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Cuz mine have laid some every 2nd day for the past 6 days and then eat them.
Is this odd? My Angels spawn every 2-3 weeks, so I sort of assumed Discus would be the same?


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Discus will often spawn frequently trying to establish a viable egg clutch. After fertilizing the eggs, the pair will guard the eggs and "mouth" them to prevent fungus. During this period things sometimes go wrong. Inexperienced fish will forget to replace the egg and swallow the egg. For some reason, this is frequently the female. You can prevent this behavior by removing the female after spawning.

If your eggs do fungus up, tghe parents will certainly eat the eggs. Fungus is caused by tank conditions. A lower pH and low conductivity (low hardness) will increase the viability of the clutch.

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