BUYING the PERFECT Tank Mates for My Discus

Buying the Perfect Tank Mates for My Discus Tank. I ordered these fish online from Jack Wattley Discus, the same location that I bought my discus from. The new fish are doing well and in quarantine. They will be transferred over to the discus tank in a few weeks!
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Thanks for watching, and we'll see you next week!

[@carlwagers9829]

Yes! The moment has arrived!

[@mstreech]

Rummy nose tetras would be awesome in there.

[@petejeau]

Very nice selection. You are right angels would have been a good tank mate also. The rams will fit in well with 83+. The rummy nose are great and fit in well with one of my angel tanks. They are also a canary in the coalmine so a good early indicator of any issues as you know

[@ianm659]

Awesome additions. The electric blue acara tank is cool

[@CichlidBros]

Thank you!

[@jc49fishniner4lif7]

THAT'S AWESOME a perfect selection of mates for those discus,,, CONGRATULATIONS 👏👏 I can't wait till you put them all in the display tank,, thanks for sharing this 👍💯💯

[@CichlidBros]

Thank you, coming soon!

[@Nikos_aquatics]

Great tank additions!! Rams are always a great choice

[@CichlidBros]

🤙🏼🤙🏼

[@usmc72409]

Yessssssss. Discus!

[@kerryharris8678]

Thanks for mentioning where you got your Discus from. I ordered from them the fish shipped the same day..

[@CichlidBros]

Love to hear it

[@krzysztofkopaczewski4319]

All tanks looking great👍

[@CichlidBros]

Thanks 👍

[@kashifkashu7899]

Excellent choice of tankmates...Iam really looking forward for Corydoras and the activity they will provide in discus tank....Bro now u have two exotic plecos Blue and Orange colour🎉❤

[@CichlidBros]

Thank you!

[@tjautocross]

Really nice, Troy!!!

[@CichlidBros]

Thank you!

[@splittheredsea]

Excellent choices!!

[@CichlidBros]

Thanks!

[@noelmangion6316]

Awesome addition to the Discus tank the tank going to look great once there added. im still deciding about putting angelfish with my discus I have 7 in a 5 foot tank

[@krissysmith4569]

So beautiful I love each of your discus fishes all of your tanks look amazing my husband and I love your channel ❤

[@CichlidBros]

Thank you guys for following along!

[@emerald2sapphire2]

Please discuss care and guide for t-bar cichlid.. i always try to rely on your knowledge and videos about cichlids..

[@jeremymoore450]

Troy, I have been waiting on this video great selection of tetras. Rummy nose are great fish. I love my Cory's I have some green ones also. I second the blue rams. I have two in my 55 gal they are amazing fish. I love them and there personality. I got my order in last week from the Cichlid shack it took a while to ship. I got my chocolate cichlid and Denison barbs in. Beautiful fish and great personality the chocolate cichlid has. I got it from your recommendation on the videos. Appreciate the content and video. I also got a few catfish from the Cichlid shack like pictus and a few others they are cool.

[@barat5943]

Always have liked the tops on your discus tank, very nice tank gorgeous discus. I finally bought a 55 gallon, biggest I have had. Thinking of 5-6 inch south american tank when full grown, sand bottom.

[@sheilabruin-blake9507]

Those are gorgeous 💜

[@CichlidBros]

Thank you!

[@joestoddart772]

I set up a 90 gallon tank for discus last year, and have a very similar stocking. I have four Red Scribble Stenker discus from Discus Hans, and two blue pinoy angels I got from Aquatic Arts. I also have a royal pleco, two twig catfish, 7 green gold corys (I started with two, and they bred in the tank!), and 4 neon tetra's (down from original 15) from LFS. Not sure what happened with the neons; I only removed two that had some obvious issues. I am now holding 6 rummy nose tetras and 6 cardinal tetras in quarantine. I look forward to see how your tank comes along.

[@CarnivoreFNP]

My husband loves your videos!! What song are you playing in the background? He loves that too!

[@robertsmith8795]

Cracking choices, I just hope you can keep up with that big blue pooping machine!

[@jerryhigg]

Like the Rams. Was rooting for the pretty gold angels ❤ 👍

[@martinkruse7675]

I am sooooooooo looking forward to you adding those beautiful fish to your tank! But I believe that you should have bought more rummy nose tetras.

[@austinpatterson18]

I have 4 Discus, 2 Angelfish in a 90 gallon, they go together perfectly.

