New Spawn

[b125killer]

 I pulled a spawn from one of Willies Plats and one of my blue smokey. It's a small spawn, but I figured I don't have a lot of tank space so it will work. Apparently they have an albino gene. A quarter of the spawn is albino. Too bad for them.  I don't have anything smaller then bbs to feed. I haven't had much luck with albinos anyway. I'm also not really looking to raise them. I guess I'll try a different pair.

[wsantia1]

Congrats Scott. Yes the Plats are Het for Albino and P/S. I grew a couple of the Albino out and sold them before I left Elgin.  I had no better than a 25% success rate with them. Lots of work with them Albino fry but they look spectacular as adults.

[b125killer]

Thanks Willie,  I remember that the Plats were het for albino.  The surprise was the blue. I have a basic ideal how to. I just don't know if the extra effort is really worth it. I'll feed them all the way I always have, if there are any that feed it will just be a bonus. Truth be knowing I kind of miss not taking care of fry. I'm doing this to see if I can find the time, between two jobs and caring for the discus.  It doesn't leave a lot to take care of the fry. If it works out I might try and breed a few more pairs. 

[ghonk]

Do you have any san fran eggs,they are smaller.
That's what i used for my albino dantums,newly hatched if possible.

[b125killer]

Well this is disappointing. The fry are belly sliding. They should of been free swimming by Tuesday.  There Egg sack was gone. I felt bad and put in a little food. It got eaten quickly but they still aren't free swimming. Just hanging on to the bottom. I'm wondering if I should just call it and wait for the next spawn.
I did pair up a female  pinoy Leopard with the smokey blue. I shouldn't get albinos out of them. But I have be wrong before. 

[Mugwump]

Well this is disappointing. The fry are belly sliding. They should of been free swimming by Tuesday.  There Egg sack was gone. I felt bad and put in a little food. It got eaten quickly but they still aren't free swimming. Just hanging on to the bottom. I'm wondering if I should just call it and wait for the next spawn.
I did pair up a female  pinoy Leopard with the smokey blue. I shouldn't get albinos out of them. But I have be wrong before.

..........light too bright???....leave it off for a few days...

[b125killer]

I'll try that, they seem fine. Just not swimming. 

[LizStreithorst]

I agree with low light and also suggest you invest in some San Francisco brine shrimp cysts.  I wouldn't raise the first White Pigeon Discus fry if not for that stuff.  In some case size matters.  In this case smaller is better.

[b125killer]

Thanks, I'll have to get some San Francisco eggs. I didn't realize there were smaller brine shrimp cysts out there. Just figured they were all the same size. 
There still hanging on the bottom. If I blow them around they'll swim for a little bit, then it's back to the bottom.

[Mugwump]

....no micro worms??...

[b125killer]

I haven't had micro worms in some time. People kept complaining when I opened them up. So I gave in to pressure not to keep the worms. Something aren't worth the upcoming fight to keep.

[Mugwump]

I haven't had micro worms in some time. People kept complaining when I opened them up. So I gave in to pressure not to keep the worms. Something aren't worth the upcoming fight to keep.

LOL.......they aren't that bad....

[b125killer]

There's still no change with these guys.  I think I'm going to pull the plug on them. They just don't want to swim for some reason. I'll do a cool water change on the new pair, see if I can't get some action going on in there.

[LizStreithorst]

Better luck next time, Scott.  It won't take long for the pair to spawn again.

[b125killer]

I pulled the plug on this spawn. The ones that did start free swimming where a bit touched in the head.
My new pair are cleaning, well the female is cleaning the slate. She has spawned for me before. The male is being a knucklehead. He's cleaning what ever is in front of him. Glass, plants, intake tube, i think he was trying to clean a cory cat. She has got him to the slate and he'll clean it for a second then start cleaning something else. I'm almost thinking he has ADHD. But this is his first time spawning.