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August 16, 2005

The Assassin Method

You wonder how the Asian Breeders breed their discus in large quantities? They use the Assassin Method.

The original brown assassins were usually of the same breed as their cichlid employers. Specifically, they would take care of eggs from other browns. The breeder would typically identify which browns were the more diligent egg layers and which were the most proficient parents. Eggs, as soon as they were laid and fertilized would be transferred to the assassins. Ideally, they would be transferred to an assassin tank that had just laid eggs; but not so many, being inefficient egg producers.

This allowed for a kind of mass production that filled the coffers of many early discus breeders in Thailand. There were those that said, "when the eggs are laid, the money can be counted." Thus at this time, the kind of foster parenting that most often took place, was one of egg care. From this, it evolved into fry care.

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Posted by Front at August 16, 2005 10:56 PM