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| Bernd_Degen |
so you may ask any question you like |
| Walter |
Hello bernd nice to see you here again :) |
| Brent_Acworth |
sure, i have a community tank and am seperating pairs
into breeding tanks any techniques or signs |
| Bernd_Degen |
last four bars becoming darker, they begin shaking
with the head, aggression towards other fish, looking for spawning
sites, cleaning roots, large leaves, glass, etc. these are signs they
are beginning to breed |
| Brent_Acworth |
Bernd both the female and the male get agressive like
a ramming action to the tail |
| Bernd_Degen |
yes Brent, both male and female become aggressive but
not only to the tail - also the head |
| SLY |
in your opinion what's the best way to trigger a
spawn? like large water change, blackwater, increase temp or decrese
temp? |
| Bernd_Degen |
you should do water changes lowering the pH slowly,
changing temp sometimes a little lower or higher - this is sometimes
very helpful in triggering spawning basically changing their
environment will help induce spawning |
| Nejat |
do you really use the product 'rio negro (plus)' in
your tanks which belongs to you? |
| Bernd_Degen |
{ Nejat - no, we gave up 2-3 years ago because of
techinal problems in Brazil as well as monetary considerations |
| sharon |
Degan we have a common friend,restaurant 206 is it
ringing for you |
| Bernd_Degen |
yes sharon it is the best steak yes? |
| sharon |
the best ,do we see you again in 206 |
| SLY |
how about conductivity? |
| Bernd_Degen |
for breeding the best is below 100ms |
| Nejat |
will you please talk about breeding wild Heckels -
because it's harder than to breed other wilds |
| Bernd_Degen |
Nejat - the key is low pH and very soft water pH below
4.5 but you should lower the pH very slowly |
| SLY |
do you believe in growth inhibiting hormones as in you
do not mix adult fishes with juveniles as they would affect the growth
of juvenile discus what's your thought on that? |
| Bernd_Degen |
Sly no I do not believe that regarding growth
inhibiting hormones |
| Brent_Acworth |
how slowly to lower the pH say from 7 to 4.5 |
| Bernd_Degen |
you should soften the water hardness and the pH will
lower automatically - also peat moss is very helpful |
| Brent_Acworth |
thanks |
| Nejat |
Dr. Eduard Schmidt Focke was not pleased with his book
because there wasn't full information about the subjects.I mean he
said lots of information was missing. Do you know anything about it.
Where the given informations? |
| Bernd_Degen |
[Nejat] how do you know he was not pleased and when
did you hear he was not pleased? allow me to ask :-) |
| Nejat |
we have common friends called Nejat Sarýoglu saw the
mails of doctor and Mr Sarýoglu had talked several times with him and
his wife because they were very close friends |
| Bernd_Degen |
when was this Nejat? |
| Nejat |
after the book of him was published |
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| Bernd_Degen |
- this is a long answer so everyone please bear with
me as I answer this question...when I collected all his material I
found that a lot of pictures have gone, taken by his so-called friends
- let's say stolen...he was very very happy to do this book because it
was the last chance for him and he really got paid for it a high
fee...from me and TFH publications we did 2 book versions, one by BEDE
in German and one in English by TFH...the books look very different.
Are you speaking of the english or german version? the americans added
more photos they had in stock. I wrote more than 30 books so all the
information is inside the book(s) |
| SLY |
robin perhaps a short introduction of Mr Degen would
give us more insights of what's he's doing and etc |
| Bernd_Degen |
Sly I am a book publisher and I travel around the
world to publish about the discus hobby I am doing three magazines
about discus and other tropical fish in Germany and I have written
many discus books in several languages |
| SLY |
thank u Mr Degen |
| sharon |
is it true that discus have "season" for spawning |
| Bernd_Degen |
yes in the wild but in the home tank it is more or
less possible all year for them to spawn and if they start spawning,
they will do it several times before they stop again |
| Brent_Acworth |
What light is the best to be used for a discus
community tank or a breeding tank? Currently my discus get very scared
when the light is turned on. |
| Bernd_Degen |
Brent the type of light is not so important but if the
fish are sleeping and you turn the light on, they become very
stressed....
so it would be better to use a small night light or if possible to use
daylight (tank by window) so it is not totally dark when you turn on
the lights. The shock of no light to bright light is what stresses
them |
