discus part 2

[aquabeast]

would a bristle nose pleco or a clown pleco bother a discus?

 

[HUKIT]

would a bristle nose pleco or a clown pleco bother a discus?

Not in my experience but I've heard of them sucking on the discus's slime coat.

 

[aquabeast]

good. i dont wanna lose out on him, hes an 80 dollar investment.

 

[uh.oh...]

I've heard the same, that the slime coat is too delicious for them to ignore.

 

[aquabeast]

should i not take the chance and remove them?

 

[HUKIT]

It's up to you, mine never bothered my discus or any other fish for that matter. There's always risks involved when putting fish into a confined area.

 

[aquabeast]

well, i removed them just for the saftey of my discus... what about snails?

 

[bruinsbro1997]

I've never heard of snails bothering discus at all.

 

[jetajockey]

i keep bn plecos and discus together.

 

[aquabeast]

i just dont wanna chance it. id remove any fish to keep my discus live and healthy.

 

[pam916]

I keep bristlenose plecos in my discus grow out tanks, both discus and bristlenose grow very well together, I feed a lot of beefheat mixture to my growing discus and the bristlenose clean up what the discus don't eat. Assasin snails also do well in these tanks because they also like the beefheart mixture. I keep bristlenose and clown loaches in my planted discus tank and they get along fine. I also have emperor tetras in the planted tank with the discus. I used to have a male betta in my discus tank and he did fine living in the same tank with the discus.

 

[aquabeast]

ive just got tetras with him... neons, bloodfins, lemons, serpaes, and a few danios.(even though theyre not tetras) hes fully grown, about 3 to 4 years old.