Arowana and discus??

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Hellothere116

Jack Dempsey
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I have a 300gallon tank 92" by 30" 24" tall.
The tank is empty as we speak but I do have a 6" silver arowana and 6" Flagtail, my plans are to set the tank up and put plants in it for a month or two so they can settle in first then I wanted to maybe add some 5"+ discus to the tank(5 discus or more?) In the case of waiting say 3 to 4 months I'm sure the arowana (in a 150g) will grow to 10" think I will be safe to add him the the 300 gallon?

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Oasis.Aquatics said:
The arows wont bother the discus. I've kept similar set ups with aros and discus and never had any issues. Tank set up looks great!
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+1 I see no reason why an arowana (especially a silver) wouldn't get along with discussing. I suppose anything possible, but I don't think it's likely they'll have any problems.
 
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Speaking from experience, Discus can be a real inconvenience. Keeping high temperatures 82 - 86 degrees & multiple big weekly WC's, can be very burdensome. An eventual 30 inch Arowana might not be the best tankmate for a group of Discus.
If you like the rounded Discus shape, maybe a group of Severums would be the way to go. A much bigger, more durable disc shaped cichlid.
Btw, nice setup.
 
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Stephen St.Clair said:
Speaking from experience, Discus can be a real inconvenience. Keeping high temperatures 82 - 86 degrees & multiple big weekly WC's, can be very burdensome. An eventual 30 inch Arowana might not be the best tankmate for a group of Discus.
If you like the rounded Discus shape, maybe a group of Severums would be the way to go. A much bigger, more durable disc shaped cichlid.
Btw, nice setup.
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I've always loved severums and have had the mix before yes works great but see what I did t tell any of you is my (Fiance)! Lol she's 100% discus only. The temp doesn't bother me and I have a idea for WC's the sumps drilled and plumed to the basement drain so Im thinking about putting a timer on a pump to run say for 5 minutes once a day to add 10 gallons of new water in the display tank and the bad water can flush out. So if I did that 5 days a week, 50 gallon water change a week that's what a 15/20% WC a week. Idk in my head it sounds good.
 
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