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MacGyver239
Wed Jul 26, 2006, 10:34 AM
i recently bought 2 yellow marlboro discus, 9cm each, the only way i can guess one is male and one is female is because one has a slightly pointed lower fin and one is more rounded. i would really like to breed some discus and am not sure if i should buy 2 or 3 more yellow marlboros or just wait and see if these two pair off when there bigger. the tank is 70 gallons and already houses 22 cardinals, 5 otos and 7 panda corys. so im also not sure if more than 2 discus will even be possible. will i still be able to add more discus in the future if these dont pair? thank you

mcloughlin2
Thu Jul 27, 2006, 09:06 AM
Go out and buy 2 more discus .. everything should be fine IMO ...

You have a 25% chance that you have both a male and female discus .. that is lowered even more as they may not like each other ...

So i guess you have about 10% chance they'll pair ..

Buy another 2 discus and you have nearly a 80% chance you will manage to get one pair ...

JMO