Well yeah angles nip. When that oscar gets big I bet he would rip up a angle.
I would not try it. But you never know till you try.
I would not try it. But you never know till you try.
oscar compatability
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it is the kind of thing where you can try it, but have a plan in place to separate if the oscar gets too aggressive for less bulky and more passive angelfish
Well based on everyones responses i have decided not to get an oscar
for a 100 gallon tank, mainly since ive already got the young angelfish last month that are in the 45 long which hopefully this weekend be upgraded to 100 gallon.
for a 100 gallon tank, mainly since ive already got the young angelfish last month that are in the 45 long which hopefully this weekend be upgraded to 100 gallon.nc_nutcase;3630704; said:
yeah sorry i didnt really mean to exactly compare it i was just giving an example from my experience where an O had let a smaller fish live and tiger barbs are very nippy so it surprised me as i thought the Os would tire of them quickly and eat them but they didnt but your right personality wise angels are different from barbs so it wouldnt be an exact comparison
Anyone here actually talking from real experience of actually having kept the two fishes together for some time, or merely speculating as to what they would think would/should happen??
Angelfish are very deep bodied, even at a very young age. Their desighn is to prevent being easily swallowed. Back in the 70's, when I was a kid, a young angelfish was one of the very few fish I could buy from a pet shop that could be added directly to my CA/SA tank with out having to be grown up ( so it wouldn't get swallowed). Angelfish were seldom bothered and usually left alone. Had a very large and impressive angelfish for almost 5 years with large oscars in a 4 ft. 100 gal. ---- but also RD. One day the Red Devil bit the angelfish and totally destroyed it's head in one little bite. But of course that's aggressive CA
Had angelfish with oscars a few times since ------ even had oscars lay eggs and totally ignore a group of angelfish that always hovered above them in a 6' X 2' x2' tank!!!!!
My experience keeping oscars with angels is that the oscars ignore them; leave them alone. I know of others with very similar experiences. But of course it's high risk , as one bite from a mature oscar, though nothing really like an RD bite, could severely injure or even kill a fragile angelfish.
If you try it, I would suggest having a large enough tank ( 150 gal or more), and have other tankmates as well to pre-occupy the oscars. No gaurantee that it will work, as is the case in any cichlid tank, as there are always many variables involved.
Angelfish are very deep bodied, even at a very young age. Their desighn is to prevent being easily swallowed. Back in the 70's, when I was a kid, a young angelfish was one of the very few fish I could buy from a pet shop that could be added directly to my CA/SA tank with out having to be grown up ( so it wouldn't get swallowed). Angelfish were seldom bothered and usually left alone. Had a very large and impressive angelfish for almost 5 years with large oscars in a 4 ft. 100 gal. ---- but also RD. One day the Red Devil bit the angelfish and totally destroyed it's head in one little bite. But of course that's aggressive CA
Had angelfish with oscars a few times since ------ even had oscars lay eggs and totally ignore a group of angelfish that always hovered above them in a 6' X 2' x2' tank!!!!!
My experience keeping oscars with angels is that the oscars ignore them; leave them alone. I know of others with very similar experiences. But of course it's high risk , as one bite from a mature oscar, though nothing really like an RD bite, could severely injure or even kill a fragile angelfish.
If you try it, I would suggest having a large enough tank ( 150 gal or more), and have other tankmates as well to pre-occupy the oscars. No gaurantee that it will work, as is the case in any cichlid tank, as there are always many variables involved.
