discs/angels/neons

[mralgae]

have been trying to do my home work on discus and all seems to be going well, apart from one article ive read that states discus can eat neons, has any one heard or had this problem?
i was looking at neons, rainbows, angels and discus for my new set up as they all fit into the water stats and set up i want, but know im not so sure. any help please.

[jackpike]

Discus or angels won't be a good choice to go with neons because both like to hunt smaller fish.

[mralgae]

ok thats not good :crys: from what i have read the was only one that said that, strange yet they all come from the same areas, now im going to have to rethink what the hell to put in the tank. certainly not getting rid of what i have already so back to the drawing board. :arg:

[karen]

I have seen a lot of people put neons in with discus but im not really sure if they eat them or not but angels would love nothing more than a munch on a few neons.

[mralgae]

oh no thats even worse, :fall: was at least hoping to have the angels & neons, could have got by without discus but not the angels :crys:

[karen]

Sorry for the bad news,what dont you go for some other kind of tetra?i would go with the angels intead of discus i think,maybe you'll find some extra large neons around.

[dave]

i have seen a few discus tanks with a good size shoal of hatchet fish,i think it looks good,only thing is some people prefer something a bit more lively than hatchets

[mralgae]

just a thought on what you said karen, the neons i have are quite big they 12mths plus old and still have 25 of them. the angels are going to be fairly small when i get them so the neons will still grow. or am i clutching at straws???

[karen]

well maybe you will be ok then if the angels are young and small enough they may be ok,what i would do is introduce your angels and neons at the same time to the new tank aleast that way both your angels and neons will be new to your tank so there may not be any aggresion and your angels will be small enough to grow up with the neons and the angels might forget the neons as being food.Its totally up to yourself if you want to try it.

[jackpike]

I would like to say that i have fully grown neons in with small angels. Never knew that angels will hunt neons when i got them. But that said i have not lost any neons since the angels went into the tank. Nor have they showed any aggressive behavior to the neons.

[mralgae]

jp :bow:

going to have to look into this a bit more. dont want a canabal disaster on my hands at least i have a few weeks b4 the fish can go in so i got time to way up the options.

[karen]

I think it really does depend on the angels to be honest with you they are cichlids after all and can turn nasty in a second.Ive kept angels and neons together twice the first time i had no problems at all the second time they ate my neons thats why i think it depends on the fish.

[anthony]

Hi MrA.
Go for the Discus. Stunning fish. Need any help just pm or ring.

[jackpike]

admin said:

I think it really does depend on the angels to be honest with you they are cichlids after all and can turn nasty in a second.Ive kept angels and neons together twice the first time i had no problems at all the second time they ate my neons thats why i think it depends on the fish.

I think it also depends on the numbers of angels u keep as well, my angels aren't hostile to any other tanks mate except the other angels. My next door neighbor has kept a single female angel for almost ten years. And its one big ornery fish. She can't put any other smaller fish into the tank with it because the angel kills them within days.

[Amazonian]

I keep Neons with my Discus and never have had a problem :bigsm: