1 day old discus fries

[trident]

Hi,
Just to share some pictures of my 1 day old discus fries.






Hope you guys like it.

[acc]

Nice! Good growing..

[jacian]

Nice shot, thanks for sharing.

[trident]

acc, jacian,
Thanks.
BTW the fries photo (without their parents) are 100% crop.

[exotic_idiot]

Wah richard that's a lot of fries swimming besides their parents.. Heart-warming!

[hanna]

Wow~! So many~!! How did you managed to take them so clearly since they are moving?

[trident]

Ben,
Thanks, I always have a soft spot for large brood of fries

Hanna,
Thanks. I use fast shutter speed to freeze their motion. Take plenty of shots and choose the better ones

[CK Yeo]

SO CUTE!!!!


ck

[jasonchua1982]

The fries are so cute

Nice shot 2 !

Happy caring for them

[stonespot]

Very Very nice shot... Good Luck!

[hanna]

Ben,
Thanks, I always have a soft spot for large brood of fries

Hanna,
Thanks. I use fast shutter speed to freeze their motion. Take plenty of shots and choose the better ones

Hmmm... okay my handphone camera doesn't have that function. Maybe I will try best shot or sports mode.

But your fries are cute!! Wonder if my fishies will give birth next time.

[trident]

Jason, stonespot,
Thanks.
hanna,
handphone a bit difficult lah. you need macro function to get close up.

ck,
you can use the extreme macro lens to shoot fries, would love to see them really close up.

[AquaObsession]

Nice nice. Btw just want to ask, once you have a breeding pair, do you need to separate the father/mother from each other once the fries are hatched?

Cheers, Christophe

[trident]

Christophe,
No need to separate them, they will take care of the fries together.
Only time we need to separate them is when they start fighting for procession of the fries.

[wks]

Congrats Richard. There seem to be no yolk sacs in these one-day old fry, is it true that discus fry immediately start to feed on their parents' body mucus instead of relying on yolk sacs for food?

[hanna]

Jason, stonespot,
Thanks.
hanna,
handphone a bit difficult lah. you need macro function to get close up.

ck,
you can use the extreme macro lens to shoot fries, would love to see them really close up.

Oops sorry... I don't think even my digicam has an "extreme macro" lens. But great shots you have there!

[Savant]

Wow... you just reminded me of my discus days and why I used to love keeping them so much... so so tempting...

[the_oracle]

AWESOME pics, Rich..........
Looks like you're still actively breeding them.............


Sanie.

[trident]

Jason,
The fries will hatch after 3 days and will feed on yolk sac for another 3 days before free swimming. During the 2nd stage they will still be stuck to the breeding tile with their yolk sac. Once free swim they will feed on their parents mucus.
hanna, mine is just a macro lens. Not the extreme one........

Savant, Thanks.

Sanie,
Yes still keeping and breeding them.

[barmby]

Discus very tough. kudos to trident, who breed and share pictures with us. sometime the adults cannot 'tahan' the nibble by the fries and it is time to separate them and feed them heavy on bbs.