Hi every 1 i was wondering if any 1 could tell me if a fire eel can go with my baby oscars thanks alot. :lol:

depends on the size of the baby oscars if there small they will get eaten

Hi there one of the oscars is 8cms and the other is 10cm

they would be fine then

How long would the fire eel be ok with them? also i have some silver dollars about the size of a 2 dollar coin

fire eels get big they and the oscars should be ok together

depending on the size of the eel the silver $ may get eaten

(when there young that is)

Ok the fire eel i was lloking at was at animates and was id say around 15cm long thats witht he tail :lol:

should be ok then but they do get big over 1 m

How long is a piece of string?

Look at the size of the oscars mouth, look at the diameter of the fire eel, remember that oscars grow a whole lot faster and ate stupid enough to try to eat anything they think can fit in their mouth, then make a decision.

I agree with David, Oscars grow real fast (1" or so a month till theyre around 10") and they may get big enough fast enough to eat the little eely up, im not sure how quickly they grow though.

I know they can be kept with oscars but they do need to be a reasonable size to not become a tasty worm to chase around :lol:

Hi Sam, great to see you joined the forum, you will get lots of advice here, you might like to start a thread/post in the "welcome" section and let everyone know what size tank and what you have - they will be able to give you the advice you seek.

cheers Karen

Hi karen what i have got in the tank now are so posed to be firemouth cichlids but not sure, a albino, and the peach 1 of trademe which i will be getting on saturday.

around 15cm long, that's with the tail

If you take off an eels tail, what do you have left?

A head?

:lol: Good point Alan