my 19 yr old cousin has a 150 gallon tank with several cichlids red terrors, buttis, manguense, gt, and so on----all of his fish are 1.5-2 inches in length...he has an oscar about 6 maybe 7 inches that has some sentimental value to him
and he still lives at home with his parents in his medium sized bedroom----his question to me was because his space is unbelievably limited and he cant set up another tank due to space and electrical bills, would it work if he placed a 20 gallon long with a lockable screen top inside of his 150 sort of a tank inside a tank and lock the oscar inside the 20, he's afraid the much larger oscar will eat his cichlids----i've never heard of this idea but dont see no reason it wouldnt work until his cichlids put on some size--my only question would be how would he feed the oscar without him getting out---i suggested a divider but he's hell bent on this idea---would it work
and he still lives at home with his parents in his medium sized bedroom----his question to me was because his space is unbelievably limited and he cant set up another tank due to space and electrical bills, would it work if he placed a 20 gallon long with a lockable screen top inside of his 150 sort of a tank inside a tank and lock the oscar inside the 20, he's afraid the much larger oscar will eat his cichlids----i've never heard of this idea but dont see no reason it wouldnt work until his cichlids put on some size--my only question would be how would he feed the oscar without him getting out---i suggested a divider but he's hell bent on this idea---would it work