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Can a Dojo loach go with an oscar.

I would say no as it is more of a cold water fish and temperatures that would be appropriate for a Oscar would be too high for the dojo.

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But Would he get eaten buy a oscar.

since dojos are long and thin- yes, they would be eaten

I dont know if a Dojo Would get eaten by an Oscar. My large Dojo Loaches are very large, I doubt any Oscar would try eating them. Besides Dojos are very very fast. A full grown Dojo will easily reach a foot in length, and if fed Enough (the key here) a Dojo loach should NOT be thin by any means. My Dojos are both about 1.5 inches tall from belly to back, and equally as thick through, and 7 and 9 inches long. If your Dojo is "thin" you should feed him more. I would say if the Oscar is small, and the Dojos are big, you could do it.
And Dojos are very tolerant species, I keep mine with tropical fish in 84F water.


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Another key is hiding places, although if not provided they'll make their own, even burrowing completely into the substrate.

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It just depends on the sizes of each fish. The oscar is not generally aggressive and will only eat things that will fit in it's mouth. Even if the dojo was small enough to fit, I doubt the oscar would be able to catch it. If you have substrate that the dojo can burrow in then they spend a lot of time burrowing anyway. I have kept them together with no problems. Anytime I see anything try to pick on a dojo, they try to slash their barbels at them in defense which usually hinders the other fish (I have seen this also with large severums and my large dojo as well).

I agree that the temperature differences are not necessarily a prime condition for either fish. Dojo's generally are supposed to have much colder water than your regular tropical fish, whereas your oscar should have warmer temps. The dojo can live just fine in the warmer temperatures, they just say it will shorten their life span if they are kept in higher temps. Good luck!

when i say "thin" i mean a full grown oscar has a large mouth compared to a small newly bought dojo.- Mine arent skinny,and are well fed.

Fine grain would work right any thing larger. Is there any other loach that can live with an oscar .

Last edited by riri1 at 17-Apr-2005 18:16

well its not a loach but i have dinosaur eels and they are long and skinny like a dojo loach. they can be aggressive though, i bought some neons when i first was starting out and by morning they were gone. the dinosaur eel has kind of a catfish face and really cool looking spikes/fins on thier backs. and they can grow as large as a dojo, and they like the warmer waters (i keep mine at 80'F). they are deffinatly my favorite in my tank. but like i said not a loach, so maybe not what you are looking for.

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I don't know if this was asked but how big is your tank??

Depending on that I can offer some tankmates for you IME.

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