Sex my discus

[saltysealion]

I’ve had my fish at eggs twice however they never survived the first 24 hours.

do I have a male in here or is it 2 females?

[Second Hand Pat]

The fins look very similar perhaps suggesting the same sex. The best way to determine sex is by the breeding tube. The female's tube is larger and flat on the end and the male's tube is smaller and more rounded. Perhaps you can observe the tubes next time they lay.
Pat

[saltysealion]

Thanks for replying, I've been going over your own thread about sexing discus over and over wondering if I will have the same fate to!!!

I'll keep my eyes peeled... they just spawned 3 days ago, so I was suprised that they had a go again already, i wasn't able to witness the actual spawning

[Vanman]

If they spawned in three days, most likely two females and each laid eggs.

[Charlyc11]

I’ve had my fish at eggs twice however they never survived the first 24 hours.

do I have a male in here or is it 2 females?

To me they do look like two females.

[CliffsDiscus]

They look like females, but you can screen the eggs on the next spawn and wait 3 days to see if any eggs batch out.

[saltysealion]

Question... would 2F do the fin flashing and dance around each other? Go dark in the face, ect?

[CliffsDiscus]

Question... would 2F do the fin flashing and dance around each other? Go dark in the face, ect?

Yes, look for some overlapping eggs after spawning.

[LizStreithorst]

Greg (vanman) already told you that you have 2 females. Discus take many days longer than 3 days to produce eggs. If you had spawns 3 days apart, they must be 2 females. Besides that, they look like 2 females.

[danotaylor]

Are these the only 2 discus you have?

[saltysealion]

Hi,

thanks for your responses.

yes this is the only 2 discus I have.

They have laid eggs again. I have caged them off… here’s a photo on the back side of the glass.

im not sure what you mean by over lapping eggs, but these are the eggs after 24 hours

[saltysealion]

Greg (vanman) already told you that you have 2 females. Discus take many days longer than 3 days to produce eggs. If you had spawns 3 days apart, they must be 2 females. Besides that, they look like 2 females.

Thanks this makes sense

[danotaylor]

Interesting. Did you witness this spawn? We’re all the eggs laid at the same time?
I'm no discus expert, and I would have called 2 females looking at the fish in question, but judging by the color, some of those eggs do appear to be fertile.
Is the cage positioned far enough out that the adults cannot peck them off the glass?