can you sex these discus

[martraci]

i have 3 discus i cannot determine the sex of
can anyone help?

yellow-faced red
http://users.bigpond.net.au/tiAc/red.jpg
cobalt
http://users.bigpond.net.au/tiAc/cobalt.jpg
red-leopard
http://users.bigpond.net.au/tiAc/leopard.jpg

[martraci]

the yellow-face and the leopard attack each other, whilst the leopard also attacks the coabalt
the cobalt and yellow ignore each other

[ILLUSN]

I;d guess male, female, male, bit hard to tell from the pics

[martraci]

pics are crap i know
anyway from digging around ive gathered the red-leopard is a male due to a pointed dorsal fin (is this method reliable at all?)

if a pair of discus are head-butting, would they both be fighting males? this is what the yellow-face red & leopard are doing

the cobalt hangs with the leopard but occasionally the leopard will nip the cobalt gently

[samir]

pics are crap i know
anyway from digging around ive gathered the red-leopard is a male due to a pointed dorsal fin (is this method reliable at all?)


no its not at all reliable

[nicholas76]

You have bugger all chance of determining sex with those pictures.

If i were to bet I'd say that the 2 which are fighting will be the same sex.


Nice fish by the way :D

[madasa]

Using the geometric method it looks M - F - M

[samir]

I'll guess M-M-M :P

[Tariq]

I'm guessing F-M-M

[samir]

my second guess would be M-M-F so now we have all bases covered. :lol: :lol: :lol:

[gypsy3]

i don't care if it's a girl or a boy....as long as it's healthy :)

[kikoman]

i thinks its a F-F-M

[martraci]

lmao
all input has been greatly appreciated!
currently have 2 pairs (4 fish) but both seem to have the same problem, one lays eggs, the other does jack all but then they both take turns in guarding/cleaning them
possibilities are their all female (oh god) or males arent that clued in (do they need a demonstration? hah)
btw, i dont know which discus from the pairs lay the eggs, i never seem to be home at the right time!
although out of each pair i do find one of the fish will tend the eggs longer than the other, is this relevant?

[martraci]

the 2 pairs are a red-leopard & cobalt and the yellow-red & a white
oh yeah this is the 4th fish
users.bigpond.net.au/tiAc/diamond.jpg

[martraci]

http://users.bigpond.net.au/tiAc/diamond.jpg

[martraci]

http://users.bigpond.net.au/tiAc/diamond.jpg