Can I house EBJD's as a pair?

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BassetsForBrown

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Hi, in my 90g aquarium with an Oscar, Blood Parrot, Pleco, EBJD, and a couple very small botia, would it be OK to add another EBJD? Or would having two of the same species likely result in conflict?

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Your tank is already full if you consider the adult size of all your fish.

What loaches are you going to add? A lot of them are schooling fish. Most are not compatible with an adult Oscar.


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Forgot to mention, the Oscar is 5 inches, current EBJD is 3.5-4 inches, Blood Parrot is 4 inches - but he's 3 years old so probably fully grown - and, the Pleco is around 6 inches. I plan to give the Pleco to a friend with a large indoor pond once it reaches 9ish inches, so my question is not regarding bioload, just compatibility.

The new EBJD would be the same size as the current one.

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Two ebjd's will produce very weak fry that will die quickly. Other than that I think it would be fine.
 
the blood parrot at 4 inches in 3 years, is not full grow, he some how got stunted. blood parrots get to 6 to 8 inch range SOMETIMES 10 inches, but yes you are at full stock.
 
Lupin said:
Your tank is already full if you consider the adult size of all your fish.

What loaches are you going to add? A lot of them are schooling fish. Most are not compatible with an adult Oscar.


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The Loaches are red tailed botia, I have 4,1inch ones with a good amount of PVC tubing under the substrate that no one else can fit into. Once the loaches cross about 2 inches they will also be going to my friend, until large enough to join his pond.

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Is this pleco a common pleco? If so, please just give it a favor and rehome it in your friend's pond so it can still have a chance to grow to its max potential size.

The lesser your fish, the better. You are actually giving all your fish a favor when you lessen the bioload. They have a good chance to grow to their max size, something you can be proud of.


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BassetsForBrown said:
Loaches are red tailed botia, I have 4,1inch ones with a good amount of PVC tubing under the substrate that no one else can fit into. Once the loaches cross about 2 inches they will also be going to my friend, until large enough to join his pond.

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Yasuhikotakia modesta? (I need to update myself on changes of scientific names with loaches.) They do get too big at 8 inches but are very aggressive.


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Lupin said:
Is this pleco a common pleco? If so, please just give it a favor and rehome it in your friend's pond so it can still have a chance to grow to its max potential size.

The lesser your fish, the better. You are actually giving all your fish a favor when you lessen the bioload. They have a good chance to grow to their max size, something you can be proud of.


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The Pleco is called a "sail fin" I believe.

The eventual residents of the aquarium would basically be the Oscar, Blood Parrot, and current EBJD. So in this case would and companion EBJD be able to fit in without the current once abusing him?


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