Discus tankmates

[thekarens]

Give your suggestions for good discus tank mates. These are the fish I'd like to have with them...

Rams (small harem)
Cardinal tetras
Panda cories
ABNs

I'd love to have a couple of golden weather loaches, but my understanding is they prefer cool water.

[wesleydnunder]

The tankmates you listed will work...not sure about the panda cories. I think Sterbai cories can take the higher temps if pandas can't. Kuhli loaches, rasbora hets and green fire tetras will also do well in a discus tank. My 125 discus tank also has Amano shrimp and blue neocardinia shrimp in it.

Mark

[szidlon]

I have some Virginae cories in mine and they are doing fine with the temp. Great appetites and busy little guys.

[mgarrido]

for the algae control I have ottos a couple of very small plecos... All those guys are doing a very good job for me.

[finfan]

i would be careful about ottos with discus, i have read that if ottos get the taste of discus slimecoat they suck the slime and create marks or legions on discus

[Darbex]

I have seen that the Ottos rumor seems to be just that. I have Ottos in mine and I know a few people who have had ottos in theres with no problems. The ones you should worry about are the SAE's

[Terrybo]

I had a group of ottos that just glued themselves to the side of my discus and ate the slime coat. The discus looked like broncos trying to throw a rider. I moved the ottos to another tank. (I had kept ottos with discus before without a problem).

Terry

[jklntx]

I had 4 ottos in my 125, but 2 got a taste of the slime coat and wouldn't leave the discus alone. Watching the discus bucking and twisting was not a good thing....Ottos had to go.

It is NO rumor lol

[jeb102385]

i havent had luck with corys and my discus, they havent done well with the temp in my tank. my tank has cardinals rams and a small synodontis to clean up along the bottom with a bunch of plecos