Discus Folks - Couple Questions -

[dr exum]

Hey all,

I have a group of 5 in a 120g with -

12 Rummy Nose
3 Cory
L 114
5 - ? Assassin Snails - clearly outnumbered

Recently rescaped and foods getting stuck in driftwood leading to snail boom - before scrapping scape id like to see if anyone has ideas -

I know my tanks with loaches and some cichlids snails get eaten… not sure loaches are Discus friendly ? vs one lil puffer?

2nd -
when pair breed and lay eggs - someone eats them over the night….

pleco prolly? vs other discus - contemplating separating out pair if i can figure out -

TY ??

 

[MultipleTankSyndrome]

not sure loaches are Discus friendly ?

Not one of the discus folks, but I'm one of the loach folk, so can answer this one for you.
I don't believe loaches are discus friendly, for the following reasons:

-They are much more aggressive eaters, which will lead to your discus being out-competed most of the time.
-They are active not only during the day, but also at night. This will stress discus trying to rest.
-Some species prefer faster flowing water. This problem could be solved for robust calm-water fish by having calm areas as well as flowing areas, but with sensitive and slow-swimming discus, the presence of any fast flow may be a major stressor whether or not there is calm water too.
-Not only that, some species (like clown and yoyo loaches) are much more boisterous, which will stress the discus even more.

Good luck finding a discus-friendly snail eater!

 

[dr exum]

Not one of the discus folks, but I'm one of the loach folk, so can answer this one for you.
I don't believe loaches are discus friendly, for the following reasons:

-They are much more aggressive eaters, which will lead to your discus being out-competed most of the time.
-They are active not only during the day, but also at night. This will stress discus trying to rest.
-Some species prefer faster flowing water. This problem could be solved for robust calm-water fish by having calm areas as well as flowing areas, but with sensitive and slow-swimming discus, the presence of any fast flow may be a major stressor whether or not there is calm water too.
-Not only that, some species (like clown and yoyo loaches) are much more boisterous, which will stress the discus even more.

Good luck finding a discus-friendly snail eater!

thanks for info! definitely don’t want to stress them -

i suppose a re scape is fun too - i’ll see if anyone joins in with ideas…

more assassin snails coming - $2 ea - they seem to die slowly in my care ??

 

[MultipleTankSyndrome]

Sorry about the assassin snails ?

For rescaping, from the picture of the tank, I can think of the following rescapes you may like:

-Lay some of the tall wood flat on its side on the bottom. This adds more variety and mimics nature where wood is arranged more randomly.
-Replace some of that very thick wood with tall plants, either live or fake. This also adds more variety and makes the tank look lusher.
-Replace some of that wood with natural-looking caves, like this one:

https://www.amazon.com/Reptile-Petforu-Habitat-Hideouts-Turtle/dp/B0777FNX7Y

 

[dr exum]

Sorry about the assassin snails ?

For rescaping, from the picture of the tank, I can think of the following rescapes you may like:

-Lay some of the tall wood flat on its side on the bottom. This adds more variety and mimics nature where wood is arranged more randomly.
-Replace some of that very thick wood with tall plants, either live or fake. This also adds more variety and makes the tank look lusher.
-Replace some of that wood with natural-looking caves, like this one:

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https://www.amazon.com/Reptile-Petforu-Habitat-Hideouts-Turtle/dp/B0777FNX7Y

i like the cave!

most likely will go heavy planted , co 2 , n such -

it’s more that i don’t can’t to store 150#’s of driftwood somewhere ?