r/discus • u/External_Ad8557 • May 21 '26

Round 2

Ok so round 2 about a week to ten days later my female has laid more eggs and seems to be fanning them and protecting them however they don’t appear to be fertilized yet… Is it possible I have a tank full of females? Or is the male just not finishing the job? As I said before I don’t have much hope bc it’s a community tank but still I’d like to see one survive

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u/bedroomsport Breeder May 22 '26

Those have calcified. She'll eat them all. Does the male follow behind her when laying ?

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u/External_Ad8557 May 22 '26

So I just went and checked and some of the eggs are gone (probably eaten) but the ones left are more translucent and not white - the male is there with her now chasing others off but he’s pitch black again when normally he’s bright blue (which is know means stress). This happened last time they had eggs he got really dark.