discus sex

[alecsblondu]

hi my name is Alex and i am from Romania.
I want some opinion about my discus sex....I will atach some photo.
They are male or female?

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[Hollowman]

Hi Alex, welcome to the forum.

The photos are a little small to give you any real ideas on their sex, I could give a guess, but larger pics will help, but even then it is not 100% confirmed.
The fish do look a little stressed, can I ask about your maintenance routine, ie how often you do a water change and how much, the food you are feeding, temperature and water parameters.

thanks

hollowman :)

[alecsblondu]

After 4 days i change 20% of water.The values are:
GH -8-9
KH-4
PH-7

[Hollowman]

How about Ammonia and nitrite and nitrate? these are probably more important.
I would also up the % of water you change to at least 30-40 %. You will see a big difference.
hth

H :)

[alecsblondu]

the ammonia is ok .
and about the water change maybe you are right i will try 30-40%
temperature are 29-30 Celsius
food i give is : Hikary-artemia- hart mix-sera-tetra granule

[Hollowman]

Hi Alec,

Your ammonia should be 0, nitrite the same, you should see up to 5ppm nitrAte
Everything else sounds fine.

H :)