Discus and E/Noses

[mystic_beth]

I do love the look of the Discus.

I am hoping next year, after my hubby has become used to the AR510 and the AR980 Aqua ones I have in the lounge room..to buy a really big tank in the area of 700 litres to make a species E nose tank (well that is the dream) in my office. (Surely if the computer room/ junk room gets a classy make over I can smuggle such a tank in? ..I have started dropping hints already :D )

Well that will free up my 215 liter AR980.

Discus maybe?

And I am wondering how well they get on with E/Noses as tank mates.

[ChrisEddy85]

I have seen three setups with both several discus and an e/nose. However, I wouldn't try keeping more than 2 e/nose together in a tank that size. You will really have to avoid them getting agressive toward one another, and a large tank will help with that. I've also seen a heavily planted 1000L tank with 3 black ghosts (similar issue - don't like other electric fish), and it ended up that one had to be removed as it was too small for three of them.

I think the only way to keep a lot of adult e/nose would be to have an incredibly large tank, which should avoid contact between them.