Just Purchased A White And Gold Oscar From Wal-Mart. Can I Place It In A Tank With A Large Angelfish And 2 Blue paridise Fish? Also Have A Large Peletomus Cat At The Bottom. I Know Oscars Are Bossy Fish But Is This Combination Compatible?
2007-12-03 09:50:42 · 6 answers · asked by Pistol_Packin_Neva_Slackin 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
Its A Small Oscar I Know They Grow Large But My Angelfish Is No Guppy
2007-12-03 09:57:32 · update #1
What IS The Growth Rate With A Oscar And Lifespan?
2007-12-03 09:58:46 · update #2
Thanks For The Fast Info....How About My Bottom Feeder? He Is about 8 inches long
2007-12-03 10:05:03 · update #3
The Blue Paridise Fish Breath From The Surface. So Could I Add Them In My Old Betta Vase?
2007-12-03 10:07:35 · update #4
Thanks Agian Soup-nazi, But i Just Have 1 angel....Anouther Thing i WAs Just Reading My Oscar Is White With Gold Shiny Stipes Please Tell Me This Is Natural And Not A Painted Fish, Cause If It IS It Will Lose Color And Will Not Intrigue Me..So If This Is True The Oscar Will Go Back before I Mess Up My 8 Mounth Comunnity Tank.
2007-12-03 10:26:46 · update #5
Define "large"... In this case, large might be 100 gallons... Anything less than that, and you will soon see your Paradise and Angels disappearing into the Oscar's diet... Either way, anything much less than 75 gallons is going to be trouble in the future...
Soop Nazi
EDIT: Oscars should grow about an inch per month for the first year, and slow down a little after that until they reach about 14-16 inches... They will grow MUCH faster than the Angels and Gouramis, so the two will soon be on the menu...
EDIT 2: Paradise Gouramis will reach 3-4 inches, which is a bit big for a vase, and they are not the cleanest of fish, and could soon poison themselves with their own excretements. A 5-10 gallon tank would be the bare minimum to keep them in, in my opinion. The Pleco will be massive, so again, he will need a nice sized tank... If you give them a 75 gallon tank, you'd be fine if you got rid of the Angels and left the Plecostomus and Oscar together... If you want to keep the Angels, you should really have about 100 gallons to give the Oscar room so he doesn't get "cramped" and lash out at the Angel...
EDIT 3: As John said, it's an Albino Tiger Oscar, which is simply a naturally occuring genetic mutation that took special breeding to bring out, not dyes, painting, or injections.
2007-12-03 09:58:02 · answer #1 · answered by nosoop4u246 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
The Oscar you have is an Albino Tiger Oscar. And as far as keeping it with your others, well, it would be okay for a while. You just want to make sure that you never feed it live food, like guppies. I have kept oscars with Gouramis, Bala Sharks, Paradise, and even Angelfish myself. Once the Oscar gets larger you would probably want to put it in a tank alone or with others as large as it.Good Luck.
2007-12-03 10:59:20 · answer #2 · answered by John E 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yum! Mr. Oscar will be dining on Angel fish and gouramies!
2007-12-03 09:53:21 · answer #3 · answered by SusieQ 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
no buddy no it will beat the crap out of your angelfish..and will probably have a nice little feast in the middle of the night...so NO!!!...make sure you have big tank for mr. oscar ya
2007-12-03 11:15:29 · answer #4 · answered by cherryxliner 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no oscars can be realy mean and will stress out your angelfish
2007-12-03 09:53:42 · answer #5 · answered by misti 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
id better just say this off the bat. dont buy fish from walmart. their fish are diseased and inferior.
2007-12-03 11:18:57 · answer #6 · answered by FishRfine 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