, the aquarist who posted the video raises discus 
fish both artificially and naturally, with the babies feeding off the 
parents - here are two videos with the parents raising their own babies:

http://www.aquadiscovery.com/v/266,young-pair-with-fry-3.html

http://www.aquadiscovery.com/v/269,young-pair-with-fry-6.html

Sandu



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "matt kaufman" <igotadose@hotmail.com>
To: <gsas-member@thekrib.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 4:33 PM
Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] AquaDiscovery - artificially raising discus fry






> From: info@simion.info
> To: gsas-member@thekrib.com
> Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:32:18 -0700
> Subject: [GSAS-Member] AquaDiscovery - artificially raising discus fry
>
> Hi guys,
>
> Here is a video, posted on AquaDiscovery by Ciprian Marcu, about
> artificially raising discus fry - enjoy!
>
> http://www.aquadiscovery.com/v/273,artificial-feeding-of-discus-fry.html
>
> Sandu


Interesting. I recently learned that artificially raising discus fry on egg 
yolk mixes, which I first attributed to Jack Wattley, actually was 
discovered in the late 1950's/early 1960's.

Around the same time, some aquarists learned that the discus fry can be 
raised on baby brine shrimp, too.



The risk with the egg yolk mixes is fouling the water, but if you are 
diligent and keep the containers clean (Wattley used old porcelain bowls), 
they grow fast.



Wayne Leibel had an article in a recent TFH about contact feeding in 
cichlids; Discus aren't the only ones that do this.



Matt

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