Growth rate post Spawning

[Chris-C]

Hello all,
Just had my first spawn in the community tank, the eggs didnt last long. Had to go to work and when I got back all the eggs were eaten. :'( :'( :'(
These discus (Blue Heavens) are fairly young, I got them about 5 months ago from Cary, at 3 inches including tail. The one I think is a female is ~4 inches excluding tail and the other one is larger. Just wondering what everyones experience was with growth rate once the fish reached spawning age.

Thanks Chris.

[Chris-C]

Here are the pics of the fish. (If this works)

[Chris-C]

again

[Chris-C]

the other

[Carol_Roberts]

Lovely shape on the blue heaven and the pigeon blood. My cross ended up 100% pigeon blood. Did the orange one lay the eggs? I've heard pigeons mature earlier. Her blue boyfrieind may just be praticing for right now. Males mature later than females.

[Chris-C]

Hi Carol,
Thanks for the input, I really like the blues shape and color. I'm guessing its the pigeon thats the female just because of the way she looks. They make it a point to spawn after I've gone to sleep so I never see whose doing the laying. Anyways they spawned again last night and this morning I covered the area with a mesh just to see if any wigglers develop or if the male is still firing blanks. ;D ;D ;D ;D