I really messed up!

[Tigroscr]

I just did probably one of the dumbest things I've probably ever done in my bleepin life! Converted over my 55 g to a 75 g with last weekend which I really like btw but one thing I don't like is in the white pfs everything shows up including uneaten food and of course fish poo! so I went out last Saturday and bought some more yo-yo loaches cuz i have them in my 40g and think they're the greatest at cleaning up left over food! So anyway to make a long story short I did qt them btw for about 6 days and everything seemed fine with them and I had purchased them from a reputable lfs. Well my bright stupid idea was to put them in my 75 g with my Oscar! STUPID idea I put 4 of them in there and within a matter of 5 minutes he ate 2! I'm so darn mad @ myself!! Please don't hate me! It was very stupid and I would never do it again! I don't even feed the big guy live fish! Luckily I was able to get the other 2 out. there went 12.00 down the drain! But I don't even care about the stupid money! Poor little yo-yo's didn't even stand a chance! I sure wish there was something I could get that would clean up the uneaten food that he won't eat, any ideas? :-(

 

[BakerBoy17]

Gravel vacuum. Or some sort of pleco. They can handle themself. But either way you need to vacuum because the poop

 

[Tigroscr]

Gravel vacuum. Or some sort of pleco. They can handle themself. But either way you need to vacuum because the poop

Yeah I just set up the tank Saturday and have already vacuumed twice.

 

[BakerBoy17]

Ya they're messy. I've had two. I'm not really sure about the poop. But for left over food just get a pleco. (not common)

 

[Flossie]

Don't feel bad. I think I killed a neon by squishing him with the fish net ( I did feel bad

 

[BakerBoy17]

Don't feel bad. I think I killed a neon by squishing him with the fish net ( I did feel bad

I read that thread... sorry about that..

 

[Flossie]

I read that thread... sorry about that..

See I'm a murderer... Haha

 

[BakerBoy17]

Nahh. Alot was probably from stress and stuff.

 

[Tigroscr]

So it looks like I'm stuck with plecos! I love plecos but I kinda wanted something else, I already have
a pleco in my 75 g and he does an ok job at getting the leftover food but he doesn't really aerate the sand like loaches do! I thought about some kind of shrimp but I'm sure they would get eaten too! :-(

 

[JoeBob]

Hey man, everybody makes mistakes! Don't beat yourself up. I've got an african featherfin I bought about 6" long. He cleans up GREAT and he ain't skeered! He coexists with cherry barbs, angels, rams, and an albino pleco and they look good too! Good luck.

 

[BakerBoy17]

I was gonna say snails but he would probably eat those too.. this is why I no longer have oscars.. haha I love them to death though. They have so much personality.

 

[alLexX]

ive heard of striped raphael cats being kept with oscars,they get pretty big and are covered in spikes

 

[Tigroscr]

What do u guys think about ottos? He won't eat them if they're a decent size. What's really unusual is he's normally such a picky eater he normally only eats his cichlid pellets and turns his nose up at everything else I've tried to give him a varied diet but he won't even touch beefheart and most oscars love it! I still feel so bad about those poor little yo- yo's poor little guys didn't even stand a chance. They were so small too I've never seen any that small! The ones I have in my 40g were at least 2 inches when I got them now they're about 4 in. But these are probably only an inch if even that I should have known better! My bad :-(

 

[BakerBoy17]

Don't feel bad, everyone makes mistakes