JoeFromDC
03-07-2004, 03:05 PM
After years of keeping goldfish and other tropical fish, I am finally ready to take the discus plunge! ;D I have a few different options of tanks to use and wanted to get some thoughts on what would be best way to start out.
I currently have a 29 gal. that is empty and a 54 bowfront (bare bottom) that has 6 med. angelfish, 6 med. silver dollars and 7 cories. I've had all of these fish for at least 6 months (so there are no quarantine issues). Finally, I will be getting a 180 gal.! (That's the good news. The bad news is that it is replacing the 180 that I had for a few months which cracked along th bottom when I was on vacation and flooded my downstairs and killed all of my goldfish that I had had for years. :()
ANYWAY, originally I was planning on moving all of my current fish that are now in the 54 into the 180 (since that tank will be too small for them when they get bigger). Then, I thought I could put some small discus in the 54 after a road trip to Gwynnbrook Farm. ;) Does that make sense or should I get fewer larger ones or should I put them in the 180 with all or some of the other fish? I know most people say discus shouldn't be mixed with angels and I assume also not silverdollars due to their speed and appetites.
Then, what would be the best number of discus to get? Assuming I go with a discus-only 54, at some point I might move them over to the 180, but I wouldn't want to feel like I HAD to (especially if they couldn't be mixed with the other fish)...
Thanks for any thoughts or suggestions!
I currently have a 29 gal. that is empty and a 54 bowfront (bare bottom) that has 6 med. angelfish, 6 med. silver dollars and 7 cories. I've had all of these fish for at least 6 months (so there are no quarantine issues). Finally, I will be getting a 180 gal.! (That's the good news. The bad news is that it is replacing the 180 that I had for a few months which cracked along th bottom when I was on vacation and flooded my downstairs and killed all of my goldfish that I had had for years. :()
ANYWAY, originally I was planning on moving all of my current fish that are now in the 54 into the 180 (since that tank will be too small for them when they get bigger). Then, I thought I could put some small discus in the 54 after a road trip to Gwynnbrook Farm. ;) Does that make sense or should I get fewer larger ones or should I put them in the 180 with all or some of the other fish? I know most people say discus shouldn't be mixed with angels and I assume also not silverdollars due to their speed and appetites.
Then, what would be the best number of discus to get? Assuming I go with a discus-only 54, at some point I might move them over to the 180, but I wouldn't want to feel like I HAD to (especially if they couldn't be mixed with the other fish)...
Thanks for any thoughts or suggestions!