Discus with angels and gouramis?
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Here is what I could find quickly on a Search Engine:
Angels & Discus
Freshwater Aquarium: Angels and Discus
One of the notions that some people fiercely defend is that Discus have to be the only fish in the tank -- i.e., they should not have any tank mates. Now, I'm not saying discus make good COMMUNITY tank fish- they absolutely do NOT. They don't compete well with more aggressive eaters, who will scarf down the food before slow-eating, grazing Discus fish even realize it. Granted, there aren't too many fish I would suggest keeping with discus (no Angels or big Plecos for sure!), but I actually think it best to keep some types of fish in with the Discus. I think it beneficial to have some Cory catfish in the tank, because they will devour any left over food the Discus miss. I also like to have an Ancistrus catfish and/or a Whiptail Catfish, and I'll explain why when I talk about discus fish's diet. Probably one of the most common fish to be kept with Discus are Cardinal Tetras, and with good reason. I think a school of Tetras serves as dither fish to the discus, and whenever I do a water change, as soon as my huge schools of Cardinals and Rummynose Tetras start swimming in formation, all the Discus come out from behind the plants. from discus
It is mixed info from what I hvae found.
MAHA
Angels & Discus
Freshwater Aquarium: Angels and Discus
One of the notions that some people fiercely defend is that Discus have to be the only fish in the tank -- i.e., they should not have any tank mates. Now, I'm not saying discus make good COMMUNITY tank fish- they absolutely do NOT. They don't compete well with more aggressive eaters, who will scarf down the food before slow-eating, grazing Discus fish even realize it. Granted, there aren't too many fish I would suggest keeping with discus (no Angels or big Plecos for sure!), but I actually think it best to keep some types of fish in with the Discus. I think it beneficial to have some Cory catfish in the tank, because they will devour any left over food the Discus miss. I also like to have an Ancistrus catfish and/or a Whiptail Catfish, and I'll explain why when I talk about discus fish's diet. Probably one of the most common fish to be kept with Discus are Cardinal Tetras, and with good reason. I think a school of Tetras serves as dither fish to the discus, and whenever I do a water change, as soon as my huge schools of Cardinals and Rummynose Tetras start swimming in formation, all the Discus come out from behind the plants. from discus
It is mixed info from what I hvae found.
MAHA
Yeah, the gouramis are the ones I was worried about. I've heard they are boisterous, but I've never seen ours be like that. Probably cuz we don't really have any slow, calm fish swimming around. I guess I might have to return them to the lfs. Good to know that the angels should be fine.
I checked out all those websites, MAHA, they were really helpful, thanks!
I checked out all those websites, MAHA, they were really helpful, thanks!
When I kept discus I kept them with angels and they did well enough together. The diesease rumour (angels and discus share dieseases, angels resistant, discus not) is pretty well unproven. Gouramis I never kept much, but I also kept discus with a variety of plecs, cories, dwarf cichlids, small cichlids like Biotodoma, and I found them very similar in character to angels. I think most people have horribly nercous discus as they keep them in bae bottom tanks with no other fish in too small numbers.
Cool. The angels are new and I like them, so I'd like to keep them. I'm hoping that I'll get a pair with these 4 and maybe have babies! But if it comes down to returning the angels or letting them attack the discus, the angels will have to go. I spent a lot less on them than I will on discus!
Should I do anything different to my tank to prep it for discus? I think I'm gonna have to get rid of the rocks and replace them with something else (more plants?) cuz they're kinda sharp and I don't wanna hurt the discus. I think the filtration is good enough, we have an XP3 for a 75 gal. which I knew may be overkill but figured too much filtration is better than not enough.
Here's a pic of my tank, got any tips on getting it discus ready?
Should I do anything different to my tank to prep it for discus? I think I'm gonna have to get rid of the rocks and replace them with something else (more plants?) cuz they're kinda sharp and I don't wanna hurt the discus. I think the filtration is good enough, we have an XP3 for a 75 gal. which I knew may be overkill but figured too much filtration is better than not enough.
Here's a pic of my tank, got any tips on getting it discus ready?
