What have you seen in the pet shop?

[Natrualbeauty22]

Oscar and Gourami? The manager said if fish grow up together they usually get along. Like dogs and cats who grow up together. What's your opinion on this one?


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[elephantnose]

I agree. Unless it's a fish that has aggression as an instinct.


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[Natrualbeauty22]

Wow


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[elephantnose]

It all comes down to the type of fish. An African cichlid is, an example where that won't work. But haven't you heard of getting all angels at a certain size so they get used to each other.


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[Natrualbeauty22]

No, I never heard of it. I'm fairly new to the hobby so everyday I learn something.


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[elephantnose]

This doesn't apply to everything tho. You can't put a small fish with a semi aggressive fish. An Oscar and a gourami may be fine now but when that Oscar pushes 8". It just might make a meal out of the gourami.


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[Natrualbeauty22]

Ya, that's what I'm thinking.


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[gilpi]

This doesn't apply to everything tho. You can't put a small fish with a semi aggressive fish. An Oscar and a gourami may be fine now but when that Oscar pushes 8". It just might make a meal out of the gourami.


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+1 Gourami would be fish food for the Oscar someday.

Unbelievable that a pet store "manager" would say something like this.
Does he know the rule of fish..."Big fish eats little fish"?
And to top it off, comparing cats and dogs to fish?

 

[Natrualbeauty22]

Ya they have the biggest selection of fish in my area but I am reconsidering taking there advice. I may be aquarist rookie but even I know this is a bad idea. In one tank they had blue rams in with Mollies. I'm not sure that's a good idea either. Check this out I feel so bad for this guy he is I'd say 5-6 feet long I know he needs more room than this!


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[Natrualbeauty22]

He's always looking for a way out


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[fishliker]

Unfortunately it's not uncommon to see these kinds of things in fish stores.


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[Fishinfreak]

Geeze. Look how skinny he is too

 

[seove]

I once saw a customer ask if he could put his hand in the tank to check the temperature and was allowed to do so.

 

[Natrualbeauty22]

Anything for a sale


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[Fishobsessed7]

Rams with mollies isn't bad IMO


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[keegster803]

for rams and mollies it could work, as mollies are top dwellers
But then again, mollies like a little brackish water, don't they?


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[Fishobsessed7]

for rams and mollies it could work, as mollies are top dwellers
But then again, mollies like a little brackish water, don't they?


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They are fine in completely salt and some are ok in brackish. Most of the ones you see in pet store have been in fresh their whole life


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[keegster803]

Ok


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[dragon14]

I once saw a customer ask if he could put his hand in the tank to check the temperature and was allowed to do so.

<:-0 ugh!

 

[emerald76]

I was just at a big box store and this poor guy bought a Betta and a ten gal. He wanted a heater and they were trying to convince him that he needed all these different water purifiers and java moss balls and more fish I was like just no. I tried to talk to him but no luck. Then I told an employee about my tank and they go "oh well African cichlids are great community fish" and "a goldfish or two would do great with a few oscars and your fish". I had told her that I had guppies, cories, tetras and rams. I told her African cichlids are not appropriate for a community tank and goldfish are cold water. She told me I was nuts and should listen to her as she knew what she was doing! I did get in a plug for AA with a family trying to get oscars for a twenty.


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