The best way to get discus to pair up ?

[Scat]

Hi :D

Ive a large community tank for my discus which houses 33 discus (7x2x2) and everyone is happy and growing nicely but its a bit too busy in there for any of my discus to pair up.

What i would like to do is try and pair up what i think would make some good combinations and want to know the best way how to from expeirenced breeders on here.

I have 3 2x18x18 tanks and 1 3x2x18 that i can use for trying to pair up, and have been told that just putting a possible male & female probably wont work.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks :D
Craig

[rex82]

grab six or so adults of the same variety and put them in a tank together and wait..........plenty of water changes and good food is the only way...........just wait for them to put some condition on..........

[Matt15]

Craig thats alot of fish for one tank. Event with those numbers thou they should still pairup themselves although they would never get any peace and quiet to do what they want to be doing..;)

I would choose the fish you wish to pair 1x male 1x female and simply place them into a breeding tank. Obvisouly they will need a week or so to get used to each other but they will eventually pair up being the ONLY fish in the tank. HTH

[Scat]

Hi Matt,

There`s still quite a few im unsure of their sex yet though ?

Craig

[Matt15]

By all means take photos and post them here for us to judge (guess) there sex. Often just by watching your fish swim around for hours on end you'll beable to tell the males for the females even before they mature.

[Scat]

Thanks Matt :)

Will post some pics soon of the ones i not sure of their sex.

Cheers :)
Craig

[Hollowman]

I wanna see a whole tanks shot, thats some big tank. :)