Final Tankmate for Oscar & Jaguar Cichlid

[wolf96]

Red Hooks would be awesome.You could possibly do a bay snook. They may be too laid back though.

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Thanks for the recommendation of the Bay Snook....I will look into them as well.

 

[1bigdovii]

What do you think of 3 tinfoil barbs and 5 red hooks in 240 with the oscar and jag? Too much?

Thanks for the suggestions...I will definitely have some red hooks in there!

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That should work fine, just make sure you have good filtration.

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[wolf96]

After research I am strongly leaning to getting one Red Bay Snook and five Red Hook Silver Dollars.

Thanks to all for the information.

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[virgil2090]

red hooks or regular SD will look good,your lemon barb idea was good too.don't see them often.another bigger barb with great color is filament barbs.not always available.t-barbs get big too!

 

[Iwhoopedbatman]

I liked my Rosy barbs when I had them. They get big enough and you can keep a few more of them.

 

[shamrock]

Come to think of it a nice school of Red Hook Silver Dollars would look nice.

Any major problems with the Peacock Bass, other than possibly its adult size?

I have recently considered a Midas Cichlid or a Green Terror but I know it would be a toss up with the Jag and Oscar because of the possible aggression level of the Midas or Green Terror.

Decisions. Decisions.

Thanks for the responses so far.

Only problem with a Peacock Bass is weaning them off live food. I have done it but it took a lot of patience.

 

[Dial92]

have you ever thought of a birchir of any type? like a big endli or something like that

 

[wolf96]

I thought about a Bichir but thought that they might be too aggressive for the Lima Shovelnose Catfish.
Am I wrong? I have always found the Bichirs very fascinating.

Thanks for the suggestion.

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[Dial92]

they are really not that aggressive just hungry if you are worried about your shovelnose you can go with a smaller species like the sengalas that only gets around 10'' to a foot. i have a sen and he is really peaceful and my favorite fish. they have amazing personality. i have mine in with a 2 to 3 inch jaguar and they get along. i also have two endli's that are just babies in with my frontosa babies that are not but 2 to 3 inches. you could also go with a plamus

 

[Dial92]

here is my tank with all the fish i piled the stuff up so the big guys couldnt get the baby jag but the birchir could have easily got him buy actually was chases off by the jag.