good discus tank?

[bon243]

heres what im thinking of adding to a 55:
6 discus
8 guppies
1 female betta
5 neaon tetras
2 german rams
6 corydoras
1 rubber lipped pleco
good?

[PAR23]

Way overstocked. I would drop the guppies. They can only carry diseases and infect your discus.

[Arjunpun]

U Need to have a good filter and more waterchange. I had done it before but needs more hard work.

[Frankr409]

Discus and Ancistrus.

[Jennie]

heres what im thinking of adding to a 55:
6 discus = Yes
8 guppies = no
1 female betta=why
5 neaon tetras= possible snack
2 german rams = yes
6 corydoras = cut down to 3 or 4
1 rubber lipped pleco = eats discus slimecoat
good? Never mentioned filteration, planted or not and percemtage of WC's

[hedut]

55 gln = 7 DISCUS AND ABN ONLY :)

[bon243]

kk sorry i dont know what kind of filtiration i have though, i know its for 100 gallon tanks, same with mah heater, not planted and water changes 2-3 times every week
so can i do:
6 discus
german rams
4 corydoras
female betta, becasue shes in a half gallon right now.
so cant do neaons? waht about cardinals?

[bon243]

whats a ABN?

[bon243]

bristlenose?

[hedut]

ABN = Albino bristlenose.

Xp3 and couple sponge will do the filtration:) but these just me:)

[Jennie]

sounds good, But how will betta be with other fish.. Really I'm not familiar with whether the females fight??? the cards are up to you but they are bigger than neons. Another choice for tetras is the black neon.. It's quite striking in person and large. Keep up wc's and filter cleaning.

[Eddie]

Discus only, get that worked out and the rest will follow.

[ericatdallas]

sounds good, But how will betta be with other fish.. Really I'm not familiar with whether the females fight??? the cards are up to you but they are bigger than neons. Another choice for tetras is the black neon.. It's quite striking in person and large. Keep up wc's and filter cleaning.

I kept my male betta with 6 juvenile discus and he was fine. He 'snuggled' with the discus when they were scared (water changes). He chased them away at first, but once they got bigger he left them alone.

That also depends... different fish have their own personalities. I think our betta is a lot more subdued than most.

I think the females -can- be aggressive but tend to be (in general) be less aggressive, so it might work. Although I've read in other forums that people think my betta will become picked on a lot once the discus are adults.

Currently my betta is by himself in a 75G though because I moved all my discus to a 75G bare bottom to maximize growth.

[PAR23]

Should of asked. What size discus are you getting?

[YSS]

If you are getting cories, I suggest at least 10. They school really well if 10 or more and very cool to watch. I don't think cories will add too much to the bio load.

[Jennie]

it's only a 55 g