I've had a planted Discus tank set up for about a year. My discus are doing fantastic. I chose dwarf honey gouramis as tankmates, because they swim slow and do not grow much larger than an inch. Initially all was well. My plants were growing like crazy, and all my fish were in great health. After months of everything going well, I put a gold nugget pleco in the tank. My honeys and plants started dying off. The cabomba and moneywort are the only plants doing well. The swords and banana plants deteriorated. I got a new batch of honeys after the first batch was gone. They lasted 1-2 months and they were dead. I replaced them again...same results. Any plants I put in the tank other than the cabomba and moneywort die off rather quickly.
The water parameters stay the same. The temp stays the same. The only thing that is different is the addition of the pleco. I have a pair of blue diamond discus, the gold nugget, and one tetra, and they are all in optimum health.
Anyone with suggestions or ideas of what could be the cause, please help. I love my honeys and would like to have more of a variety of plants in the tank. Thanx!
The water parameters stay the same. The temp stays the same. The only thing that is different is the addition of the pleco. I have a pair of blue diamond discus, the gold nugget, and one tetra, and they are all in optimum health.
Anyone with suggestions or ideas of what could be the cause, please help. I love my honeys and would like to have more of a variety of plants in the tank. Thanx!