Typical Stocking For Discus?

[techen]

Bearing in mind my discus fight quite a bit, How many discus would you stock in a 120gallon to keep the fighting spread between fish? Cheers.
 

 

[Goggy]

ive never cared for discus before. but my dad did in his 120 gallon tank he stocked about 5 discuses i think 4 female 1 male

 

[elmo666]

Discus always establish a pecking order within a group. Too small a group means the lesser fish in the pack receive the majority of the "bullying". The only way to "dilute" this is to increase the group size. I would say a minimum number should be six. I have a 55 gallon set up, fully planted and very well filtered, 2 30% water changes weekly using r/o. I stock 8 2.5-4" fish with no issues, in fact a pair have recently started spawning. I would say you could have a large group, up to 12, quite easily. One thing I always stock with my discus is an open water "calming" fish. A large group of cardinal tetra happily shoaling in open water seems to instill confidence in any shy discus. Corys are another useful addition, acting as a clean up crew as discus can be messy feeders.