[@CichlidBros]

Very nice

[@bengofthesaints5465]

Beautiful tanks! Quick question … when quarantining any new fish, do you put any medications in that quarantine tank?if so, what do you recommend in general. Thanks

[@tomaswall6935]

Hi man, I know you know what you are doing but I'll say it anyway because I just keep discus for a good few years and sometimes when you see something every day you don't see changes. That first tiger you zoomed into in 5he video is wasting away from skinny disease or fluke. I'd recommend you hit that tank hard with a good wormer and air stone. It will cross to the others one by one if not treated. Hopefully if its still eating you will be able to treat it easily. Thanks BTW my favourite tank with discus is 500 rummy nose tetra and discus in a 300 gallon. Something mesmerising about a big rummy nose school.

[@jcm213]

Very similar tank mates to my discus tank. I have 2 dozen rummy nose, 6 orange venezuelan cory, a sultan pleco and 6 harlequin rasbora.

[@Evil_Genius_888]

Rummy nose were a fantastic option. I’ve had a small group of 8 for several months and then just got another 10 (in a grow out) a week ago last Friday. They are schooling with a similar group of xray tetra. In a couple of weeks I’ll put them in the 75g with the angels, rams and red eye tetra. It will be a full tank then…

[@CichlidBros]

Very nice!

[@jwcollect8724]

Hey Troy, those tetras are good but move faster than the discus, adding 3 altum angels would give the discus comfort. Regards

[@Jake-ur2wf]

Good job avoiding the rummies there tbh. I got a batch of them from the same place during one of their recent sales and had ich in the QT tank.

[@marcojensen3877]

great as always, what is the best discus tank mates

[@28kartavya]

Amazing! I’m building a dicuss tank and am going through the same selection process! Is it ok to have two kinds of tetras with discuss like the cardinals and the rummy roses?! Thanks 😊 great content as always! ❤

[@CichlidBros]

Yep, that should be fine! Thanks for watching

[@mstreech]

I second that. Rummy nose and cardinals look incredible together!

[@josepheddy4247]

Great video. Btw are you going to be selling any of your blue acaras’ ?

[@CichlidBros]

Thanks! Will be giving them to local fish stores

[@amazingaquaticsandexotics3030]

8:54 one of your tetras is a different type

[@oqsy]

I came to the comments to see who else saw that. 😂

[@azizal23]

It's clearly of the Imposter Tetra species.

[@edpereira1908]

I noticed that too, was wondering if anyone else commented on it.

[@andreacasoli3371]

Really good options (maybe the best probably for discus), watch out for the female Ram because she seems to have problems on the eyes

[@ryan2manyfishburgh595]

Looks like you got a hitch hiker in with your tetras.

[@3kingstaeshow]

Hello. Do you medicate your fish while in quarantine? If you do, what medications do you use? I was born in Berwyn in 1976. All I know is that it’s in the Chicago area. I also lived in Mount Prospect for a semester when I was in high school. Anyway, love your channel. Love watching the interaction between you and your bros. I had a younger brother once, but he passed away. He was getting in the hobby, the week he died he got a 36 bow front set up, had no clue what he was doing and all the fish died. I wish I would’ve just been able to save one. But I figure those fish are with him wherever he’s at now.

[@garg4531]

Imho I think rummynose tetras make for the *perfect* tankmates for discus, and for good reason 1. They both enjoy Amazonian conditions - soft, acidic water and high temperature - and on that note they're both Amazon natives for those who like biotype setups 2. Their appearances contrast and complement each other nicely, discus are big and round while rummynose are small and slender 3. Rummynose are peaceful and won't bother the discus, and their presence as dither fish will help them feel more secure 4. Rummynose tetras, as everyone knows, can serve as an indicator that it's time to do tank maintenance, which is vitally important for keeping sensitive species like discus Plus discus need lots of space, which means plenty of room for a nice big school of rummynose tetras for great visual appeal

[@STORIEDAMAAN]

Please explain point 4. Thanks

[@garg4531]

@@STORIEDAMAAN Ah no prob. Rummynose tetras are named after their bright red face, which actually turns pale when stressed, like when the water quality is poor, so some hobbyists refer to them as a "canary in the coal mine" because they can serve as a visual indicator that the tank is in need of maintenance

[@desmondbailey6417]

Good video bro

[@CichlidBros]

Thanks!

[@nehaldhammurkar8236]

Bro can u make a video on tankmates of peacock cichilds? Please!

[@CichlidBros]

Will do soon!

[@lukebiba4015]

I love beyond the reef.. got my clownfish from there ., they are excellent for plants as well .. I think I know what the other store is and they are ok but they have slipped in the past year.

