Flowerhorn and oscars

[Hello fish keppees]

Can I keep a flowerhorn with these fish

I have a 6x2.5x2.5 with 3 oscars, 2 gold Severus, a polleni, a salfin pleco and 5 geophagus I am upgrading to a 8x2,5x2.5 in the near future.
All the fish are around 6-8cm and the flowerhorn would be the same.
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Magnus_Bane]

Can I keep a flowerhorn with these fish

I have a 6x2.5x2.5 with 3 oscars, 2 gold Severus, a polleni, a salfin pleco and 5 geophagus I am upgrading to a 8x2,5x2.5 in the near future.
All the fish are around 6-8cm and the flowerhorn would be the same.
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

I would say no. Generally speaking a Flowerhorn is a solo pet for a reason. They are highly aggressive and territorial and don't make for good tank mates in most situations. If you do decide to get one anyways I would highly recommend having a spare 55-80g up and running just incase the Flowerhorn decides to go full psychopath on the other fish. Personally I would vote against adding the Flowerhorn to that settup, they are just too aggressive ime.

 

[Hello fish keppees]

I would say no. Generally speaking a Flowerhorn is a solo pet for a reason. They are highly aggressive and territorial and don't make for good tank mates in most situations. If you do decide to get one anyways I would highly recommend having a spare 55-80g up and running just incase the Flowerhorn decides to go full psychopath on the other fish. Personally I would vote against adding the Flowerhorn to that settup, they are just too aggressive ime.

Yeah fair enough I have a spare 70 gallon which I could put him but I don’t know if that’s too small for one as I have neve kept one. Do you think that would work? If not I’ll just forget about buying a flowerhorn.

 

[Gourami Swami]

I think a 70 would be fine for a solo FH, definitely for a shortbody. If the tank is 48"x18" it should be minimum (but still adequate) for normal FH.

 

[Kelly_Aquatics]

ya skip the flower horn in the community you might have a problem with the oscars bullying the other fish when they are full grown. My oscars are crazy aggressive but not all are. a 70g is good for a FH as long as it has a 48x18 footprint

 

[Hello fish keppees]

ya skip the flower horn in the community you might have a problem with the oscars bullying the other fish when they are full grown. My oscars are crazy aggressive but not all are. a 70g is good for a FH as long as it has a 48x18 footprint

I think a 70 would be fine for a solo FH, definitely for a shortbody. If the tank is 48"x18" it should be minimum (but still adequate) for normal FH.

Yeah it’s a 48x18x18 and I’ll get a a single FH in there. I wont get a short body as their lifespan is shortened. Thanks for the help.