The wonderful oscar!!!! - Aquarium Advice

cichlid555 · 04-05-2005, 12:59 AM

Give detail and stories about oscars around the world!!! are they cool do are they agressive you know those kinds of things!!!!!!!!!

AR15 guy · 04-05-2005, 01:12 AM

Everyone I have had has been to aggressive to keep with anything...except convicts.

Of similar size of course.

Convicts are by far the meanest fish I have ever kept. I have kept them with green terrors, dempseys, piranha (pansy fish), and the like. They always pick on everyone. No matter what order they are added.

asaint · 04-05-2005, 07:30 AM

I have a couple mollies in a tank with my oscar. It appears the Oscar is either too lazy or too friendly to eat them. He just follows them around the tank and will sit in the water next to them staring off into space.

I also have a pleco in the tank with him who kinda lives under a shelf. The Oscar has never taken a nip at him but does frequently float down to the bottom and peer under the shelf.

I guess I got a friendly oscar!

Asaint

Tomegun · 04-05-2005, 10:00 AM

From what I have seen and been told about Oscars they aren't mean fish. However, they do like to eat and will eat anything that can fit in their mouth. After they eat they seem to just sit there.
I think different fish have different personalities. I had a Green Terror that was a terror. I have a Red Terror (don't know the correct name) that runs my tank now. When I first got my tank my Convict was my biggest fish. Now he has been passed up by 4 other fish.

04-05-2005, 12:59 AM	#1
cichlid555 Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: overland park kansas Posts: 107	The wonderful oscar!!!! Give detail and stories about oscars around the world!!! are they cool do are they agressive you know those kinds of things!!!!!!!!!

04-05-2005, 01:12 AM	#2
AR15 guy Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Barboursville WV Posts: 317	Everyone I have had has been to aggressive to keep with anything...except convicts. Of similar size of course. Convicts are by far the meanest fish I have ever kept. I have kept them with green terrors, dempseys, piranha (pansy fish), and the like. They always pick on everyone. No matter what order they are added. __________________ 38 [acronym:b78366a058="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:b78366a058] [acronym:b78366a058="Saltwater"]SW[/acronym:b78366a058], [acronym:b78366a058="Crushed Coral (if substrate) or Counter Current (if referring to a Protien skimmer) or cubic centimeter (if referring to a measure of volume)."]CC[/acronym:b78366a058], 40lbs base rock, 5lbs live, emporer 280, bio-wheel 330,tronic heater, 2 O. clowns, 1 firefish. 29 [acronym:b78366a058="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:b78366a058] [acronym:b78366a058="Freshwater"]FW[/acronym:b78366a058], boring...soon to be salt I think. 10 [acronym:b78366a058="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:b78366a058] [acronym:b78366a058="Saltwater"]SW[/acronym:b78366a058], 20lbs [acronym:b78366a058="Live sand"]LS[/acronym:b78366a058], 20lbs base rock, 1 unhappy domino damsel (he was in the 38...switched the percs and the damesel recently).

04-05-2005, 07:30 AM	#3
asaint Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: SD Posts: 32	I have a couple mollies in a tank with my oscar. It appears the Oscar is either too lazy or too friendly to eat them. He just follows them around the tank and will sit in the water next to them staring off into space. I also have a pleco in the tank with him who kinda lives under a shelf. The Oscar has never taken a nip at him but does frequently float down to the bottom and peer under the shelf. I guess I got a friendly oscar! Asaint __________________ www.cloudytanks.com: non-commercial aquarium filter review site

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04-05-2005, 10:00 AM	#4
Tomegun Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: MD/DC Posts: 11	From what I have seen and been told about Oscars they aren't mean fish. However, they do like to eat and will eat anything that can fit in their mouth. After they eat they seem to just sit there. I think different fish have different personalities. I had a Green Terror that was a terror. I have a Red Terror (don't know the correct name) that runs my tank now. When I first got my tank my Convict was my biggest fish. Now he has been passed up by 4 other fish.