What other fish do you keep with Discus?

[Paul]

Watching @BobSteenfott’s latest live stream and he basically said if you’ve seen one Discus tank you’ve seen them all because the tank mates are all the same Cardinals and Rams. Discus want warm water so whatever you put in that tank better like it too. My Discus share their tank with Bosemani Rainbows, Rummynose,Emperor, and Cardinals Tetras, Pencilfish, Ottos, Kribs,Angelfish and Cory’s. So what do the rest of the Discus keepers here house with their Discus?

Edited October 8, 2020 by Paul

[KoolFish97]

So I haven't kept discus for around 3 years now. But the last time I kept them I actually had a school of 20 Congo and 20 Buenos Aires tetras and I fell in love with the Congos. When I gave them to the petshop as hand ins when I swapped the tank around the Congos were near the size of my hand. The pet shop couldn't believe their size

Really I would love to re-try one day using any of the rainbow fish species (particularly NG rainbows) as many of them are happy warmer.

[Andy's Fish Den]

I don't currently have any discus, but in the past when I kept them, I had angelfish, corydoras, cardinals, rummynose, pencilfish, apistogrammas, and several different kinds of plecos, including zebras. I kept the tank about 83 degrees and everything did fine, weekly water changes of about 25-30%

[Nataku]

My last discus tank also had angels, cardinals, GBR and emerald corydoras. Yep, pretty standard fair! But the husband loves cardinals, GBR and angels so why fix it if it ain't broke? The tank was wonderful to watch.