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How long have you bred Discus fish: since 1995.
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Do you breed for hobby or: Start as hobby.
How many breeding couples have you got: 10-20.
What kind of Discus fish do you breed: Super Red
Turquise, Double
Red Pigeon Blood, Marlboro, Heckel, Brown, Blue Diamond.
I breed 300 fish a year.
Are breeding couples prepared / treated for breeding? yes.
How: pH 6-6,5, soft water,30 Grad C..
When: only for breeding.
On wich age are the couples formed: 12-16 months.
Up to which age do you breed with them: 3 year.
How large are the breedingtanks: L50" x W60" x H50"
swimming out tanks:
L170" x W60" x H60"
In what kind of water do you breed: soft and in which way
do you prepare it: Osmose.
How long do you have this water matured before the the breeding couple is placed? 1 week
And what is the temperature 30 Grad C..
Are breeding couples fed when they are breeding yes.
Do you renew water during the breeding: no
Do you renew when there are larvae? yes.
How much: 20%.
How often: 2 times daily.
On wich day do you start feeding the larvae after they are swimming free?
day: 6.
how often: 3 times daily.
with what: Artemia nauplien.
Do you renew the water during this period? yes.
what kind of water: tap-water,KH 6-8,GH 8-11,pH 7,5.
how much: 50% daily
At wich moment do you remove the parents? from the breeding
tank: 4 weeks.
What and how often do you feed the larvae?
what: artemia nauplien.
how often: 6-10x.
What and how often do you feed the larvae from week 1:
what: artemia nauplien.
how often: 6-10x.
What and how often do you feed the larvae from week 2:
what: artemia nauplien,bosmiden.
how often: 6-10x.
What and how often do you feed the larvae from week 3:
what: artemia nauplien,bosmiden,cyclops.
how often: 6-10x.
What and how often do you feed the larvae from week 4:
what: bosmiden,cyklops,lobster eggs.
how often: 6-10x.
What and how often do you feed the larvae from week 5:
what: bosmiden,cyklops,lobster eggs,babyfish beefheart,little
bloodworms.
how often: 6-10x.
What and how often do you feed the larvae from week 6:
what: lobster eggs,beefheart,bloodworms,
how often: 6-10x
What and how often do you feed the larvae from week 7:
what: black moskitos,beefheart,bloodworms,lobster eggs,fish eggs
how often: 6-10x
What and how often do you feed the larvae from week 8:
what: artemia,beefheart,black moskitos,blood worms,fish egg,lobster
egg red........
how often: 6-10x
Dou you use vitamins, minerals, medication during this period?
if not why not: good composition of natural feed is enough.
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