Something You Don't See Every Day-Thought I'd Share
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i've had the oscar since he was around 2", almost 3 years now. he's never been fed live foods other than worms and insects, and gets NLS pellets as a staple. originally it was just the oscar and the severum and 2 plecos were added in early 2010. plants have been in the tank since february of this year, around the same time i started off by adding 15 giant danios as a test dither with the oscar. he chased the crap out of them for about a day but never caught any. after that it was like he just gave up all hope. a couple weeks later i tried 5 bolivian rams and with the danios swimming in the free space he never even paid any attention to the rams. i went away for 3 weeks between april and may and my wife had to care for the tank in my absence, but to my surprise they were all still alive when i got back. the stock worked out well, but i didn't like that the danios were not really part of the "biotope", so wanted to introduce more amazon/SA fish to replace them. i added 15 lemon tetras in mid may, he got one of those the first day so i got another to replace it shortly after. at the beginning of june i added 30 black neon tetras, again he got one of those the first day but none after that. last week petsmart was having a sale on the lamp eye tetras for $1ea, so i brought the giant danios in to a local LFS for store credit and picked up 15 of those and added them.
the tank looked too crowded, especially since the lemon tetras and black neon didn't school as much and it just looked a little too crazy for my taste with so many fish. i removed 5 of the lemon tetras, 4 of the black neons, and 5 of the lamp eye tetras.
stocklist now is the oscar, severum, plecos, 5 bolivian rams, 10 lemon tetras, 10 lamp eye tetras, and 25 black neons. i don't know why the oscar suddenly decided to leave the plants alone when i put them in this last time in february, he never tolerated plants when he was smaller and was far more aggressive towards tankmates (oscars, SDs, festivum)
the tank looked too crowded, especially since the lemon tetras and black neon didn't school as much and it just looked a little too crazy for my taste with so many fish. i removed 5 of the lemon tetras, 4 of the black neons, and 5 of the lamp eye tetras.
stocklist now is the oscar, severum, plecos, 5 bolivian rams, 10 lemon tetras, 10 lamp eye tetras, and 25 black neons. i don't know why the oscar suddenly decided to leave the plants alone when i put them in this last time in february, he never tolerated plants when he was smaller and was far more aggressive towards tankmates (oscars, SDs, festivum)
Maybe your oscar only likes processed/junk food. No wonder he's like a couch potato who doesn't want to work for his food 
Maybe your oscar only likes processed/junk food. No wonder he's like a couch potato who doesn't want to work for his food
lol, lazy fish
nice setup though! very unusual for sureThis is a perfect example of how compatability between fish can vary so widely between individuals. Glad it's working out for you.
No you do not see that everyday but I am not surprised. It is possible that he may have been raised with them.
no i've had the oscar for three years and got him at 2". he was raised around another oscar mostly until around 8", then with some red hook SD and festivum for a while before i got the severum.