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What is you fav tetra spieces compatible with discus fish

I live in the lovely humid state of Indiana. My pond is about 2-3 years old. I have a pump and lots of algea plus acuple fish. BUt it is starting to look drab and not beautiful anymore . I just don’t know where to start

Any help would be great thanks. Jae

we have several cat fish in an aquarium at work some of them have changed colors in the past few weeks some remain a dark greenish brown and some are brighter one even changed to a pale gray …

I know you have to be patient because it may take some time but I’m just curious why they haven’t spawned yet. The water temperature is 75 degrees Fahrenheit, there are plants for her to hide, she’s ready, he’s ready and the tank they’re in is a 10 gallon. So what’s the problem?!? He can’t even catch her. She is really fast but he is only sorta fast. She examines his bubblenest then he chases her away. Sometimes she even destroys it! They both show interest in each other, but she mostly sits in a corner instead of in the plants I put in there for her. She doesn’t eat either. Is this normal??? If not, what’s wrong with them???
If age has anything to do with it, my female is 3-5 monthes old and my male is about a year and two months.
I’m not breeding them for money. I am going to keep them. I think it is horrible the way people store them. That is why I am not giving them to pet stores and/or Wal-Mart. The reason i bought my female betta was not to breed her. It only ended up that way. I got m y male from my Granny who is passed away now.
I have everything i need for the babies. I have a really big tank for the females and tons of medium tanks for the males. Plus I have this friend who really wants some fish so I am going to give her some betta. I don’t have any gravel in the tank and yes i have a filter.
I have already tried two other females. He hadn’t been as attracted to them as this one.
there are 6″ of water in my tank. i was on a betta breeder forum and they said 6″. the female shows signs she’s ready. she has vertical bars on her, her gravid tube is sticking out and she is swollen with eggs.

My son has a 5 gallon hexagon freshwater tank that previously housed a beta. I would like to have more than one fish in this tank so I don’t want to get another beta, but I do realize size limits my options. It is heated to 79 degrees, planted, has an airstone and some decorations, and has a bio filtration system. Any suggestion on some cool small fish that would work in this small tank? I don’t want guppies, neon or glowlight tetras, moons/platies, or sword tails because I already have these in my 35 gal. tank. I was leaning more towards a colorful cichlid, but most grow too big for this little tank. All suggestions are appreciated.