When your fish are breeding, a varied diet is important to boost their reproductive system upping their chances of spawning. Aside from the pellets and granules, you can also feed the breeders bloodworms and brine, fresh or frozen as discus fish are carnivorous fishes. Do keep their habitat livable. This means maintaining the temperature and the pH level of their water. Another advantage of keeping them in groups is that you are actually increasing their chances of mating and breeding and produce more discus fish, which you can keep or even sell for profit. Although discus fish are very beautiful on its own, you can increase the appeal of your discus fish aquarium by adding other species of fish. And one of the fish breeds that many aquarists choose is the discus fish. Before anything else, there are many advantages in owning a pet fish. First you won t need to take them for walks, you don t have to give them baths, they don t demand much attention, and you don t really have to clean up after them after every while. This is a great option for people who are just starting out keeping and breeding Discus Fish as they are less expensive. You will be able to tell that which pair is the mating pair. Discus Fish will establish territory within the aquarium and you will see them defending it against the other fish in the tank. However, you need to keep in mind that although these fishes are very beautiful, there is a trade off. You need to remember that taking care of discus fish is not that easy. Discus fish are high maintenance types of fishes, which are very sensitive to water quality and food quality. You have to keep in mind that unlike most freshwater aquarium fishes, discus fish needs to be taken care of properly in order for them to grow healthy and happy even if they are not in their natural habitat. You have to keep in mind that lonely discus fish tend to be aggressive to their own kind as well as to other species of fish. Getting a discus fish in groups will also ensure breeding, which will eventually increase the population of discus fish in your aquarium. As you can imagine, having tiny discus fishes swimming around your aquarium is a very rewarding sight.