discus and leaf fish in same tank?

[mitch1313]

I currently have a fourty gallon high tank that i have been running for three weeks. I have had an amazon leaf fish (guppy eater) and a amazon sword in it for a week, and just today added a four inch brown discus. i keep the water at 82, ph6.9 with a minimal amount of
"freshwater salt." I planned on getting 3 more discus and 2 more leaf fish in the near future. If anyone could tell me what their opinions are or give me any tips from their experience that would be great.

[Fish_Fin-atic]

I think you'd be better off keeping the Leaf Fish in their own species tank, and ditto for the Discus. As O'DwyerPW suggested, some Tetras might make good tank-mates. If you insist on keeping them together, I think the Discus would be more comfortable if you added more of them to the tank (in a 40 gallon, you're pretty limitted as to how many will fit comfortably in there) and once there's more Discus, they'll probably tollerate one or two Leaf Fish, but I don't think they'd be at their best. Also, if you keep adding feeder fish for the Leaf Fish to eat, you risk adding parasites to the tank, and then you'll have nothing but trouble with the Discus. I'd feed worms instead. As for your water, it is fine, but just a bit on the cold side for the Discus IMO, although some people keep them at that temperature and do well with it.

And if I can knit pick for a second.... Freshwater Salt ummm, that's a bit of an oxymoron isn't it? ;D