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	Discus And Angel Fish In The Same Tank???
crazyred Fish Addict LAZY and I don't care :D Posts: 575 Kudos: 360 Votes: 293 Registered: 26-Aug-2005	I saw a display tank at my LFS Saturday and they had discus and angels in there together. Now, I've heard that the two have different water parameter requirements, but when I looked them up it looks similar to me. Should these two fish be kept together or is this a bad idea? I'm not thinking of doing it myself (my water would be terrible for discus....and I don't have a big enough tank), but I'm curious about it......opinions? ~~Melissa~~ "Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder."
Posted 06-Mar-2006 14:40
smilingpiranha Banned Posts: 160 Kudos: 130 Votes: 7 Registered: 02-Jan-2005	I don't see why not, they both come from the amazon, but i hacve heard that angels can carry a disease which is unharmful to themselves, but dangerous to discus SP
Posted 15-Mar-2006 12:36
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	I also heared about the Angel disease, that might be deadly to Discus, but i've seen alot of tanks where Angels & Discus are mixed, without any problems. If both fish are healthy & you have quarantined them well, then you shouldn't have any problems. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/s8xi5heh/my_photos http://www.geocities.com/s8xi5heh/classic_blue.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buzaqq/ http://www.deathbydyeing.org/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 15-Mar-2006 17:45
keithgh Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 6371 Kudos: 6918 Votes: 1542 Registered: 26-Apr-2003	At one of the LFS I go never has them mixed. Certainly they might be from the Amazon but that does not mean that live together. I could be totally wrong. Are they not two totally different tempermental fish one rather shy and the other aggresive in comparison to each other. *Have a look in [link=My Profile] http://www.fishprofiles.com/forums/member.aspx?id=1935[/link] for my tank info* Look here for my Betta 11Gal Desktop & Placidity 5ft Community Tank Photos Keith Near enough is not good enough, therefore good enough is not near enough, and only your best will do. I VOTE DO YOU if not WHY NOT? VOTE NOW VOTE NOW
Posted 16-Mar-2006 03:43
chris1017 Fish Addict Posts: 610 Kudos: 421 Votes: 70 Registered: 09-Sep-2003	there is a disease that angel fish carry that only affects discus but it is not seen as often today as it once was. the biggest reason people don't keep them together is that angels are alot more aggrsive, especially at feeding time, than the discus are. this is probably one the biggest debates in the fish hobby, some do it without out problems and some would never even try. in the end it is up to you. I will add though that my lfs keeps their discus in seperate tanks and they use seperate filtration. hope this helped. chris
Posted 17-Mar-2006 08:40


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