Oscars with Pirahnas?

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hairdog;3343327; said:
I was just at the henry doorly zoo and they had oscars in with the pirahnas. But I would not try it at home. You can't see the pirahnas in picture but they are there. Also was a big midas in there

hahahahahaha:ROFL::ROFL:
they are pacus reds would kill the oscars easly or nip the tails off
 
luckydemonz3;3359364; said:
hahahahahaha:ROFL::ROFL:
they are pacus reds would kill the oscars easly or nip the tails off

hahahahahaha what?
 
lol large enough environment would work, too small fo a tank, no.

obviously it is possible as it happens in the wild it would just requre a setup where the space available is massive.

in a small setup I'd worry about the oscars interpreting the rbp's as food as you have to imagine baby fish of a different species are considered food.

wouldnt worry too much about fin nipping as the rbp's would likely shy away from the larger fish, shoot they shy away form most everything. lol
 
im telling you guys. i had, i no longer have due to a move and all my fish died. but i had a 30 gallon tank with a 5" tiger oscar, 4" rbp, 7" black crappie, 5" bluegill. they all survived each other. one piece of arching driftwood in the middle. the rbp stayed hidden between while the rest were roaming about. i barely fed them. feeding came once a week. the gill and oscar gets to food first, crappie ate nothing that i saw. but he lived even with rbp nibbling his tail off constantly, but thats how the rbp survived, eating fins. oscars condition was fine. wasnt stressed, fully colored, just finnicky, but aggressive as ever. thats what drove the rbp away from him. same with the gill. try it out. i had an all species tank. threw wutever i could get my hands on in there to see who'd survive. oddly enuf they found harmony.
 
hairdog;3343327; said:
I was just at the henry doorly zoo and they had oscars in with the pirahnas. But I would not try it at home. You can't see the pirahnas in picture but they are there. Also was a big midas in there



um buddy those are pacus people put those with oscars all the tim i had one with my oscars and he was fine but honsely i have rbp and you cant put anything with them at all:banhim:
 
eatyoualive;3361477; said:
um buddy those are pacus people put those with oscars all the tim i had one with my oscars and he was fine but honsely i have rbp and you cant put anything with them at all:banhim:

Listen, Hairdog said that they were Pacus, read the posts properly, its rediculous, this has happened 3 times in this thread. What do u mean:banhim:? you deserve to be banned more mate for picking fault.
 
hairdog;3343327; said:
I was just at the henry doorly zoo and they had oscars in with the pirahnas. But I would not try it at home. You can't see the pirahnas in picture but they are there. Also was a big midas in there

arnt these pacus?
 
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