Fish To Keep With Discus

[adam.s]

hi i have only had 2 discus for a few weeks and was wondering what i could keep with them i plan on having 6 discus in a 4 foot tank with 10 cardenal tetra 10 cory cats 10 harlaquin rasboras 10 dwarf neon rainbow fish 10 marbel hatchets and 7 glass cat fish and maby a golden nugget plec and ill be putting a sump on my tank to help manage the nitrates. will all all of these be ok with the discus ?

 

[phoenixgsd]

seriously? 64 fish in a 4ft tank, have i done that math right

 

[adam.s]

how many fish would u say i could fit in with 6 discus ?

 

[Baccus]

Discus will get pretty big so I would be inclined to have the 6 but only have ten Corys and maybe some otocinclus instead of the gold nugget pleco (quite a few pleco's have been accused of sucking the slim coating of discus and causing a lot of damage to the discus), you might still be able to put in the Harliquin rosabora and cardinal tetras but I would leave out the hatchet fish and the glass cats and the dwarf neon rainbow.

By my calculations that brings the total number of fish down to 44 fish if you went with 8 ottocinclus.

 

[Naringlo]

Discus will get pretty big so I would be inclined to have the 6 but only have ten Corys and maybe some otocinclus instead of the gold nugget pleco (quite a few pleco's have been accused of sucking the slim coating of discus and causing a lot of damage to the discus), you might still be able to put in the Harliquin rosabora and cardinal tetras but I would leave out the hatchet fish and the glass cats and the dwarf neon rainbow.

By my calculations that brings the total number of fish down to 44 fish if you went with 8 ottocinclus.

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