This is not uncommon behavior for a pair of discus. They may do this for a long time. I think it's an immaturity thing. Most discus start to spawn before they are a year old, but the males mature more slowly and aren't really ready for this yet. Some discus breeders use an actual breeding cone and cover the cone with some type of small mesh wire so that once the eggs are laid, the pair cannot reach them to eat them, but they can still fan the eggs easily. You'll probably find a lot of stuff about that over on simply. I had one pair that were good with the eggs right from the start. But with the others, it's actually become a game to see who can eat the eggs faster after they are laid, dad.....mom.....or one of the other discus. I've actually had quite a number of "group" spawnings going on in that tank, 3 females all wanting to spawn at the same time with the same male! The other thing, you can't force two of them to pair up. You just have to let nature take its time and its own course.
