Thinking about a Stingray + Discus tank

[TakeNotes]

Massacre number two of a smaller datnoid.
Luckily I reallllllly like my rays.... the larger dats have been ok. Anything under 3" is sushi. Luckily I got some of these for "free" in a trade.

Mind you, datnoids are waaaaaay faster than discus. All I'm saying is think about it first.....

 

[Ian918]

I would strongly recommend getting a motoro ray preferably a marbled to go with the awesome patterns and colors of a discus fish, the two key factors in that tank will be space. You need to have a big enough foot print on that tank for the ray to be comfortabe, while having the tank be tall enough to support adult discus. If I was you i would do a fiew pices of driftwood with some sort of anchoring plant like anubis to make your discus at home. Im not sure if you've kept rays before but i would recommend the motoro over the retic because of how tempormental tecups can be when it comes to water quality and feeding. Frequent water changes are key and get old after a while so when you get your new tank make sure its in an are of your home where you can install a drip system.

 

[MadRussian79]

I have rays with with discus, no problem. He won't even harass the tetras I though were dead but were only hiding. The other fish will take food off him and he just doesn't care. He's about 14" and has only attacked one type of fish in the year or so I've had him, other rays. I had him in with a female retic which died due to a maintenance issue, they were fine for like 6-8 months. Then I later put in 3-4" retic he beat the crap out of her. Next a 4-5" motoro, kick seven shades of hell out of him. Both saved and living in an Iso tank. When the other rays were there my giant was constantly hiding, he never did before nor since I removed them.

It's a gamble but then again any combination is. I had a 2" discus hammer away at a 10" tri color shark. Watch them carefully and keep the ray fed. However there is no guarantee the ray won't decide to kill something and develop a taste for it. Since my 14" ray had a 3" spike they can pretty much kill anything in almost any home tank.