land_lubber Posted June 20, 2006 Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 Can anyone tell me what kind of Suckermouth Catfish would go with Discus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faran Posted June 20, 2006 Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 Visit planetcatfish and look up specific catfish that you're thinking about. Panaques of all kinds are good tank mates as they live in the higher temperature range but prefer chewing on wood to sucking on glass. Other than that, here's a few recommendations with common names - Snowball Pleco Gold Nugget Pleco Goldie/Sunshine Pleco Chocolate Zebra Pleco Bristlenose catfish Royal Panaques (sometimes called Royal Plecos) Clown Pleco The list goes on and on and on. The main thing is to make sure that you're not putting a cooler climate catfish in with high temperature discus or it will shorten their life span. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faran Posted June 20, 2006 Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 Oh, and avoid common plecos (plecostomus hypostomus) or any of the red-spot, gold-spot or other colour variants. I've had common plecs attack discus ruthlessly tearing off flesh and scales and it's really not something that I'd wish on any discus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted June 20, 2006 Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 The common bristlenose is supposed to be okay, but I've even seen a tiny otocinclus catfish having a go at a discus at the LFS in Tirau when I passed through on Sunday :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted June 20, 2006 Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 Oh, and avoid common plecos (plecostomus hypostomus) or any of the red-spot, gold-spot or other colour variants. I've had common plecs attack discus ruthlessly tearing off flesh and scales and it's really not something that I'd wish on any discus. I still suggest redspots, I love redspots. Don't like discus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimebag Posted June 20, 2006 Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 i have a few different whiptails with my discus, the best one for eating algae of the glass etc is the farlowella acus by far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 I like the Bristlenose, 1 of each, just dont forget some bog wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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