Did I make the right choice?

TheRealKrafty · Aug 8, 2012

Today I got a Blue Turquoise Discus and I want to start a discus tank. I had 9 Mollys and 14 Tiger Barbs in the tank with them and the fast swimmers were freaking the Discus out so I moved the mollys and tiger barbs to my other tank. Was this a wise choice since mollys and tiger barbs were trying to nip at my Discus's fins?

sora1600 · Aug 8, 2012

Mollys and tiger barbs are not great tankmates with discus. Discus are better off in their own species tank or with non-aggressive schoolers like neon tetras or cardinals (if they don't get eaten).

Ptrick125 · Aug 8, 2012

sora1600 said:
Mollys and tiger barbs are not great tankmates with discus. Discus are better off in their own species tank or with non-aggressive schoolers like neon tetras or cardinals (if they don't get eaten).

I agree with sora1000

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rufioman · Aug 9, 2012

Bad idea, bro...discus are slow-moving and hate boisterous fish.

Fish-Addict · Aug 9, 2012

You should really have done a lot more research into discus before purchasing them, they require more care than most other fish.

This link was posted in another thread but here it is again: http://www.aquariacentral.com/forum...ginner-s-Guide-to-Getting-Started-with-Discus

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SubRosa · Aug 9, 2012

You made a very common beginner's mistake. You thought you could put Discus into a tank with other fish. The deal is that you can put some other fish into a Discus tank.

Samsmobb · Aug 9, 2012

Good luck, that was deff a beginners mistake.. Discus won't thrive in water Molly's thrive in. They can't compete with tigers, n they deff won't do to well alone, they are school fish and best to get 5-6 of them or any less and they will be high chances of an unbalanced pecking order


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