Sometimes GT's are to aggressive for oscars. Oscars are more mellow. A BP is fine with an oscar. I have an oscar and a BP together and they get along great. GT's are mighty aggressive and it will only get worse. BUT if you want to keep the oscar and PB you need a 120 gallon. If you want to keep just the GT he will be fine in the 55 gallon. You will be very over stocked. For now I would do 50% water change once a week.
Oscar "Growing up process"
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cacichlids;4984405; said:But they will kill each other long before they're fully grown due to lack of space.
Just because the fish can still "swim" doesn't mean there's enough space, most cichlids will mark territories as soon as they become sexually mature (which happens as early as 3 inches for Green Terrors), the footprint of your tank is what matters here, and each GT can take as much as 2 square foot of space for themselves.
These are not community fish, they see every other fish in the tank as either a mate (compatible females) or competition (everything else)... and they will do their best to drive the competition away... which will result in dead fish since they can't go anywhere.
And we're not even mentioning the bioload
Just curious, what kind of filtration you have and what are your water parameters?
I'm running a 100 Gallon Fluval 405 Canister Filter. My aquarium is moderatley planted and heavily aerated with a Top Fin 175 Gal aerator, running two 28 inch bubble wands. Last time i checked (about a week ago) it was at 8 PPM.
Besides the slight aggression shown between the GT (Which is soon to be removed) and the Oscar, for the most part the Dempsey and the Blood Parrot get along well from what i see. Alltogether i see no signs of illness in coloration, behavior, eating, etc.
Sorry, will get pictures up soon.
There is nothing wrong with having a Oscar in a 55 gallon for now,I would highly recommend getting a 100 plus gallon tank in the near future,like I did.
you have a Serious ammonia problem bud.... better start some water changes if you want your fish to live, i would get them out of there if you have another tank..
Ammonia should not be above .02, and youre at 4.3....
What you can do:
lower ph
water changes
Good luck, keep us posted
Ammonia should not be above .02, and youre at 4.3....
What you can do:
lower ph
water changes
Good luck, keep us posted
