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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Cichlids / April 2005Oscar question...
Hello all, I have a 240gal tank that I am currently running freshwater with bala's and Angel and miscellaneous tetras. I was thinking that an oscar would be great for a tank this size as well as perhaps a Jack Dempsey or other large cichlid. I know the oscar would eventually grow to a point of eating the tetras however I hope to find new homes for them before then. My question (mostly a concern) is that I heard that oscars like to dig. I'm not excited about having a fish rearrange the furniture in my tank. How many people have experienced Oscars digging and rearranging furniture? Thanks, Justin They will most likely dig. > Hello all, > I have a 240gal tank that I am currently running freshwater with bala's [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Thanks, > Justin Okay... Are there any tricks to the trade that Oscar owners use to keep all the gravel from being moved around too much then? Or is it one of those things that falls in the realm of "the love of the beast"? thanks, Justin > They will most likely dig. > > Hello all, [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Thanks, > > Justin > Okay... Are there any tricks to the trade that Oscar owners use to keep > all the gravel from being moved around too much then? Or is it one of > those things that falls in the realm of "the love of the beast"? > > thanks, > Justin Try nylon mesh under an inch of gravel on top of your original substrate. Planting into this top layer the roots will go down through the mesh and they will be harder to pull out. When the oscar moves the gravel about you will see the mesh in patches but it shouldn't be too notoceable. Haven't tried this myself so whether it works or not is anybodies guess :)  SignatureDon`t Worry, Be Happy Sandy -- E-Mail:- news@ftscotland.co.uk Website:- http://www.ftscotland.co.uk Looking for a webhost? Try http://www.1and1.co.uk/?k_id=2966019 Why would you want to put a Oscar, in with a tank of Angles and tetra's The end result will be one fat [by-by tetras] Oscar and a load of dead Angles. He will also dig up all your plants, rearrange everything to suit himself. and be blissfully happy with what he has accomplished. And you want to add a Jack Dempsey into the equation. That in itself will half the life expectance of everything except the Oscar. As I see it, you have two choices, Forget the idea of Oscar's and Dempsey's. or start another tank. bassett >> Okay... Are there any tricks to the trade that Oscar owners use to keep >> all the gravel from being moved around too much then? Or is it one of [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > will see the mesh in patches but it shouldn't be too notoceable. Haven't > tried this myself so whether it works or not is anybodies guess :) An Oscar moving gravel is the least of your problems - keeping up with their waste output is near-impossible. > > Okay... Are there any tricks to the trade that Oscar owners use to keep > > all the gravel from being moved around too much then? Or is it one of [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > will see the mesh in patches but it shouldn't be too notoceable. Haven't > tried this myself so whether it works or not is anybodies guess :) Sorry, but I liked the way the fish looked and thought they would be nice. Obviously, I do not have a good setup for the Oscar at this time and now having learned more about them, they may look nice, but they also carry a lot of baggage that I don't want. I knew that this newgroup would provide me some valuable insight into cichlids since I have never had any myself. I may be ignorant of the cichlid world, but I also know where to go to find experts. Justin > An Oscar moving gravel is the least of your problems - keeping up with their > waste output is near-impossible. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > will see the mesh in patches but it shouldn't be too notoceable. Haven't > > tried this myself so whether it works or not is anybodies guess :) :D In general most cichlids are gravel diggers. NOw there might be the rare ones who are not. I have a pair (Oscars), that actually do very little digging, except to lay eggs. I have a piece of slate in the tank, which they ignore, maybe the size is too small, who knows. They do move around some items, like driftwood or the bigger decorative stones in the tank. They are not like some stories I have heard, where they move gravel and make hugh piles etc. Now as for eatting the other tank mates. Oscars, have shown a strange behaviour in many case's where, if they are small, ie 1.5 inchs and are put in a tank where the other fish are to big to be considered food, they will ignore those fish as they grow, yet, will eat newer smaller fish added to the tank. One problem I see is with your angel fish, Oscars require good filtration, and a lot of water movement, which depending upon the type of angelfish you have can be very stressfull for the angels. Anyhow with such a large tank, you do have a lot of options. http://www.cichlidfish.com/portal/forums |
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