The most important factor in discus breeding in the water quality, make definite it is soft, acidic and neat. In the event you have this water, your most likely stressing over why there is not hundreds of eggs in the tank. In the event you have discus prepared to lay eggs there's a few ways in which you can give them a helping hand.
The first way you can tempt them to lay is to feed a rich diet of frozen bloodworms for about a week. Feed it everyday as well as their other meal. This ought to condition the female and get her prepared to breed. Other foods that are nice for breeding discus are white worm, adult brine shrimp and chopped up crab sticks or prawns. Make definite you buy frozen food as there is less chance of disease.
The third trick in getting your discus to breed is by separating them for a couple of days before reintroducing them. To do this you can add a tank divider or move the male to another aquarium. Make definite the female gets plenty to eat when the male is away. When you reintroduce the discus keep a close watch over the next 24 hours as males have known to be aggressive towards the female. They ought to start the courtship over the next couple of days and hopefully lay eggs after.
Another way to encourage your discus to breed is by doing a 25% water modify but drop the temperature by a couple of degrees of the water going in. This imitates there natural habitat and can trigger spawning. This is a little trick I use on all my young pairs when trying to get them to spawn. Make definite all the pH and hardness is the same making only the temperature different.
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