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    Default A way to tell male/female discus

    I came across an article that states that depending on the shape of the anal/bottom fin, you can tell what sex discus are. I don't have any full grown or mated pairs to compare this to. I'm curious to know how accurate this is.

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    just another piece of the puzzle, wouldn't say it is 100%, but it is a good place to start, IMHO. Of course, it depends on age and health of fish. Even experienced observers can get fooled occasionally. I have, many times. Watching a female lay eggs is usually a good way to decide the females, but the males can get tricky. I have had at least a few female/female 'pairs' that I didn't discover for some time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mollyb View Post
    just another piece of the puzzle, wouldn't say it is 100%, but it is a good place to start, IMHO. Of course, it depends on age and health of fish. Even experienced observers can get fooled occasionally. I have, many times. Watching a female lay eggs is usually a good way to decide the females, but the males can get tricky. I have had at least a few female/female 'pairs' that I didn't discover for some time.
    The foolproof way of course would be to observe them when they are breeding. I guess the purpose of this post was to get feed back from people that do have sexed discus to use this as a guideline and see how accurate it would be.

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    I get so tired of seeing that damned picture. True is it works sometimes just like everything else.

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    Quote Originally Posted by John_Nicholson View Post
    I get so tired of seeing that damned picture. True is it works sometimes just like everything else.

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    Seriously, until you see their ding dangs and notice which dang is doing the eggs, you won't know.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pastry View Post
    Seriously, until you see their ding dangs and notice which dang is doing the eggs, you won't know.
    Nothing more to add that sums it up.
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    If it was only that simple....

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    Quote Originally Posted by rickztahone View Post
    If it was only that simple....
    Rick, you don't believe in the "ding dang" method?

    Akili,

    Thanks By the way, love the Colin Powell quote.
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    Andrew Soh.. Said at NADA.. Best way to sex fish.. Is it chop off the head. Cut it open and look at reproductive system.. , "Chop, Cut method!"
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    I'm guessing with discus(don't really know, haven't kept them yet) they are like a lot of monomorphic cichlids and fish. Best way to sex them is patience and catching them in the act. I've only been a member here a few months and I've seen this pic brought up a few times already.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Skip View Post
    Andrew Soh.. Said at NADA.. Best way to sex fish.. Is it chop off the head. Cut it open and look at reproductive system.. , "Chop, Cut method!"
    Well, at least I heard they taste like flounder . Wouldn't let any go to waste
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    haha you guys crack me up

    I guess I'll just have to wait until my discus to pair up to figure out whose who. Until then, I hope they don't mind if I give them uni-sex names lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by pastry View Post
    Rick, you don't believe in the "ding dang" method?

    Akili,

    Thanks By the way, love the Colin Powell quote.
    lol, yeah, I think your method is on the nose. The OP one is the one I didn't believe in

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    Quote Originally Posted by Skip View Post
    Andrew Soh.. Said at NADA.. Best way to sex fish.. Is it chop off the head. Cut it open and look at reproductive system.. , "Chop, Cut method!"
    hhhhmmmmm.....I just spot them, hippy-happy, and know one may be male, the other female :-)

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