guppies compatible with discus?

[bon243]

are guppies compatible with discus? :confused:

[William Palumbo]

Bon, as you saw, I keep some Endlers livebearers in with my Discus...Bill

[Yboat]

yes, as long as they don't become snacks.

[bon243]

oh yeha forgot that

[Eddie]

Sure, they make a good live food but can carry parasites. LOL

[DiscusKev]

Live food (fry), but I think it's a bad practice since IF the discus mature and decides to breed, it might be an egg/wriggler eater. Who knows.

[discuspaul]

Not usually any problem - but keep the guppies in a separate tank & feed the fry to the discus - they would love that ! LOL

[ShinShin]

Feeding guppy fry to discus will not induce a fry eating behavior if the discus spawn down the road. I used to toss guppy fry into a 100 gal tank with 12 adult discus (6 domestics and 6 wilds) and most grew to adults. They aren't the great food many think that they are.

Are they compatable, though? Guppies like harder, alkaline water with temps in the mid 70's. Doesn't sound like discus water to me. Do people do it? Sure. They keep all sorts of incompatable fish with discus all the time. Is it the best thing to do? Not IMO.

Mat

[Eddie]

Feeding guppy fry to discus will not induce a fry eating behavior if the discus spawn down the road. I used to toss guppy fry into a 100 gal tank with 12 adult discus (6 domestics and 6 wilds) and most grew to adults. They aren't the great food many think that they are.

Are they compatable, though? Guppies like harder, alkaline water with temps in the mid 70's. Doesn't sound like discus water to me. Do people do it? Sure. They keep all sorts of incompatable fish with discus all the time. Is it the best thing to do? Not IMO.

Mat

Alright Mat, they don't make a good food but could be a snack. LOL I wouldn't feed them to my discus anyways. :D