RE: SA Dwarfs and discus?

["Jones, Erick" <JonesE@CommercePath.com>]

Ted,

I kept a colony of A.Trifaciatta in a well planted tank with several young
to mid sized discus for several months. The apisto's would pair and spawn
regularly I would see the males do a threat display directed towards the
discus and a couple of the females would attack them However I do believe
that the discus found the apisto's amusing. Generally they interacted very
little. About the only time there was much in the way of interaction was
feeding time. At this time the discus (pigs with fins) would actually pay
attention to the apistogramma's and try to keep them and everyone else from
the food. My Opinion The Nijsenni's will threaten and possibly attack the
discus when they are defending a breeding site or brood. However the discus
won't much care and won't be harmed. The Dwarf pike would be of more
concern. With this current tank mix you may get some spawning behavior from
the apisto's but the pike will be well fed. Just my opinion. 

Erick Jones

Ted Backman wrote:

> Does anyone out there have any experience keeping Discus with apisto's?  I
> have a heavily planted (amano style) 68 gallon tank (2'x2'x3').  Currently
I
> have four pidgeon blood discus, a shoal of cardinals, eight sae's and a
> green dwarf pike.  I'd really like to add a pair of A. Nijsenni or
> Panduro/pandurini's, but I'm worried that they may start to get abusive if
> they ever try to spawn.  Am I being a wuss?  Will nijsenni's attack  6"
> discus, and if so, will the discus care?
>
> TIA,
>
> Ted Backman.
>
> P.S. Some relevant info:
>
> Temp; 81 F
> PH: 6.8, (via 5# co2tank, solonoid, ph probe)
> Nitrates, >1ppm
> KH & GH around 2-3 degrees.
> fluval 303
>
> Lots of nooks, crannys and tennellus to hide in.
>
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