Green Terror .vs. Oscar
- Thread starter McFall
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I vote GT. I like both but...
Oscar Con: The Os are so messy. They grow faster and larger, eat more food, make a ton more waste (so more work). Prone to HILH no less then GTs are to internal parasites.
Oscar Pros: They USUALLY have less aggressive tendencies but with all fish it depends on personality.
GT Cons: More aggressive usually, Prone to internal parasite (can be avoided) It should be noted that Os are prone to HILH but can be avoided usually by keeping good water conditions just like the GT's problems can be avoided by diet.
GT Pros: Better looking imo, clean eater, depending on the temperament it can be kept with larger dithers or other cichlids with similar temperament depending also on tank size
Thats my $0.02
Oscar Con: The Os are so messy. They grow faster and larger, eat more food, make a ton more waste (so more work). Prone to HILH no less then GTs are to internal parasites.
Oscar Pros: They USUALLY have less aggressive tendencies but with all fish it depends on personality.
GT Cons: More aggressive usually, Prone to internal parasite (can be avoided) It should be noted that Os are prone to HILH but can be avoided usually by keeping good water conditions just like the GT's problems can be avoided by diet.
GT Pros: Better looking imo, clean eater, depending on the temperament it can be kept with larger dithers or other cichlids with similar temperament depending also on tank size
Thats my $0.02
thanks for the info!
McFall;4217396; said:
OSCARS!
I am not sure of where Wickliffe, Ohio is, but there is a good price on 3" lemmon oscars as well as other types.
http://www.tfdfish.com/PriceList.pdf
I have been told to avoid "blueberry" oscars as they are not natural and dyed.
I vote oscar mainly because I have one and haven't owned a GT before. I have however owned many types of cichlids and so far the oscar is by far one of my favs. Only fish I own now that I like more than my O are my dats.
The GT packs a lot of color, but as many people have already said, it doesn't have the same personality as the oscar. Now I've never kept either of these, but the stories I hear about people and their oscars are amazing. It's definitely on my list of "fish to have before I die", but so is the GT but not for the same reasons.
Im not really worried about having a fish that interacts with me haha, i love the way the GTs look over an oscar, and have heard they are less messy eating wise. Also could a senegalus be kept with a GT?
