Gabe, I abolutely loved the info. For the last three years I've been looking at my well water quality and found little info on how to accurately measure, blend with RO, and apply to my tanks. Your 20 minute explanation is more than three years of research!!! These type of videos are sorely needed in the hobby. I'm forever grateful and will be stalking your channel going forward.
@@adamtwomey3183 at first, the eggs turned white. When I got their RO unit, the next batch turned dark and hatched in 3 days. However, I removed them too soon from parents and after 2 months they began dying because I didn't switch them to beefheart soon enough. But I'll just keep trying.
Finally..... the experts have explained this most crucial problem. Excellent information Sir Gabe. Thank you so much for sharing your expertise & demystify this breeding issues so we hobbyist worldwide can become successful... . Keep up the excellent work. 👏👏👏👏👏
Thanks for unreserved sharing as always. I am at Malaysia where there are lots of top breeders but I could only learn from Gabe for all discus tips, and I have been successful in hatching and growing fries. Thanks again.
You live thousands of years and help us. You are the person who inspired me to keep discus. I may be far from you seven seas between us but you are my GURU ( Master) in this hobby. GOD bless you. Thank you my sensei for sharing your knowledge. With respect and love ❤ From Avijit Bala Kolkata, India 🇮🇳
Gabe, Thankyou for the video. I just set up a tank for discus. George Wheeler from AQUATIC CONCEPTS highly recommended you to purchase my discus from. That’s what I am going to do. My tank cycled. To error on the side of caution I am going to let it run for about another 6-8 weeks. Look forward to placing my order for my new wet pets. Take care. Respectfully, Martin B.
I have 2 breeding couples in a community tank, to sad the parents will not be able to keep the fry, so at the first when 1 couple lay eggs, I remove them to a smaller tank with the water from my show tank, cause they will hatch in that water, it is matured water in a heavily planted tank, I use that water to cycle the breeding tank.. after 4 weekd I remove the parents and wait till the young are big enought to go in to the show tank.. or I should have found a home for them.. my show tank have a water change maybe once every 6 month.. for 20% at the most.. all my fish are happy champs.. I love these guys
Wow.....thank you, this came just at the right time! I was ready to give up, but finally someone dare to share REAL advice!!! Thanks Gabe, I waited all day to watch the clip, I knew it was gonna be worth it!
Best discus breeder in the 305 there’s a reason why I spend my hard-working money in supporting his business and I just love hearing people saying discus are a hard fish to keep 😂😂😂 wrong my first ever fish tank I started with them and believe it or not guess who I bought them from the one and only
Always great to see you release a video. Thanks for the help by phone a few weeks ago Gabe. George in Seattle. Still setting up the tanks for the Melons. I will be ordering soon! Come see your fish on my channel they are growing and looking good!
Thank you so Much Gabe for the Very Informative Video. It helped me Clarify on the proper water conditions that is Needed. As with many I have had several Spawns on multiple Pairs but ran into wrong Water parameters for proper hatching. It was getting Frustrating to say the least. With your Video It all made sense and now I am on my way to proper success. Thank you very much!
Thank you Gave for explaining that, most videos in the tube explaining water chemistry say the same thing, put some seachem alkaline in your water and you are good to go, so thank you again
Thank you for such important information. I have discus in my aquarium but unfortunately I do not do anything about breading Great video and presentation anyway.
First of all Gabe, kudos to you for being so genuine and willing to share your knowledge. I have a couple questions that haven't been answered. Firstly we know the water parameters for hatching the eggs but is RO water needed after they've hatched? Or put another way, how soon after can we begin to relax the RO? I have a 6 inch pair that I have at 2 weeks now after 7 aborted attempts, the female is a Blue Turquoise and the male is a Brilliant Blue Turquoise and is very metallic. The female is doing all the work because the male seems unable to develop a slime coat. I'm starting the brine shrimp as early as I can to help but is this common in the metallic varieties or could he be "past it"? Thanks Gabe for all you do.
Rain water soft eh? YUP , just using good old Vancouver B.C. rain water has gotten my discus to produce a batch of wigglers. Will wait to see now how many survive.
