Good luck with what ever you try, just watch for any aggression and keep up large frequent water changes.
Uaru and Discus Together?
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yeah since i got the answer from other people (and you) that discus and uaru's aint good i aint gonna try anything and the only thing i was going to try was maybe the urau but since i got my answer i am not going to try that
oh and btw thanks for the help guys
if a mod sees this would you please close this thread..............
thanks again
if a mod sees this would you please close this thread..............
thanks again
You can do full grown discus with black aro's as they're fairly peaceful fish. But they will out compete the discus for food and you'd need a large tank with a shoal of 10-12 adult sized discus, I'd say.
They will outgrow juvie discus and likely turn them into meals - so it's very very important you don't introduce the arowanna until the discus are adults (2-3 years of age).
I've seen some beautiful 300+ gallon tanks with discus, plants, a black arowana, and a huge shoal of rummynose and cardinals.
Rummynose are great for discus because the brightness of their noses is a good indication of water quality, when things start getting out of whack they will begin to dull out - and you can bet on the discus getting sick shortly thereafter.
Somthing else to watch out for is Hexamita, which discus are severely prone to. Unfortunately a lot of black aro's won't take anything but live foods for the first several weeks of being introduced into a new tank, which runs a large risk of introducing foreign bodies to the tank.
Check out www.simplydiscus.com for some of the foremost expert's in the world. They're very friendly over there and have all kinds of advice and techniques you'd never even think of. Just takes a bit of reading.
They will outgrow juvie discus and likely turn them into meals - so it's very very important you don't introduce the arowanna until the discus are adults (2-3 years of age).
I've seen some beautiful 300+ gallon tanks with discus, plants, a black arowana, and a huge shoal of rummynose and cardinals.
Rummynose are great for discus because the brightness of their noses is a good indication of water quality, when things start getting out of whack they will begin to dull out - and you can bet on the discus getting sick shortly thereafter.
Somthing else to watch out for is Hexamita, which discus are severely prone to. Unfortunately a lot of black aro's won't take anything but live foods for the first several weeks of being introduced into a new tank, which runs a large risk of introducing foreign bodies to the tank.
Check out www.simplydiscus.com for some of the foremost expert's in the world. They're very friendly over there and have all kinds of advice and techniques you'd never even think of. Just takes a bit of reading.
thanks for the info dirtyblacksocks
ok so even though discus should be kept with peaceful fish (ie discus, tetras, rams, apistos,) they can be kept with smaller pbass and black aros as long as the predators are not big enough to eat the discus.......
if you think that should be changed go ahead and say so
ok so even though discus should be kept with peaceful fish (ie discus, tetras, rams, apistos,) they can be kept with smaller pbass and black aros as long as the predators are not big enough to eat the discus.......
if you think that should be changed go ahead and say so
I wouldn't keep them with p-bass - discus like waters at 86 degree's or so, that will raise the metabolism on a p-bass to the point of them out competing the discus for EVERYTHING in the tank.
Certain fancy pleco's such as royal pleco's are also good tank mates, but make a mess of the tank and eat a lot of driftwood.
Also - more aggressive apisto's such as panduro will actually pick on discus. Blue ram are fine, I've never kept them with bolivians and I'm unsure on if bolivians will tolerate high water temps.
Lots of aeration and very little water movement is optimal for discus as well, I'd recommend air driven sponge filters if you don't mind the look...otherwise the discus will rarely fully extend their fins - which is when they're at the most beautiful.
Certain fancy pleco's such as royal pleco's are also good tank mates, but make a mess of the tank and eat a lot of driftwood.
Also - more aggressive apisto's such as panduro will actually pick on discus. Blue ram are fine, I've never kept them with bolivians and I'm unsure on if bolivians will tolerate high water temps.
Lots of aeration and very little water movement is optimal for discus as well, I'd recommend air driven sponge filters if you don't mind the look...otherwise the discus will rarely fully extend their fins - which is when they're at the most beautiful.
i have three bolivians with my discus......... i have seen the bolivians picking on the discus, but that was only like three times and now i havent seen anymore bickering
Discus are a shoaling fish, having only 3 is going to eventually leave you with 1. As they mature the stronger two will kill the weakest, and then the other two will go at it.
Regardless of their peaceful behavior, they are still cichlids.
You stand a much better chance with 5 or more, preferably 8+ - and will also see way cooler behavior out of them.
They also won't get picked on by the bolivians if that happens - which should be rare anyway because discus occupy the mid and upper water regions while bolivians like to occupy the substrate region - I would also add up to 6 bolivians depending on your tank size (anything under 5-6 feet long isn't suitable) to help spread aggression out. They'll be more interested in eachother then the discus as a result.
Regardless of their peaceful behavior, they are still cichlids.
You stand a much better chance with 5 or more, preferably 8+ - and will also see way cooler behavior out of them.
They also won't get picked on by the bolivians if that happens - which should be rare anyway because discus occupy the mid and upper water regions while bolivians like to occupy the substrate region - I would also add up to 6 bolivians depending on your tank size (anything under 5-6 feet long isn't suitable) to help spread aggression out. They'll be more interested in eachother then the discus as a result.
the picking on was usually when during feeding time when the bolivians come to the top to get food.....
i would love to get more discus, but after the two died, my mom said that i cant get anymore because she doesnt want me to loose money if they die....... i'm gonna try to allow her to let me get maybe three at a time so that those three can at least hang out with eachother
i would hate to buy just one and have the three i have now hat the one......... i would feel so bad
also, how many discus maximum could i keep in a 55 gal as a "grow out tank" would be upgrading to my 125 later
i would love to get more discus, but after the two died, my mom said that i cant get anymore because she doesnt want me to loose money if they die....... i'm gonna try to allow her to let me get maybe three at a time so that those three can at least hang out with eachother
i would hate to buy just one and have the three i have now hat the one......... i would feel so bad
also, how many discus maximum could i keep in a 55 gal as a "grow out tank" would be upgrading to my 125 later
