Amazon fish combination suggestion

[mercury904]

6 silver dollars would work nice. They would shoal together, they eat well, they rarely bother others and are rarely bothered by others.

would they fin nip my other fish?

 

[Lupin]

Some altums and some neons would look nice. Assuming that it's a plantted tank.

You're forgetting neons are preyed in the wild by angelfish. Altums have a much wider jaw structure compared to scalares so neons are out of the question there. What he needs is bulky disc-shaped tetras if he wants his tetras to live long.

 

[Lupin]

i dont like neons/ cardinals anymore ,already did that ,they all died ,waste of money

BTW i also have 7 Rams in it forgot to include them

its not a planted tank but has few amazon swords in it

Cardinals are far hardier than the neons. I never had issues with them. I recommended a friend several cardinals and he had yet to lose one although he lost all his neon tetras despite my warning not to buy them. It just falls to acclimation process.

Which ram do you have? Blue rams or Bolivian rams? Blue rams are a much better option as they tolerate warm temperature better than the Bolivian rams can.

hatchet yeah! i have come to think of them,but i was having a second thoughts about it, should i go with silver dollars too? will they bug my stock?

i was sthinking of pencilfishes and rummy noses too,but im not sure if they dwell on the same type of flooded stream as for like the discus&angelfishes? how about with severum and surinamensis? do they live in the same body and water

Severums are too big and too boisterous for discus. Pencilfish are far too small to fit with severums and geos. Rummies will work well with discus but not altums if you're still planning to get altums. Scalare angels would be a much better option.

Regarding your discus, how big are the discus you plan to get? Juvenile discus are better off in a barebottom tank unless they reach a mark of 4 inches in body size. They have a lot of potential to grow and are easily stunted in deteriorating tank conditions especially as they produce too much wastes. Adults are more forgiving to mistakes than juveniles.

would they fin nip my other fish?

Good question. It's possible they will especially towards angels and these are not also compatible with discus when you consider their activities. They are far too active especially for blue rams, pencilfish, hatchets, etc.