RE: SA Dwarfs and discus?

[Karsten Mohr <jei_kam@yahoo.com.au>]

Hi all,

This is my first reply/message on the mailing list, so
here it goes. I have had 4 unidentified (to me)
apisto's in my 30 gal. community tank as well as 3
cacatuoides and 3 discus + catfish and loaches. Once
the discus paired up (unknown to me at the time), some
apistos started disapearing and then I noticed a
corpse. I then started getting the apistos and others
out. They would hang around the discus's prefered
spawning site and I saw the discus make it a quick
death for the apisto. Prior to pairing up the apisto's
were fine, I had them in the same tank for more than
six months. But at the time the discus were still
immature (younger than 1 year).

Hope this helps 
Karsten



--- "Jones, Erick" <JonesE@CommercePath.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 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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