I've seen discus do OK by themselves. Sometimes they force themselves to live in solitary confinement due to aggression like that. If you can give it a good home I'd give it a shot. It would be better off than like what you said put in a really bad situation or really small tank.
Single Discus? What The Heck??
Before I go into my question, I'll just give a small bit of background info. I've had Discus for a while. Everything from a large group of wild caught Nhamunda Discus, to some itty bitty cute Discus from Hans. They are some of my favorite fish 
Now that you know that, on to to my question!
My LFS has this Discus who they claim to be incompatible with other Discus. I was thinking "Psh, ya right, that's a bunch of bull". So I asked to see him. He wasn't very colorful, he wasn't fed very well (but I've seen worse), and he was kind of shy at first. Until I sat there for a while and he eventually came out. They said they've tried him in other tanks with all sizes of Discus. They said he was chased around a little in the tank with the huge discus (he's around 2" btw), but he still stood his ground and even started nipping at some of their fins! They tried a few other sizes of discus in different size tanks, but all to no avail. He would abuse anything smaller than 3". They said that he's been kind of weird since they received him a few moths ago and the previous owner did not want to risk having him hurt his other display discus too much.
Sorry for the long section. Now, my question is, should I take this little guy in? He doesn't seem to have any defects, and they said he eats healthy. Just a little slow to grow. The only thing I kind of wonder is my tank size. I've got a fairly heavily planted 29 gallon, that has been established for over a year. It's got lots and lots of filtration (haha a large canister and an HOB). My levels are all great, and the tank looks pretty bare. I'm not worried about keeping the fish alive, but whether or not this single discus would fit in my 29 gallon long run. I've only kept discus in large tanks, so this is new to me. What do you guys think?
I just hate to think where he could end up in this little rink-a-dink town. Probably in some 10 gallon with a few Oscars and Bala Sharks.. *shudders*
Now that you know that, on to to my question!My LFS has this Discus who they claim to be incompatible with other Discus. I was thinking "Psh, ya right, that's a bunch of bull". So I asked to see him. He wasn't very colorful, he wasn't fed very well (but I've seen worse), and he was kind of shy at first. Until I sat there for a while and he eventually came out. They said they've tried him in other tanks with all sizes of Discus. They said he was chased around a little in the tank with the huge discus (he's around 2" btw), but he still stood his ground and even started nipping at some of their fins! They tried a few other sizes of discus in different size tanks, but all to no avail. He would abuse anything smaller than 3". They said that he's been kind of weird since they received him a few moths ago and the previous owner did not want to risk having him hurt his other display discus too much.
Sorry for the long section. Now, my question is, should I take this little guy in? He doesn't seem to have any defects, and they said he eats healthy. Just a little slow to grow. The only thing I kind of wonder is my tank size. I've got a fairly heavily planted 29 gallon, that has been established for over a year. It's got lots and lots of filtration (haha a large canister and an HOB). My levels are all great, and the tank looks pretty bare. I'm not worried about keeping the fish alive, but whether or not this single discus would fit in my 29 gallon long run. I've only kept discus in large tanks, so this is new to me. What do you guys think?
I just hate to think where he could end up in this little rink-a-dink town. Probably in some 10 gallon with a few Oscars and Bala Sharks.. *shudders*
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Oh he jumped out?? I had one jump out when I was doing a water change. I went to go turn on the faucet, heard some splashing, ran back in quickly, and I saw my pug pouncing in front of the tank. He was pouncing on a little discus
it was too late when I finally caught my pug. The pug had already punctured it's brain or spine, so it was too late Here was the victim
And here is the offender
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