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  1. #1
    SnakeSkin Discus
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    List an compare your tankmates with others discus maniacs

    i thought this maybe an interesting topic plus i really need some help with deciding on what tankmates i should put in my tank, so please list your tankmates and some pics would be great aswel.

    Cheers guys
    Nathan

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    Just an Egg
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    Here's what I have in my 125g at the moment, should give you some ideas, I'll take a couple of pics tommorow and post them up.

    1x Pigeon Blood Discus
    2x Red Turquoise Discus
    1x Blue Diamond Discus
    1x Black Ghost Knifefish
    1x Elephant Nose
    1x Peacock Spiny Eel
    2x Clown Loach
    2x Striped Kuhli Loach
    2x Black Kuhli Loach
    10x Cardinal Tetras
    10x Glowlight Tetras
    10x Black Neon Tetra
    10x Fancy Guppies
    2x Bristlenose Catfish
    1x Albino Bristlenose
    1x Peppermint Bristlenose
    1x Orange Spot Bristlenose
    2x Sterbai's Corydoras
    5x Otocinclus
    2x Siamese Algea Eaters
    1x Royal Whiptail
    2x Neon Blue Dwarf Gourami
    2x Bolivian Rams
    2x Blue Rams
    4x Shrimp

    All the fish get along at the moment, if/when a fish becomes a problem, i'll just take him back to the LFS and swap him for a younger version.

    For anyone reading this list, please keep in mind my tank is very heavilly stocked, I do 50% water changes twice weekly (I use to do them every 2nd day, but have found the water quality doesn't suffer by cutting it back to twice a week), and have a 25g wet/dry (600gph) for filtration, I wouldn't suggest this level of stocking unless you have excellent filtration, and don't mind doing a bit of work.

    Dave

    Edit: Added Pics.
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    SnakeSkin Discus
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    thanx mate thats great stuff, yea lookin forward to the pics.

    nathan

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    ok besides over having over 25 discus i have:

    1 large elephant nose
    school of rummy nose tetras
    school of cardinal tetras
    6 german smokey blue angels
    2 F2 wild angels
    2 assorted angels
    2 large gibbiceps
    3 apistos (cant remember species)
    1 whiptail catfish
    10 common bristlenose
    1 peppermint bristlenose
    4 longfin albino bristlenoses
    bettas
    glass catfish
    clown loaches

    thats it i think lol
    DF.com Resident Cool Guy

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    SnakeSkin Discus
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    I have 4ft planted tank with....

    1 Blue diamond Discus
    1 Brilliant Blue turquoise discus
    1 pigeonblood discus
    1 super red? discus
    1 brown/blue turqoise discus
    2 solid blue snakeskin discus
    1 pleco/gibbecep
    2 clown loaches
    10 cardinal tetras
    3 rummy nose tetras
    5 black widow tetras
    1 angel
    2 columbian tetras
    6 bolivian rams
    1 bristlenose

    thats it.... all live happily together...
    sammi



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    Just an Egg
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    Hi all...

    I have a lightly planted 4 foot tank with ;

    1 x white butterfly
    1 x red melon
    1 x PB
    1 x Red Turq
    1 x Gold Severum
    1 x Peppermint BN
    1 x Pleco
    2 x Blue Rams (Wild caught)
    3 x white skirt tetras

    Its lightly planted coz my Gold Severum seems to like gardening and staring my plants float to the surface and not stuck on ground where their meant to be... all the fish are doing fine and used to each one and gets along...

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    SnakeSkin Discus
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    You have a beautiful tank Dave... it looks great!
    sammi



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  8. #8
    Tiny Fry
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    Lots of discus and three goldfish (red cap called reddy, black and gold oranda called big head and a black moor called dasher). They help to "clean" up the tank by eating all uneatean food as well as all the poo on the bottom ...eewwwww. Although they swim around alot my discus are not bothered by them at all. My discus outnumbers them 7 to 1 and their constant movement seems to make my disucs more active and bolder. I used to have an albino oscar in the tank but have since moved it to my nephews tank since growing to large.

  9. #9
    Just an Egg
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    Discus with Goldfish!! don't the goldfish require lower temperatures than discus??

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    Tiny Fry
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    nah they do alright at 30 degrees as well

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