Please help me decide.

[Jer-]

Hi.

I am in a dilemma as to what to choose to go with my Discus

which one would you choose and why?

oh and feel free to post others.

 

[Kopix Nation]

I love emperor tetras!!

claire

 

[sylvia]

I would go for rummynoses - but make sure they are rummies. Fireheads are also often sold under the rummy name but stay smaller. Adult discus could easily eat the fireheads (may even eat the rummies if they are a particularly large individual).

Watch that any fish you get can handle the high temps necessary.

 

[pica_nuttalli]

rummynose are brightest when the water quality is good and tend to look faded when you need to perform a water change. a helpful thing to have in a discus tank.

 

[MasterP]

Cardinals and discus have very similiar water quality needs and the cardinal can stand the heat of a discus tank.

 

[Jer-]

rummynoses are the winners now.

i guess they are pretty cool. But the only drawback about them that is that they are very common... which i dont like.

what are your thoughts....and keep voting!

ps. please state others if u voted others....

 

[black angel]

I picked pencilfish because they are great to watch and i love how they stop and watch everything and then go on their way. I just find them really interesting fish.

 

[Fish_Mike]

I picked Rummy Noses too, I think they're really good to see in with Discus.

But Discus are pretty common too... and the True Rummy Nose, i find, is actually a bit difficult to find

 

[modernhamlet]

Rummys are good for two reasons:

1. They are a good indicator of water quality. If they stop looking good, you know your water needs work before it impacts you discus too badly.

2. They do well in the high temps that discus need.

Cardinals would be ok too.

Blue emporers are awesome, but I don't think they may be the best choice with discus. You never know though. I'm planning to keep them with apistos in the coming months.

Pencilfish are also interesting and might work, but probably won't handle the heat as well.

(edit: can't spell discus to save my life...)

 

[Adistar]

i voted rummy's i love the way they look, and when kept in a big shoal it is absolutely stunning!

 

[Griz]

I voted for Rummys for the same reasons as above. Beautiful fish IMO, pictures don't do them justice. I have a school of 8 Fireheads in my 33gal and have found them to be a nice tight schooling fish. I hope to keep discus at some point in the future and will definitely have Rummynose or Fireheads with them as an indicator of water quality. This really does work well.

 

[Jer-]

Looks like Rummynoses it is then

I have found that my local fish store stocks "Rodostomus"... thats probably the Polish version of the true rummy noses latin name...

I wonder if they really are Rhodostomuses.

cheers

 

[modernhamlet]

I think maybe this link will help you out...

http/www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cl...&articleid=2546