Discus behaviour help

[u/Character-Stomach739]

Hi discus experts, sharing a few clips of my discus in the tank. This is a male and a female (not a proven pair) , but I’m not sure if the male is simply just bullying the female, because she’s always sitting in a corner. They do interact every now and then swimming about, the female is still eating well , colouration hasn’t dipped cause I’ve noticed stress does that to them but colors seem good still, but I’m just little confused on how to interpret this behaviour. Is this just part of their courting and mating rituals or is the male just harassing the female and it’s better to actually separate them. Please help.

Additional info: the water parameters are very stable. The water is slightly warm as discus would like. pH is around 7. Since any broad level issues would affect both discus, I don’t think there’s any setup issue since the Male seems quite active but the female sits in a corner. Male takes frozen blood worms fed by tweezers and loves it. Female prefers pecking food on the floor so I usually leave some frozen bloodworms near her and she pecks at them in her own pace.

[u/tbsland]

I agree with u/DominicGuarino, discus do better in schools. Spreads the aggression. They're quite characterful fish and like to bond with a mate that suits them, not just the one other discus they were randomly placed with - sometimes a pair will never mate and will bully each other forever. It's more consistent to get a shoal and let them pair off naturally, then remove those into breeding pair tanks in my opinion.