I read about best temp. to keep Arowana is 75-80, and Discus is best if 85 or higher. I started keeping Silver Aro. and Discus for about a week, and setting the temp. @ 80F, am thinking about crank it up a little higher, may be 88F, would that gonna hurt the Aro.? What would be the suggested temp to keep both together?
Arowana and Discus.
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I raised a young silver aro(up to 8") with discus kept the temp at 84 degrees. I currently have my black aro with discus and the temp is at 84 degrees. I've had no problems with my aros, though they both seem to be slower then average growers.
Discus will do best at 84-85 degrees.
Discus will do best at 84-85 degrees.
I also raised a silver aro in a discus tank. I kept the temp at 83, which was fine. 88 would be too high for the aro though, and both types of fish will do fine at 83 or so.
If youre going to do discus, I would keep them by themselves. They need pristine water, and dont like most other tankmates. Maybe a pleco to keep the algae under control, but make sure he doesnt suck on your discus (Ive heard of that happening). My aro got along well with the discus as well, but he was too aggressive during feeding and would aggitate the discus. Just if I were you, Id start with 6 to 9 or so in a barebottom, feed them till theyre fat as hell, wait till two pair off and sell the rest. Or try it with a random assortment, but discus are their own worst enemy, so you never know. Definetly the most beautiful freshwater fish out there in my opinion though.
I kept a bunch of large wild discus with a big silver aro at 82 degrees. I find the wild discus way tougher and less timid than the the bred strains.
Good point brianjh. What I mean is, in my experience, no fish has less tolerance for nitrates than discus. Ive kept an aro in 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, and I would change the water once a week, at which time the nitrates would get up to about 60 or 80, and down under 20 after a 50% change. The aro has never had any problems living happily in those conditions. Discus, however, at least in my experience, are only happy if you keep nitrates constantly under 20, or at the most 40. Otherwise youre asking for it, and they will stop eating whenever they feel like it and get dangerously skinny. Yea, aro's need clean water, just like all fish do, I just think discus have much less tolerance for nitrates. I used to change the water in my discus tank every 3 days or so, and if i didnt they would always respond poorly.
just bustin chops more then anything.... My experience with discus, they dont produce as much waste as an aro.I had 8-9 asst discus in a 55g with 2 ac110's and 21in jardini in a 120 wide alone (he killed everyone!) with an eheim 2028(loaded with bio nly)and 2 ac110's. I would have to do double the water changes on the Jardinis tank to keep the water in good shape. once a week for the dscus and the water was good. But 2-3 weeekly for the jardini. Kinda late, hopes this makes sense...