red tiger oscar

Can any one help ?
will red tiger oscars go in with my malawi cichlids

Cheers Chris

"Chris Foster" wrote in message
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Can any one help ?
will red tiger oscars go in with my malawi cichlids

Cheers Chris
Oscars and Malawis sound like a bad mix.. Different water conditions
preferred. Also, Malawis, assuming you are talking about mbunas like
Pseudotropheus, Melanochromis,etc are much more aggressive than oscars
usually are. I would give the oscar its own tank.

"Sarotherodon" wrote in message
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Oscars and Malawis sound like a bad mix.. Different water conditions
preferred. Also, Malawis, assuming you are talking about mbunas like
Pseudotropheus, Melanochromis,etc are much more aggressive than oscars
usually are. I would give the oscar its own tank.



More aggressive than Oscars? Most of them would end up as Oscar food. Water
differences and own tank suggestions are correct though.

"Wm Hopkins" wrote in message
news

"Sarotherodon" wrote in message
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Oscars and Malawis sound like a bad mix.. Different water conditions
preferred. Also, Malawis, assuming you are talking about mbunas like
Pseudotropheus, Melanochromis,etc are much more aggressive than oscars
usually are. I would give the oscar its own tank.



More aggressive than Oscars? Most of them would end up as Oscar food.
Water
differences and own tank suggestions are correct though.

Possible, but I was assuming he wouldn't put an adult oscar in with very
small Malawis. Oscars often tolerate and do not eat smaller fish if they
are raised with them-assuming similar size when introduced. Also, most
common Malawis get pretty big in our aquariums, 5"-7" mbunbas are pretty
common-too big for oscar chow I think. Most of the common Malawis I have
kept, except maybe some peacocks and less aggressive "Haps" would do in a
similar sized oscar long before the oscar was big enough to eat them. YMMV

On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 16:12:19 +0000 (UTC),
(Chris Foster) wrote:

Can any one help ?
will red tiger oscars go in with my malawi cichlids

Cheers Chris


Thanks for the advice, I am new to Tropical fish and Cichlids.

Off to buy another tank :-)))))))

Im afraid IM hooked

Chris

Happens to all of us, you can't stop at just one.

Chris Foster wrote:
On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 16:12:19 +0000 (UTC),
(Chris Foster) wrote:


Can any one help ?
will red tiger oscars go in with my malawi cichlids

Cheers Chris



Thanks for the advice, I am new to Tropical fish and Cichlids.

Off to buy another tank :-)))))))

Im afraid IM hooked

Chris

or 10...

"Wendy Puckett" wrote in message
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Happens to all of us, you can't stop at just one.

Chris Foster wrote:
On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 16:12:19 +0000 (UTC),
(Chris Foster) wrote:


Can any one help ?
will red tiger oscars go in with my malawi cichlids

Cheers Chris



Thanks for the advice, I am new to Tropical fish and Cichlids.

Off to buy another tank :-)))))))

Im afraid IM hooked

Chris

I think my 3" long afras could kill a full grown oscar without much trouble.
Fish dont think of eating something thats attacking them.

Sarotherodon wrote:

"Wm Hopkins" wrote in message
news

"Sarotherodon" wrote in message
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Oscars and Malawis sound like a bad mix.. Different water conditions
preferred. Also, Malawis, assuming you are talking about mbunas like
Pseudotropheus, Melanochromis,etc are much more aggressive than oscars
usually are. I would give the oscar its own tank.



More aggressive than Oscars? Most of them would end up as Oscar food.
Water
differences and own tank suggestions are correct though.

Possible, but I was assuming he wouldn't put an adult oscar in with very
small Malawis. Oscars often tolerate and do not eat smaller fish if they
are raised with them-assuming similar size when introduced. Also, most
common Malawis get pretty big in our aquariums, 5"-7" mbunbas are pretty
common-too big for oscar chow I think. Most of the common Malawis I have
kept, except maybe some peacocks and less aggressive "Haps" would do in a
similar sized oscar long before the oscar was big enough to eat them. YMMV

On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 16:53:39 -0300, "Kelly"
wrote:

or 10...

Stop encouraging me ladies