Why don't you get a brown acara. I had one years ago who would attack my hand when I would clean his tank. He would nip and nip. That fish was a hardy tough little guy at 6 inches. As much personality as an oscar. Cichlasoma portagensi---brown acara
AGGRESSIVE CHICLID!!
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Ohhh I get it, all your silly posts make more sense now...you're a little kid. Knowing that, people here might start cutting you more slack from now on, Oscaroos. But for the record, we still won't put up with anything we consider abuse.
LoL, even your name is like a little guy's....you created your name from Underoos. Take care little buddy.
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oscaroo - while I applaud your enthusiasm, and the fact that you are doing research before you buy your next fish, as it now stands you don't have an aqequate sized tank for your current oscar. Right? So ideally the new tank should be for your oscar, and your then 'old' tank would be better suited for fish that won't get so big. Allan's suggestion about an Acara might be just the fish that would fit your 60 gallon tank. A 36x18 footprint really doesn't allow any type of monster aggressive fish. My advice, start small, get some experience under your belt, then start looking at larger tanks, and larger species of fish. Over time you'll have a lot more fun, and spend less time dealing with sick fish, such as your first oscar that came down with HITH. There's no rush, plenty of time for bigger tanks & monster fish.
oscaroo - while I applaud your enthusiasm, and the fact that you are doing research before you buy your next fish, as it now stands you don't have an aqequate sized tank for your current oscar. Right? So ideally the new tank should be for your oscar, and your then 'old' tank would be better suited for fish that won't get so big. Allan's suggestion about an Acara might be just the fish that would fit your 60 gallon tank. A 36x18 footprint really doesn't allow any type of monster aggressive fish. My advice, start small, get some experience under your belt, then start looking at larger tanks, and larger species of fish. Over time you'll have a lot more fun, and spend less time dealing with sick fish, such as your first oscar that came down with HITH. There's no rush, plenty of time for bigger tanks & monster fish.
I couldn't agree more, that's great advice.
oscaroo - while I applaud your enthusiasm, and the fact that you are doing research before you buy your next fish, as it now stands you don't have an aqequate sized tank for your current oscar. Right? So ideally the new tank should be for your oscar, and your then 'old' tank would be better suited for fish that won't get so big. Allan's suggestion about an Acara might be just the fish that would fit your 60 gallon tank. A 36x18 footprint really doesn't allow any type of monster aggressive fish. My advice, start small, get some experience under your belt, then start looking at larger tanks, and larger species of fish. Over time you'll have a lot more fun, and spend less time dealing with sick fish, such as your first oscar that came down with HITH. There's no rush, plenty of time for bigger tanks & monster fish.
Well said RD. Oscaroo, there are some fun species you can keep in a 60 gallon after you move your oscar to the new tank. I would recommend a male and female pair of convicts. They would do just fine in that size tank, are pretty aggressive for their size and will teach you the ropes of how to care for cichlids since they breed often. Good job trying to do some homework before you buy your fish. Nice job
oscaroo, it would have been good to mention in your first post in this thread that you wanted to house a fish by itself, instead of saying you wanted a fish that would beat up a midas or red devil. the way your post was worded, it made it look like you wanted to house two aggressive fish together and allow them to fight each other.
RD - well said!!!
RD - well said!!!
