Oscar, texas and a midas????.

[Armand]

Hi.

How you think this cohab could turn out?... keeping an oscar, a midas and a Texas in a 100 gal tank?....should it work out?

 

[pshtex]

it could turn out terribly but it could work it is really up in the air

 

[burzumaske20]

My honest opinion would be that it won't work with having a Midas,Oscar,and Texas.You could possible get away with having a Oscar and a Texas in a 100 gallon, but I am not 100% sure with the dimensions are for your tank.You also have to remember those 3 cichlids grow pass 8 inches.

 

[Armand]

Im not doing it in short term, i am only exploring some possibilites of stocking for a possible furture 100 gal.

 

[Gruff Master]

IMO a 100 gallon is too small for a large Oscar and Midas. A Tex will grow smaller but it will still make the tank even more cramped.The other thing to consider is the aggression level in this tank. Both Midas and Texas Cichlids can be aggressive. Oscars are usually more docile but they too can be aggressive at times. If one of these fish becomes aggressive it could cause the set up to fail. Due to the potential adult sizes of the fish in question, the amount of swimming space they require, and their temperament, I think you should pass on this idea and try some other cichlids in the 100.

 

[Armand]

^^^^ What about if they are raised together since they are very young????

 

[Gruff Master]

^^^^ What about if they are raised together since they are very young????

That may solve the aggression issue but it does nothing for the lack of space that will come once these three fish reach adult sizes. Others may disagree and encourage this tank for the long term but I just can't see it as an appropriate set up for these types of fish.

 

[Armand]

That may solve the aggression issue but it does nothing for the lack of space that will come once these three fish reach adult sizes. Others may disagree and encourage this tank for the long term but I just can't see it as an appropriate set up for these types of fish.

What it would worry me the most about the issue of raising them together is size issue. i dont know about the growing pace of a midas and barely now about the texas but i am sure oscars grow pretty quickly so it may come to a point that oscar sees his tank mates as feeders.... what do you think?.

 

[pshtex]

i don't know if i really buy into that raise them together since they are young to ease aggression idea. fish are not like people or even mammals for that matter. there might be some truth to it but i see fish as more instinctual creatures, if it is their territory and they want someone gone they will attack until they are gone (one way or the other). now obviously they can learn and have learned behavior, like begging for food, but i think that is totally different issue from territorial/plain aggression in a fish.

 

[burzumaske20]

You may get lucky with the Oscar not even thinking about the tank mates as food, where I currently have a 11 inch Oscar with a few small tank mates for close to a year now in a 125 gallon.The whole raise them together is bs in my opinion, because I have purchased each tank mate at different times and my Oscar has never once thought of them as food, especially my Jack Dempsey.