[@CichlidBros]

Agreed on all of the above

[@lukebiba4015]

@@CichlidBros didn’t know y’all were that close to me .. I’m following your discus project closely as I am doing a 75 gal discus tank at the moment.,

[@mrsxyterrance]

Hey can I get a couple of those Electric Blue Acara's from you? I live in the burbs close to Chicago.

[@gerritvandermerwe796]

great choice in tank mates, are the german blue rams male and female or same sex?

[@henkboute9856]

nice selection, I would recommend adding more discus, they like to be in bigger schools. Hope that pleco leaves your plants alone, did not work out for me.

[@CichlidBros]

Thanks. I probably won’t be adding more discus since it’d be overcrowding the tank, especially as they grow into adults.

[@henkboute9856]

@@CichlidBros I have 10 in my 180 gallon, but you can usually have 1 per 10 gallon.

[@sebastianflores848]

Don't know how I feel about adding a pleco to a planted tank. Nice planted Discus tank btw

[@brandonellis4422]

What temperature are you keeping your discus tank at? Do you treat the quarantine tanks with any medicine? I usually always treat for ick initially even if I don't see any evidence on the fish. By the time you see ick on fish, it can be hard to turn things back around.

[@CichlidBros]

83 F… usually do not treat in quarantine unless I see issues.

[@rayreggie03]

Issue with rummynose is if they're small, the discus will go on a murder spree. I put 20 in and I have 5 remaining. They relentlessley went after them.

[@Ian-qw1zb]

Beware phantom plecos eat plants, so keep an eye on it.. beautiful fish I have a green phantom.

[@marklee4409]

What temperature do you run your discus tank at ?

[@CichlidBros]

83 F

[@rohanadhikari6160]

I think the cory you got are skunk cory instead of rusty cory.

[@CichlidBros]

Possibly

[@renardethan2012]

Where's the best place here in Chicago to get Discus

[@CichlidBros]

I’d recommend Chicago Discus

[@nanad6143]

i got 10discus with rummy nose, blue diamond tetra n harlequin rasbora but they all got eaten by my discus.. i dont know what to do, i gave 2 times food in 1day is that not enough?

[@CichlidBros]

I would guess the tetras were too small. I would suggest getting some that are larger

[@dbrew02]

CHESTER SIGHTING!!

[@CichlidBros]

Lolll

[@dbrew02]

@Cichlid Bros my youngest cat is obsessed with my tanks as well. I get worried when he climbs on top of it and I see all his hair up there and sometimes in the tank. Should I be worried or stop stressing over it? I try my best to keep him from swatting at the class because he scares the crap out of my baby EBA

[@neddyfox4538]

Also remember the rams only live for 1.5-2 years.

[@michaelduvall2762]

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[@owencasey6444]

Don’t do the angels, they will out compete your discus for food, plus just have the discus as your main center piece fish, Instead I would add 3 more discus. Great selection of other fish though

[@jeremycover]

I couldn’t agree more

[@user-zb4ek1jx7e]

i wish their shipping was cheaper....im used to sec cichlids and live fish directbshipping prices

[@CichlidBros]

Yep agreed. Although the prices of the fish are so low that it was actually the best deal I could find when comparing to other online stores with the same fish

[@AUBS20]

HIII MR HOLLLERRRR

[@_gooseSskwk]

Noice 👍🐟

[@_gooseSskwk]

Did u just like well thank you sir

[@_gooseSskwk]

Say cheese in your next video for a cookie ok 👍

[@_gooseSskwk]

Cynara

[@amazingaquaticsandexotics3030]

your cories look more like skunk cories than rusty cories

[@neddyfox4538]

Pleco and Discus do NOT go together well . A bristlenose is fine, the big version wil suck the discus. Seriously.

[@CichlidBros]

I wouldn’t make that blanket statement. There are more Plecos that will work fine than just the bristlenose

[@jesseryan1463]

Wow, those tiger turquoise do not look healthy. Do some research.

[@CichlidBros]

Watch the follow up videos. Not only was I aware, but also treating the tank. The order from Jack Wattley was sub par to start. Do your own research.

[@jesseryan1463]

@@CichlidBros look here, bro, perhaps you should’ve stated that before posting it all over and talking about how wonderful they’re doing? Not my fault you sounded ignorant. Dumb asf

[@jesseryan1463]

@@CichlidBros and why the hell would I watch your follow up videos after watching your sickly tank? Talking about “they’re all doing great“ no. Ignorant.