bullying oscars

[Cassie280264]

I have a large tiger oscar in a 400 litre tank he bullied the other oscar
until it died I would like to add another oscar but am worried about the
bullying happening again I do regular water changes and feed a good diet but
when I bought my oscar he had small indentations in the head area I dont know
if this is a sign of hole in the head disease as I haven't seen the first
stages of this disease before although this haven't got any worst. I was
wondering if I should start again with baby oscars instead of fully grown ones
I am not new to keeping cichlids as I kept malawi's for years by the way my
water conditions are fine and my ph is 7.2 also how many fully grown oscars
can I keep in my tank I thought 2-3 will be the limit without overcrowding any
suggestions thankyou

[Margolis]

"Cassie280264" > wrote in message
...
> I have a large tiger oscar in a 400 litre tank he bullied the other oscar
> until it died I would like to add another oscar but am worried about the
> bullying happening again I do regular water changes and feed a good diet
but
> when I bought my oscar he had small indentations in the head area I dont
know
> if this is a sign of hole in the head disease as I haven't seen the first
> stages of this disease before although this haven't got any worst. I was
> wondering if I should start again with baby oscars instead of fully grown
ones
> I am not new to keeping cichlids as I kept malawi's for years by the way
my
> water conditions are fine and my ph is 7.2 also how many fully grown
oscars
> can I keep in my tank I thought 2-3 will be the limit without overcrowding
any
> suggestions thankyou



that tank is only suitable for 1 oscar, imho. They generally don't like
companions once they start maturing a little.
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[ben ritchey]

| C> I have a large tiger oscar in a 400 litre tank he bullied the other
| C> oscar until it died I would like to add another oscar but am worried
| C> about the bullying happening again I do regular water changes and

My experience with Tiger Oscars has been the same, eventually they just get
mean and the biggest one usually is the sole survivor ...

| C> again with baby oscars instead of fully grown ones I am not new to

If they are reasonably close to the same size then possibly yes, if nothing
else they will be evenly matched <g>.

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