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How old?

Post by Matte_g » 07 Aug 2009, 20:27

Hi Heiko.

I was wondering if you know how old a discus can be??

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Re: How old?

Post by Heiko Bleher » 12 Aug 2009, 13:40

Hi matte,

this is a difficult question to answer, I have written a lot about this in my volume II.
Normally one can consider 5-6, but I have interviewed breeders which guaranteed me that they only start to breed with adults once the have reached 6 years of age. I have had (wild)Discus living 12 years and more, but I would say that still the normal (average) age should be anywhere between 5-8 years. In nature hardly more than 2-3 years.

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Post by Matte_g » 12 Aug 2009, 18:05

Heiko Bleher wrote:Hi matte,

this is a difficult question to answer, I have written a lot about this in my volume II.
Normally one can consider 5-6, but I have interviewed breeders which guaranteed me that they only start to breed with adults once the have reached 6 years of age. I have had (wild)Discus living 12 years and more, but I would say that still the normal (average) age should be anywhere between 5-8 years. In nature hardly more than 2-3 years.

More in my book to come,

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Thank you for the answer Heiko!
12 years is impressive :2tubsup:

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