I have now a 120 gallon with one 5 inch Oscar. I would like to make it a cichlid tank. Would a Jaguar be too aggressive? GT?
120 Gallon...Oscar and ???
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I would prefer just the one oscar with at least one or two other fish. Is a GT or Jaguar too aggressive?
twhittle;734089; said:
jaguars can be territorial, but some are not very territorial, so it depends with them. a green terror should be fine, but if the tank is 4'x2'x2' then only have 2 fish, but if it has a 6 foot length you could keep something with them, but i wouldn't reccomend a jaguar, try a jd.
my buddy just put a 5inch jag in his tank w/2 8-9inch O's, in one week the O's were no longer alive, 75g tank. i recommend trying jacks, greenterrors, or festea,... depending on the color of your O.
I've got a 6x2x2 woth oscars and other cichlids including texas and they are very peaceful so i reckon you could try some texas cichlids.
Green Terrors, Red Terrors, Midas, Texas, Flowerhorns, and Jags. when they get older will usually be way too aggressive for Oscars.
Severums are a good match in my experience. JDs too.
Tinfoil barbs would work fine too if you want some non-cichlid tankmates.
I recently had to move some fish around, so I put my 12"+ Black Belt Cichlid in with 2 mated pair 10" oscars in their 6ft long 125 gallon tank. Initially the O's followed the Black Belt around with a little gill flaring. The Black Belt would avoid them (he was the newbie in their established tank). After 2 days the Black Belt turned the tables on the mated Oscar pair and started beating them up. The O's were kept to the upper corner of the tank, afraid for their lives. I had to move the Black Belt.
IMO, if I would have put the O's in the Black Belt's tank (his territory), he would have killed them in one night. Oscars are just not that aggressive as far as Cichlids go.
Whatever you try, have a backup plan in case you have to rescue the Oscars. Keep a good eye on them.
Good Luck.
Severums are a good match in my experience. JDs too.
Tinfoil barbs would work fine too if you want some non-cichlid tankmates.
I recently had to move some fish around, so I put my 12"+ Black Belt Cichlid in with 2 mated pair 10" oscars in their 6ft long 125 gallon tank. Initially the O's followed the Black Belt around with a little gill flaring. The Black Belt would avoid them (he was the newbie in their established tank). After 2 days the Black Belt turned the tables on the mated Oscar pair and started beating them up. The O's were kept to the upper corner of the tank, afraid for their lives. I had to move the Black Belt.
IMO, if I would have put the O's in the Black Belt's tank (his territory), he would have killed them in one night. Oscars are just not that aggressive as far as Cichlids go.Whatever you try, have a backup plan in case you have to rescue the Oscars. Keep a good eye on them.
Good Luck.