My New Pair of Breeding Leopards

[JCF2Q]

Hello Discus fanatics,
I have officially jumped back into the hobby after a 2 year hiatus and received my pair of Leopards this morning from James (WVDiscus (http://www.wvdiscus.com)) [These fish are originally from Jeffrey Yang]

I am asking you all for your support and subscribe to my new hobbyist Discus fish blog where I will have pictures and videos of their breeding progress and growing out the fry; as well as sharing a few tips! Subscribing means to simply submit your email (on the right side), and I will send you an email every time I update with a new article. No spam ever, promise. My blog is at: www.DiscusFishy.com (http://www.discusfishy.com)

There are already a few articles on there, but you may be interested about their arrival this morning: http://www.discusfishy.com/leopards-...delay-shipping (http://www.discusfishy.com/leopards-arrived-alive-1day-delay-shipping)

I'll also be updating this thread with any updates I have..
Would love to hear your comments on my blog, I spent about 2 days creating and designing it!

Thank you all!
James F.

http://www.discusfishy.com/breeding-leopard-discus.jpg
http://www.discusfishy.com/leopard-discus.jpg

[Tommyc]

they look great!

[Hollowman]

Nice looking fish, but just keep an eye on the white edges to the caudal fin in the first photo. Could be signs of ammonia, keep on top of your water changes.
Welcome back to the hobby :lol:

[JCF2Q]

Thank you for your comments!

Thanks for the look out on the fins. It may have been from the shipping. USPS delayed the overnight and so it was a 38 hour ordeal. They are getting a 50% here in a few hours.

- James F.

[Hollowman]

It may have been from the shipping. USPS delayed the overnight and so it was a 38 hour ordeal.

That'll be it then. It will clear in a few days with the new water. :D

H

[JCF2Q]

They laid over the weekend! About 150-160 eggs. To get some more info and video of them, check out the post I made on my hobbyist blog at: DiscusFishy.com (http://www.discusfishy.com)

http://www.discusfishy.com/discus-fish-eggs.jpg

[JCF2Q]

All eggs weren't fertilized. =( So they ate them all after they turned white.

Seems I misjudged when they laid, must of be within 24 hours when I discovered them. Thought maybe it had been a few days and the dark ones were still good.

Anyways, I will let them at it again, if same result, I'll prob have to tamper with my water hardness. I saw some slight flashing, one gill, one fin behavior a few times a day, so I decided to run a 10 day (every other day w/c and dose) Quick Cure treatment. Also, the male's eyes seem to pop out alittle more than my liking and I suspect slight pop eye, after the Quick Cure, if it's still present, I might run a quick anti-biotic treatment as well.

http://www.discusfishy.com/discus-fish-quick-cure.jpg

[BigDaddyAdo]

How big are they?

[Phenomena]

Nice pair and clean tank.

[JCF2Q]

@BigDaddyAdo - they are about 5.5" not including their dorsal fin

@Phenomena - thank you!