RE: apistos and discus

["Yvan Alleau" <yalleau@coas.oregonstate.edu>]

Hi Alfredo,
I have kept discus and apisto together in the past and still do. So far, my
wild discus have been in the same tank as: A. borelli, A. cacatuoides, A.
aggassizi, A. diplotaenia, A. rot punkt, A. maciliensis, A. elizabethae, A.
sp pebas, A. trifasciata, D. filamentosa and M. ramiretzi (maybe a couple
more species i can't remeber about right now). I never saw any aggressive
behavior at the point where i had to get some fish out. When apistos or
discus spawn, they do pretect their territory/eggs/fry but all went very
well so far....except for A. sp pebas. The male and its 2 females were very
aggressive. I would not keep that fish or any related fish in a community
tank if you want to have a peacefull environment. I guess it might also be a
question of volume and surface area. Mine is a heavily planted 75 gal tank
and the pebas took over the entire tank in less than 5 hours and beat the
crap out of everybody including the discus!
I guess there are other experiences out there, some probably worse than mine
so....i wouldn't make a general rule about what i've said.
I guess, if you leave enough space for everyone (with respect with every
species needs) that should not be a problem at all between apistos and
discus. After all, some share some comon areas in the wild.
hope that helps.

Yvan Alleau
450 SE Atwood Ave
Corvallis, OR 97333
(541) 752-0320
http://southamericancichlids.com
PLEASE NOTE: new address and phone number

College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
Oregon State University

"When you're far from everything, you're getting closer to the essential"


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-apisto@v2.listbox.com [mailto:owner-apisto@v2.listbox.com]On
Behalf Of Ricardo Fonseca
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 2:24 AM
To: apisto@v2.listbox.com
Subject: Re: apistos and discus


Olá Alfredo ... LOL

I've keeping Discus and Apistos together for a year now and had no problems,
but I can't say what happens if one of them starts breeding since I haven't
been that fortunate.

RAF
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alfredo Figueiredo" <negas@netc.pt>
To: <apisto@v2.listbox.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 11:22 PM
Subject: apistos and discus


> Hi all!
>
> I have a 240 L tank in which I would like to have discus (2-4) and some
> couples of apistos, and I would like to hear some advises from those who
> have already tried this mixture.
>
> I have already kept and bred A. cacatuoides successfully and I'm planning
to
> add this tank a couple of them, born at my home :)
>
> Thanks
>
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