As of late I have officially made the decision to part with my carpintis ( 
) and bought a young red oscar who will be the centerpiece of my 75 once it gets set up. He's currently in the 55 starting to grow, about 3" at this point. I felt I owed it to him to get him too, because my 90 that I had last year was going to be an oscar tank until it leaked and I had to give that dream up... until now!
I'm also starting up a small breeding project with my male HRP Rio Danli and am getting 4 young HRP rio danli to put in with him in his 20 long and hopefully get him to choose a female from them.
In the process of getting those 4 (which will ship Tuesday), I also got a great deal and am getting 4 young (approximately 1") cutteri. My plan is to introduce them into the 55 with the oscar (which he also has some tiger barbs so he doesn't "own" the tank yet) and letting them pair off naturally.
Will this work out in the 75 with the Oscar and a pair of cutteri? I figure the oscar that I currently have is pretty passive, and the cutteri will be semi-aggressive as a pair and hopefully that should balance out providing their territory is on one half of the new tank (I'll be putting some sort of pot in one of the corners that hopefully they'll choose to breed in).
What are your thoughts and/or concerns?
Oh and here's the oscar
) and bought a young red oscar who will be the centerpiece of my 75 once it gets set up. He's currently in the 55 starting to grow, about 3" at this point. I felt I owed it to him to get him too, because my 90 that I had last year was going to be an oscar tank until it leaked and I had to give that dream up... until now!I'm also starting up a small breeding project with my male HRP Rio Danli and am getting 4 young HRP rio danli to put in with him in his 20 long and hopefully get him to choose a female from them.
In the process of getting those 4 (which will ship Tuesday), I also got a great deal and am getting 4 young (approximately 1") cutteri. My plan is to introduce them into the 55 with the oscar (which he also has some tiger barbs so he doesn't "own" the tank yet) and letting them pair off naturally.
Will this work out in the 75 with the Oscar and a pair of cutteri? I figure the oscar that I currently have is pretty passive, and the cutteri will be semi-aggressive as a pair and hopefully that should balance out providing their territory is on one half of the new tank (I'll be putting some sort of pot in one of the corners that hopefully they'll choose to breed in).
What are your thoughts and/or concerns?
Oh and here's the oscar
