Help!!!!Discus problems!!!!!

[angelfishlover]

Hi,i kinda have 5 discus in my tank all about 5 cm in length.They kinda start to nibble my neons fins and even my loricariid catfish also bitten by it.May i noe why they did this???

[fishkid951]

hi
i :huh: why this would be. Uaually they get along well wth tyetras. Mine do.
wat size tank is it?

[angelfishlover]

90cmx45cmx45cm

[Rbishop]

They think the neons are lunch, as the discus grow, the odds are your neon population will decrease.

[angelfishlover]

urgh i saw the discus like eating the tail away!!!!if like that must go change to cichlid tank only.South american style

[jseng86]

i think u better take the tetras out. the discus i hv, sometimes we throw in baby guppies for them to eat. Most wont eat but a few does.

[Star_Rider]

discus are cichlids and they are meat eaters.

are the tetras small?
I am guessing they discus see the neons as food..you can try larger ones(tetras) but once they start to exhibit this behavior it may be too late.

I kept black neons(not truely a neon) with my discus with no problems..the tetras were very calm in the tank with the discus.

recently moved angels in there and the tetras are a lot more nervous. but the angels don'r bother them much..

[angelfishlover]

well the discus was a 5cm baby.And after i gave them some freeze dried tubifex worms they stop their habits of disturbing my 4cm neon tetras(pure neons!!!!!Not black neons!!!)Oh yah i kept some black widow tetras with the neons and the discus plus a few baby angels and adult cories.

[pigeonblood]

well the discus was a 5cm baby.And after i gave them some freeze dried tubifex worms they stop their habits of disturbing my 4cm neon tetras(pure neons!!!!!Not black neons!!!)Oh yah i kept some black widow tetras with the neons and the discus plus a few baby angels and adult cories.
Grow ur neons out a bit in a seperate tank if u can then add them they should b fine. I keep cardinal tetras with my discus and they do great.[same size as neons]