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SilverArowanaBoi said:
Sounds like you have defective predators, LOL I wouldn't think the synos would eat the fish, neither the parrots nor the acaras or the severum...The only true predator you have is the Oscar, which sounds defective. Maybe get a redtail catfish or a gulper. OOOOH a gulper would take care of those pesky cichlids. I promise you that, but you may want to remove any fish you don't want eaten...
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LOL they're in different tanks.

The synos are basically bite toys for the oscar (depends on mood). I moved them to different tanks but every time they were with hrps they got skin stripped like they fell in a bag of cats.

Of the parrots one has a mouth big enough but can't catch. The other two love chasing hrps and cornering them. Fights ensue. I really think the parrots just get involved for the fighting, not eating.

The acaras came closest on several occasions and had ambush tactics in addition to directional speed. I think they just had bad luck because of large tank size and too much cover/escape hides for the fry (they would scatter too). I absolutely believe they would have picked off quite a few under different circumstances.

Severum was fast enough in a straight line to catch but couldn't switch gears/direction enough.

Anyone who has an oscar knows they don't spend energy chasing snacks. Brick would snap at the half grown ones but soon got bored once it was clear he couldn't catch with speed. Can't catch anything with 90 degree turns.
 
jjohnwm said:
This is funny because it's true! I think S SilverArowanaBoi must be the reincarnation of George Carlin...

The only one of those fish in your tank that could properly be considered a predator would indeed be your Oscar...or perhaps it would be more accurate to say he should be a predator...but he's not really an Oscar, is he? I mean...didn't you just post somewhere about him eating grasshoppers, but you had to break up crickets before he would eat them? That poor, misunderstood baby has you wrapped around his pelvic fin; he rolls those big bulbous eyes at you and you leap to service his every whim. Cutting up his food for him? Really???

You do get that he's a fish, right? :lol3:

I'll say it right now: I love Oscars. They get no respect simply because they are commonly available and seen all the time, but they are one of the coolest, smartest, most personable and most beautiful fish species we keep. They're the dogs of the fish world...and I love dogs!...but Brick is like a poodle in a dog show. You know, the big silly dog with his hair carefully coiffed and cut, a little ribbon tied in a bow on his head, a cute little jeweled collar, reclining on a luxurious quilted dog bed while his owner feeds him little goose-liver dog treats imported from France.

Brick would last about three hours if he ever had to fend for himself. He's most assuredly not a predator. Who would cut up his crickets for him? :ROFL:
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I break up the crickets because I spent money on the food and want him to eat it. I'm not picking out stuff and tossing it. He eats the grasshoppers whole so maybe he doesn't like the texture of whole crickets.

Predator? Maybe, maybe not. In my original thread I posted about how he bit the head of an adult severeum, who was never right after that and died from stress/ disease. Fish would just headstand 24/7 after being attacked. Long story but the severum kept messing with the oscar. The circle scar marks went around the severum's head. Brick was 1 y.o at the time.

In the same time window he peeled and gutted my adult syno Rex before breaking his spine and tail section. This happened during an emergency with the 225 tank stand splitting which forced me to put all the fish in a tub until I could get temporary bins. Next day the syno was destroyed before I could move them.
 
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jjohnwm said:
This is funny because it's true! I think S SilverArowanaBoi must be the reincarnation of George Carlin...

The only one of those fish in your tank that could properly be considered a predator would indeed be your Oscar...or perhaps it would be more accurate to say he should be a predator...but he's not really an Oscar, is he? I mean...didn't you just post somewhere about him eating grasshoppers, but you had to break up crickets before he would eat them? That poor, misunderstood baby has you wrapped around his pelvic fin; he rolls those big bulbous eyes at you and you leap to service his every whim. Cutting up his food for him? Really???
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I legit have no idea who George Carlin is XDXD I guess it's a good thing that I am the reincarnation of him? LOL
 
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FINWIN said:
Brick was 1 y.o at the time.
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Yep; he was still an Oscar then. That was in his pre-wuss stage.


He eats the grasshoppers whole so maybe he doesn't like the texture of whole crickets.
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I rest my case...:)


Interesting. Are they easy to care for?
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Excellent! You are at least considering the idea of coming to the dark side...:devil:
 
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[QUOTE="jjohnwm, post: 8505897, member: 171607"

Excellent! You are at least considering the idea of coming to the dark side...:devil:
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I'm concerned XD, I thought the dark side was highly aggressive cichlids (like dovii and jaguar), gars, arowanas, arapaimas, payaras and large catfish...not gobies XD.
 
Take out your phone and google "Marbled Goby".

While you're at it...google "George Carlin".

You're welcome! :)
 
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They (Gobiomorus dormitor) live up to their name.
They hardy ever move, they constantly hide in the shadows so don't need a light, don't need tank mates (they will eat them anyway), you don't need to clean algae because you hardly ever see them, and shouldn't; expect to.
A large old scratched up tank is perfect
Just provide enough culls, or fish that have been injured, for it to do the dirty work for you.
I've now got mine in a 180 gal tank, shaken enough by an earthquake that it only hold maybe 100 or 120 gallons of water, with no filtration except water lettuce, and a wave maker.
Its on the ground, under a down spout.
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I also agree with the marbled goby (Eleotris picta)
Had one of those for a while too, and was never plagued with too many fry,
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Beside culls, it would eat shrimp heads, and trimming from fish I'd eat.
Spent most of its time, buried in the substrate until feeding time.
 
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