Oscars are brilliant fish and it should become a sterotype of them.
Toni's Quiet place
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This is why we should all respect our scaled pets they are smart lol.[/Q
My big electric yellow lab cichlid has landscaped it's white sand with blue gravel highlights substrata into wave-like dunes and some it piled around the sandstone castle making it look like a ruin. Pretty artistic for some arbitrary plowing and sifting.
That's a pufferfish nest! Love me some puffers, even though they are prone to biting off divers' fingers and even brass regulator valves. Such innocent faces. Such evil geniuses.
Am loving Oscars too. My little albino tiger (technically lutino) was lonely after I separated her from her blood parrot friend, realizing that the blood parrot would likely get eaten in the Arowana tank. I tried to get her a female red Oscar companion so we wouldn't have breeding aggression issues. The two reds I looked at were too small to sex so I bought both. They turned out to be a bonded pair... exactly what we were trying to avoid.
The logical thing to do would be to rehome the male. The soft squishy part of me sees the two of them constantly side by side--touching or almost touching each other at all times--and says, "I cannot do that on moral grounds." Sigh.
Am loving Oscars too. My little albino tiger (technically lutino) was lonely after I separated her from her blood parrot friend, realizing that the blood parrot would likely get eaten in the Arowana tank. I tried to get her a female red Oscar companion so we wouldn't have breeding aggression issues. The two reds I looked at were too small to sex so I bought both. They turned out to be a bonded pair... exactly what we were trying to avoid.
The logical thing to do would be to rehome the male. The soft squishy part of me sees the two of them constantly side by side--touching or almost touching each other at all times--and says, "I cannot do that on moral grounds." Sigh.
I've seen the documentary of the puffer building that nest. That blew my mind. That was perfectly done by a intelligent fish.
Get another tank and another companion for your albino Tiger. You said your reds were small. Still small? Could get a small tank for now until the reds grow and give you time to find a reasonable larger one on sale or Craigslist or your local want ad periodical. Just an idea
I have to find a companion for my adult male electric yellow lab cichlid Phoenix and similarly can't sex young. Because of male aggression issues can't put him in with a larger male cichlid of mine. They were fine when they were little.
I have to find a companion for my adult male electric yellow lab cichlid Phoenix and similarly can't sex young. Because of male aggression issues can't put him in with a larger male cichlid of mine. They were fine when they were little.
Yeah, I suspect Sweet Pea the albino tiger and Pogo her blood parrot companion will be reunited in their very own digs.
The Oscar pair may be nasty when breeding but they will be in a 600 - 700 gallon silver Arowana tank with other large fish that can hold their own.
The Oscar pair may be nasty when breeding but they will be in a 600 - 700 gallon silver Arowana tank with other large fish that can hold their own.
I wouldn't be able to seperate them. Some people can believe all they want that animals and especially fish dont have emotions or could feel love. Maybe some are not wired that way but others like oscar I believe can.
My mate is my source of comfort in times of insecurity. He is my home. If some one were to seperate us, I could never see him again. I would be in all ways broken.
When I said "Get another tank and another companion for your Albino Tiger?" < I truly meant to put a question mark where the nearby arrow is pointing at end of the original sentence in the earlier post. Very sorry.
600-700 gallon tank. Wow. I have 10 tanks various sizes and proud of them all. For various reasons of personality conflicts and size differences, babies and fun ended up with that many. I use Safe as my water conditioner. Goes a long ways when you have quite a bit of water changes. Reasonably priced. It is concentrated, powdered version of Prime.
Cool thing you are thinking about doing for your fish Serpentine.
600-700 gallon tank. Wow. I have 10 tanks various sizes and proud of them all. For various reasons of personality conflicts and size differences, babies and fun ended up with that many. I use Safe as my water conditioner. Goes a long ways when you have quite a bit of water changes. Reasonably priced. It is concentrated, powdered version of Prime.
Cool thing you are thinking about doing for your fish Serpentine.
It is art for the same reasons we make art. To express one's self and to find a mate.. #fishdiditfirst lol
