well considering the price of discus pairs, how many little discus would need to be gotten and how likely to get a pair out of them?

atleast 5 or 6 min.

you should get atleast 1 pair but if ya lucky 3 pairs

this possible in a 3ft tank? or are they too big when they pair?

for now it should be ok they should start to pair at around 8 cm but im not 100% sure on that.

if ya get some small ones where will you get them from?

umm not sure yet haha, il only try if it will work and i can get away with it in a 3ft tank

plus when they get bigger its just another reason to get a bigger tank

what are the other sizes for your tank

45 deep, and 50 high

if it viable option, any recomendations on places to get youngings, as phillip collins seems to be cheapest foubd so far

PM discusguru on here hes an awesome guy and has the best discus ive ever seen you cant go wrong!

3 ft tank too small to keep 5-6 in to adults but can stay in there for a while if you're doing large daily water changes. I have one pair in a 3 ft tank.

yeah thats what the prob was, a pair is damn expensive but what im after and much cheaper getting lotsa smaller ones and getting rid of the excess after hopefully having a pair

Didn't cichlid7 offer you a pair in another thread for $150? (IIRC) You would be paying at least that for 6 babys plus postage. Why not buy a pair....

If your skimping on buying the fish in the first place how are you going to afford tanks etc to raise all the babies?

yeah cichlid7's no longer availible

no im not trying to skimp, to clear things up i have a 3ft tank and really want discus not to breed and most have reckomended getting a pair so can just have 2, otherwise gets a bit tricky

OIC fair enough You cant beat a nice planted discus tank.. Are you sure you cant manage a bigger tank if you just want them for display?

lol im not selling my pairs sorry i was just saying that if you look around you might get a pair for 150 like i did with my 2 pairs.

unfortunately cant go for a bigger tank

lol im not selling my pairs sorry i was just saying that if you look around you might get a pair for 150 like i did with my 2 pairs.

I get $450 a pair when I sell mine off!

$150 for a pair was a sweet deal! Usually young, productive pairs go for at least $250 depending on the strain which when you think about it isnt too bad for two fish, especially if theyre full grown.