Tanks Size And Tank Mates For Discus

foley69

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i was considering turning my 200 litre aquarium into a discus set up and was wondering how many discus i could fit in this size aquarium and what tank mates i could have with them curently i have 4 pictus cats, 6 boesmani rainbows, 4 filament barbs 1 jade eye cichlid and an L200 plec.
cheers andy
 
Well the 'rule' for Discus, I believe, is 1 per 10g (although obviously you wouldnt keep one in a 10g tank), so your tank is 40-50g? So comfortably I would guess 4. Tankmates would need to be able to cope with the higher temperatures that Discus require, so that would rule out the Rainbows, who dont like over 26c, I would imagine the pictus would be too boisterous as a bottom dweller plus they also dont like the higher temps. The jade eye again too higher temps, unsure how high the L200 would go to. Filament barbs likely ok, but I dont know much about them.

Rams are good tankmates as they prefer higher temps.
 
Ok cheers we have just stocked up our discus system with a load of
stunning a rare discus and its really got me considering it I was
Thinking of adding maybe 5-6 juvies in there ill weight everything
Up and see what looks the best option.
 

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