225 gallon tank stocking help

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AnthonyFish20

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1 jardini arowana
2-4 oscars
if there is more room
8 silver dollars
I have all these fish growing out in 60 and 65 gallon they are all 4inch and under and getting tank in 2 weeks
 
Sweet tank. Male oscars may fight a lot if females are around. Jardini possibly go berserk and kill some of them too. But it could work, just might not long term.
 
Im fine with tht My oscars need something better Ill have a few caves for them to hide in

Oscars are not cave hiders. They tend to occupy open water and fight over feeding grounds and mates. If an oscar is in a cave it means hes stressed out and hiding.

Imo, if you want a jardini tank, jettison the oscars and silver dollars. Ive never kept one, but common wisdom is a jar needs lots of space and its hit or miss as far as them accepting tankmates. I think you have a golden opportunity to grow a nice, fat jar fast in a tank like that by his lonesome. Adding the oscars will only stack up your bioload, strain your maintenance, increase competition for food, and increase stress on your fish once they become mature and territorial. If you keep that water pristine and load him up with good food the jar will be much better off a year from now I'll wager.

If anything i hear jars are pretty tolerant of bottom dwellers so maybe a shoal of pim cats would work.
 
Oscars are not cave hiders. They tend to occupy open water and fight over feeding grounds and mates. If an oscar is in a cave it means hes stressed out and hiding.

Imo, if you want a jardini tank, jettison the oscars and silver dollars. Ive never kept one, but common wisdom is a jar needs lots of space and its hit or miss as far as them accepting tankmates. I think you have a golden opportunity to grow a nice, fat jar fast in a tank like that by his lonesome. Adding the oscars will only stack up your bioload, strain your maintenance, increase competition for food, and increase stress on your fish once they become mature and territorial. If you keep that water pristine and load him up with good food the jar will be much better off a year from now I'll wager.

If anything i hear jars are pretty tolerant of bottom dwellers so maybe a shoal of pim cats would work.
The Jardini is smaller than the oscar rn so He wouldnt be able to harm them and sinse hes young he can grow up with them btw he is not small enough to fit in their mouths
 
The Jardini is smaller than the oscar rn so He wouldnt be able to harm them and sinse hes young he can grow up with them btw he is not small enough to fit in their mouths

Yeah well if youre asking whether the tank will hold them all i would say yes. Just be prepared to deal with some territorial aggression in a few months when your fish have grown. Ive heard that once jardinis hit 7-8" all bets are off as to their behavior. They could be saints could be serial murderers.

The other point i was making was maintenance related. 1 jar+4 Os+school of SD will be heavy once they are full grown. Just be prepared to do heavy twice a week water changes in order to maintain a healthy tank.

Good luck with your tank man. I love a nice oscar tank.
 
Yeah well if youre asking whether the tank will hold them all i would say yes. Just be prepared to deal with some territorial aggression in a few months when your fish have grown. Ive heard that once jardinis hit 7-8" all bets are off as to their behavior. They could be saints could be serial murderers.

The other point i was making was maintenance related. 1 jar+4 Os+school of SD will be heavy once they are full grown. Just be prepared to do heavy twice a week water changes in order to maintain a healthy tank.

Good luck with your tank man. I love a nice oscar tank.
Thx I got 3 albino reds and 1 red oscar the albino red and red I hope become a pair but dont at the same time cause u know
 
If your looking for a cave fish you be better off with something like a Lima shovelnose.
 
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