Oscars battle????

[motomikey]

So I have 2 oscars that are locked lip to lip half the time in a constant battle. Any Ideas a on whats going on...?

 

[haynchinook334]

Tank size? Tank mates?

 

[motomikey]

its a 125 GAL 72", I will just list all the fish in the tank. 3 Oscars, 1 silver arowana, 1 bicher eel(small), 1 convect (small), 1 anoconda eel (small), 1 jack dempsey, and 2 plecos, and 1 parrot cichlid

 

[haynchinook334]

IME...oscar's work better in even numbers.

 

[motomikey]

So If I bought 1 more Oscar it would help....?

 

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

the issue seems to be conspecific aggression, so I'd look into possibly even separating them

 

[syndicate]

Maybe 2 of your oscars are a pair that might be why he is fighting the other one all the time

 

[vaine111]

Maybe 2 of your oscars are a pair that might be why he is fighting the other one all the time

Lol I just posted that in a different thread. Oh yeah X2.

 

[MonsterMinis]

the question is though.. are the lip lockers the pair or not? probably not. but it is possible, but likely it's territorial aggression from 2 males.