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	4 inch oscar
Crazy_Coyote Hobbyist Posts: 126 Kudos: 103 Votes: 17 Registered: 05-Sep-2005	im getting a juvinile oscar chichlid and it will start out in my 29 gallon and will be moved into my 120 gallon, is a 4 inch oscar safe with the following fish 2 balas 1 rainbow shark 3 glass cats 1 rapheal cat 1 peacock eel 1 zebra pleco and the one im worried about my 2.2 inch albino corys this is in the 120 gallon, can a 4 inch oscar eat my 2.2 inch corys
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
DaMossMan Fish Guru Piranha Bait Posts: 2511 Kudos: 2117 Votes: 359 Registered: 16-Nov-2003	That oscar should be alone in the 29 gal until you move it to the larger tank, move it by the time it hits 6 inches. Wait any longer, you risk stunting the oscar.. Do water changes weekly and pay attention to your filter, feed small amounts of food a couple times per day and change up on the foods. Add other fish to the 29 once the oscar is no longer in there. It will bully the fish it can't eat, and will try to eat anything that will fit into it's mouth. I started several oscars in a 29 gal tank but only to 6 inch. The Amazon Nut...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	29 gal. will be fine for a lone Oscar, but don't put him with the other fish that you already have. Put him in the 120 gal. tank, but remove the Corydoras, as they might become snacks. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/s8xi5heh/my_photos http://www.geocities.com/s8xi5heh/classic_blue.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buzaqq/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	i would be careful with the glass cats, but other than that it should be ok for alittle whie.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
RustyBlade Mega Fish Posts: 987 Kudos: 1667 Votes: 391 Registered: 23-Apr-2003	I'd be watching that tank very carefully. Oscars, like people, vary from one to another. One can be peaceful and wouldn't harm a thing and another can be a terror and will have a go at everything in the tank. I found that oscars are actually nastier when they're smaller and get a little more placid as they get older. I'm not saying it wont work and it's certainly worth trying but definately keep an eye on it's tank mates
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
Patchy Enthusiast Posts: 224 Kudos: 195 Votes: 0 Registered: 25-Sep-2005	peacok eel will liekly become a snack, i watched in horror as my oscar sucked him from out of the gravel..small rainbow/albino sharks are easily eaten by oscars too. When they are young the sharks are quite skinny and oscar chomps them..it takes a while to go down but he will do it.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
susiq Hobbyist Posts: 101 Kudos: 68 Votes: 4 Registered: 14-Mar-2005	how did you get a zebra pleco???? Umm i would wait till its in the 120 before putting those fish in with him.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02


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