PH acid to alkaline DH mineral content conductivity simple as that. However making the statement of exactly how the eggs are essentially desiccated by the minerals drawing out the fluid from the egg. So the right balance of acidity and low saturation of minerals is as vital as healthy fish and diet of those fish. Balance Consistency with the right application of work ethics. At the end of the day it is our responsibility to not only provide a reasonable environment. It is to maintain the correct stable ecosystem for the fish to thrive not just survive. Contented stock will feel less stress and are more likely to be good parents. Correct water chemistry is equally important as temperature discus are not a gin and tonic ice will not mix well. Thank you for love of discus. Proving that with care consideration and good management they are worth the investment of time and cash to enjoy these beautiful creatures.
I want to thank you so so much for the great video! The first clutch after watching that video, atleast 15 times, hatched. I am so excited. I was ready to give up.
Gabe Posada you are the man. You are the single most honest person i know, next to jesus. This is huge. So i am on RO to keep my discus anyway, but after re-mineralizing my water is close to 200ms. RO is 10ms. What is even your advise on the "keeping" parameters that would be the next video i would need ;) dont feel pressured i am so glad there are people like you and like Jack Wattley Discus in general. Best wishes from Germany.
@ Gorilla Motorsports, I’m glad you posted your comment. I am in the very same situation you stated. My Discus lay eggs a lot but no fry. I use city water as well. May I ask…do you ever measure your carbon hardness (KH)? I ask because mine is always between 1-2 according to the API masters chart kit. I would buffer some how but if I do that my already high PH (8.0-8.2ppm) would also increase. Any thoughts? Respectfully, Marty B. 🐟
Super cool video there and thanks for the great expert share and thanks for so welling to share your very good experiences :D , last time i have two pairs of discus fishes in my 5ft tank and my discus eggs hatched with many babies but i dont have spare tanks to raise the babies flies , i saw the babies eat off the parents discus fishes , the experience was so amazing and the two parents will protect their fries so aggressively and was so fun to watch. and i used a full planted tank as well , i found that discus with plants are good as the plants will balance off the ph, kh and gh as well. i had also recent went to Singapore discus breeder as well and it was so fun
Gabriel, thank you very much for your valuable information. I want to ask for your help: My clutches of discus fish become detached from the spawning tube and fall to death (or death and fall) as soon as they hatch, about two days before free swimming. Apparently normal water parameters. I do not use osmosis but I do use cationic resin and I have added a little bit of hydrogen peroxide at the end of laying to increase hatching instead of methylene blue. My conductivity is 180 micro siemens and the PH is 7.2. The initial hatching rate is great about 90%. And parents take care the offspring very well and came from different hatcheries.
Well that's answers my question, I had 2 blue diamonds, I thought they were both females, turns out it was just the mineral lol. Damn it , Thanks Gabe, great video
You are the most brutal honest breeder I have ever come across. I tried to breed apisto & GBR without success after following other RU-vidrs recommendations. Maybe I better try put into practice what you thought us today. I will give Discus a try but i find hard to sex between male & female. 🤔. Thanks a lot. Subscribe now.
You should combine the lowering ph video and this video into one tutorial. Show people exactly how much baking soda, and acid to add to a 32gallon brute can to target 6.0 ph when the water is pure RODI water not tap. It would be really helpful. Also how would you suggest remineralizing water? Seachem equilibrium gets expensive.
Hi, I’m busy trying to learn easier methods of remineralising water. I am on rainwater only, and keep softer water species. You mention in the video that you use soda ash to buffer the ph. I assume that means that you are raising the kh. How much kh would you recommend to keep the water ph stable? Currently I’m using a buffering additive, however it increases ph a lot aswell by the time I get to 3dkh. Any help would be very much appreciated. Keep up the good work.
I'm in West Virginia on a municipal water system God only knows what's in my water. I know if you go fishing in a river its quietly made known to only eat one meal per month. Will R/O clean this water enough, I don't know? I have been reading about Jack Wattley since 94, nice to see the new colors . The smalls were about $40 each back when. Maybe one day I hope LOL.
Gracias x el video, lo q entendí es q el ph debe ser de 5.5 a 6.5 y conductividad 22 us pero eso es para la reproducción y los parámetros para la cría del disco digamos diario osea no en época de reproducción?
Thank you for such an informative video I would like to know if you could create a video about different color varieties and cross breeding different color varieties what results could result from cross color breeding
