still no wrigglers

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hi all
this is getting annoying
my discus pair and on about their 15th attempt to make wrigglers

i got my phone out and filmed the female laying eggs and the male swimming over them and i guess doing his thing but still after about the 15th time of laying eggs they
still havent made wrigglers

the male looks like he is doing the correct thing but the eggs are just not getting fertilised
could the male know what to do but still be to young to fertilse
or could he be infertile or just to young like others have said

i have 2 discuses in the other tank which are similar size
should i put them in the tank with the breeding pair to see if anyhting changes
also in my other tank we have a large discus which is not doing much
i did a water change and had to turn power off for 10 minutes and then had to do something urget because of the kids and forgot to turn power back on till the next day stupid me
and since then the largest discus has not looked to good
he has stopped eating and just hangs near top of tank but he is still vertically and sometimes moves into his cave which means he might come good
the other 6 dicsuses in that tank and all ok

[OwNz2009]

u sure the ones that laying eggs are not both females ?

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im pretty sure the male slides over the top of the eggs
i have not seen extra eggs come from the male discus
but sometimes i have might doubts
and my wife thinks im weird cause i say i have lesbian discus heheheeh

i recorded them on my mobile phone
but ill try again to double check make sure discus i think is male is not
laying eggs

worse comes to worse i have 2 other discus similar size i can add to the tank

[Mr Wild]

I have had 2 females pair, it does happen and the second female does not always lay eggs, they can al;so eat them too, must be jealousy!

[OwNz2009]

im pretty sure the male slides over the top of the eggs
i have not seen extra eggs come from the male discus
but sometimes i have might doubts
and my wife thinks im weird cause i say i have lesbian discus heheheeh

i recorded them on my mobile phone
but ill try again to double check make sure discus i think is male is not
laying eggs

worse comes to worse i have 2 other discus similar size i can add to the tank

i had the same with 2 females i thought one was a male but was a young female that didnt lay eggs till the 6th time then i put them with a male (one of them) i know have 17 day old free swimmers.....might be best to try add another fish with it !

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thanks for the replies

ill put 2 similar sized discuses in with them and se what happens

then ill say to the wife
i did have 2 females hehehehe

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what i have noticed in the past and also today

there is about 100 or so eggs
about 40% of them are clear colour and 60% are browny clear colour
so they could be 2 batches one from each discus
but its weird that they would both lay eggs at same time

anyway see what happens with 4 in the tank
and if they get agro ill split the 2 females if they are females

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moved 2 discus over to breeding tank
so see what happens
if the 2 which might be female start fighting with new ones should i rsplit them up like move on to other tank


my big discus in other tank is sick his gill membrane is hanging out

[fishy fishy]

i would move the other male out and try a new male.. i just changed my males and now i have about 80 odd eggs on the glass and there wild browns i had a smaller male in with her but they didnt do nuthin till i pit the other 1 in... also it could b ur water i have a ph of 6.8 kh 3 and thats on tank water also no lights

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yer i was thinking that

they just laid another batch of eggs and they didnt get fertilised again
so i guess ill try to remove the male before the female lays her next batch
and see if any of the 2 discus i put in the breeding tank have a working doodle hehehehe

thanks for all the help

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finally i dug out my small 60lt tanmk and got a sponge filter for it

and i split the females up
and i wne tto shop and asked for a male discus so they said they will try
to guess sex of one
so now i have 2 tanks and hope in afew weeks both lay eggs

the tank i now have to keep in back room so it gets up to 36 degrees
so now i have to sor tthat out