Discus Questions.

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prm said:
personnaly i thing a nice planted discus tank is better looking than a reef tank :thumbsup:

I think the same!
 
yeah, if you want to get some spiny eels, like fire eels or peacock eels to go with your discus, they go together fine. You might have to watch out for rummy noses, but Ive got a 12" fire eel and a 9" reg. spiny in my south american tank with rams and apostogrammas (another good idea) and theyre all friends. The water's good because thereve been angels and others, and i got a jurapari in there, so look into it. you wont be disappointed.

Peace.
 
i also keep discus, i have had no problems, we have very hard water, i do about 30 to 50 percent water changes weekly. sounds like a lot, but it is a sunday routine. take a shower first, you may not have hot water left if you have as many tanks as we do!!!

i keep a school of clown loaches, and the husband through a couple of "yo yo's" small geo's. rams, and i think that is it.

strongly do not recommend rays, it's okay until they get as big as my rays, they make a dinner out of them!!!!
 
i keep one discus with 6 angels, 2 cory cats, 3 neons, a golden algae eater and a dragon goby. the discus thinks he's one of the angelfish. :screwy:
 
i think the wilds look impressive in a planted aquarium with a shoal of rummynoses or even cardinals. they're the first cichlid i've ever kept and i still have 4 of em in a planted tank. because of the plants, the temp is about 27-28C, and the discus are absolutely fine with that. they've been bred commercially for so long, imho i dont see why the high temps are required.
 
discus will look better in a planted tank with some cardnial tetras and they do have some plants that do better in warmer water if you can get them
 
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