sexual maturity for discus

[chopper]

Hi, I have a pair of blue snake skins I bought from a pet shop, the owner said they were imported and that they were round 10 months old and that the female lays eggs once a week, every time he changes the water, I was wondering if anyone would be able to tell me if they are old enough to breed succesfully?

[Hollowman]

I would say that a fish can breed at that age, but it will severley restrick it's growth rate to almost nothing. For me, it is too young to breed and I would actively seperate it from any male that took an interest.

Do you have any photos ? can you post up side views of both fish please



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[chopper]

Hi Hollowman, sorry mate but I cant seem to send them, every time i attach a photo it says the file is to big and wont let me post it......dont spose you know what im doing wrong do you? :(

[Matt15]

Two options:
1.) Edit photos
Rightclick on image file and choose EDIT.
Windows paint or simular will open.
Shortcut keys CTRL + W will open RESIZE and SKEW options.
Here change the size percentages from 100% to i.e. 50% = (half size image)
SAVE FILE

Oh yeh... remember JPG and GIF are more compressed than a BMP. So use those forms.

2.) http://photobucket.com/
FREE photo/video hosting site. Simply upload and link via the IMG links.

HTH

[Hollowman]

Nice one Matt, I use ms paint too :D