Vinni, discus do jump. You risk losing one if you choose no top. The top not only keeps the fish in but the rodents out. Nothing more horrifying to find a mouse preforming the backstroke in your fish tank. You don't want it. Trust me. Or maybe cats. How would it look if one day you caught the family cat Felix paws deep in the discus tank. You would not be pleased. Those would be my three reasons to have a top on your tanks.