ludimac Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 Hi all, i have been looking all over the net for info on keeping my big plec with discus. my plec is about 20cm long and at the mo he has a 150ltr tank all to himself. i have four 3cm discus in another tank, with four 6cm discus coming in the next few days and i'm hoping to put them all in the big tank with the plec but all info i have found is conflicting. alot of people keep bristlenose plecs with discus, whle others have had problems keeping plecs and discus together. can i just have some good old nz opinions on this matter please. Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 I've kept fancy plecs from 6 - 26cm with all sizes of discus with no problems at all. They have always been in planted tanks where there are plenty of places for each to do their thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim r Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 It has been known for plecs to attach themselves to the discus and removing the protective slime, thus killing the discus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 bristlenoses are less problematic than standard plecos.....shouldn't be any problem but it may be one of those 'different for others' type of things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 It has been known for plecs to attach themselves to the discus and removing the protective slime, thus killing the discus. I've read about this in some very old books, but I've never met anyone who has actually had that happen. I wonder if a particularly underfed plec might do it, or if it were in a bare tank (as used to be the fashion) it might try to 'hide' on them, but in a standard planted tank I think the chances are extremely low. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimebag Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 i had a royal whiptail that spent all day chasing the discus and latching on to them. then one day it was dead. i now have another one that is fine never bothers with the discus. first one must have been a rouge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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