Oscar?

[nickmax5]

Ok so im a big fan of mixed soth american/african tanks(please dont start telling me im a bad fish keeper and stuff like that the mixes I use work fine) ANYWAY! can an Oscar go in a mixed cichlid tank?

 

[---XR---]

yes

 

[nickmax5]

^thank you didnt know if they wouldnt be aggro enough are to aggro so I was making sure

 

[---XR---]

^thank you didnt know if they wouldnt be aggro enough are to aggro so I was making sure

all o's are different, some are aggresive some are very passive. so you really can't know. IME mine have been just big and dopey. great fish, very dopey..

 

[jawolfe1]

Of course make sure the oscar is close in size. In the past i've found that the younger the oscar is the better tank mate it makes, where as if the oscar is older and has only been by itself or only around other oscars they seem to be alot more agressive to other fish

 

[kendog1]

ive got O's in a tank now with alot more aggresive fish than they are and everyone seems to get along just fine, youllhave to try it out and see what works for your individual situation

 

[ikevi]

It worked for me... for about 6 months. Then my O decided he didn't want company and just killed about 5 full grown mbuna one night.

 

[SAP627]

yeah i think so

 

[Donnie_K]

I'm a n00b so my advice may not be very good, but I think your biggest concern there needs to be size. oscars get HUGE, as in 2 oscars for one 125 gallon tank huge. hope you have a big tank and some big fish.

 

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

the main issue with putting an oscar in a mixed mbuna tank is basically diet differences. There are other issues, such as an oscar being able to eat smaller mbunas, and the one that would concern me most is that mbunas will mercilessly harrass an oscar.

If it is mixing an oscar will some large haps in a large tank, then it shouldn't be a big issue as long as the o is acclimated to the water conditions the malawis prefer