Hey guyz atm in my tank i have baby oscars with Malawi Cichlids, silver dollars, silver sharks, 1 red tail, shark, couple of clown loaches, 1 pictus, 2 plecos 1 like 35cm and the other 15cm, 1 gold severum very large =D. i was wondering when the oscars are bigger will all the fish b all right??

don't know if I right, but if I remember correctly oscars will try to eat the clown loaches.

I might be wrong though, but oscars are definitely aggressive.

Malawis require totally different water parameters than your other fish. The malawis should be in a tank with a pH of around 8, whereas the others should be in a pH of 7 or so. They should not be kept together at all!

i got told from other people that they wopuld all b all ryt with a ph of 7.5 hahahaha ma oscars are scardey cats i got this weird fsh in dea its a grey colour wid a big lump on his head and he aint a lumphead il upload i pic of him to c if any one knws what it is... yup the oscars are meant to be agrisve but mine r sort ov but not really

Oscars and Malawis might survive together, but neither is in it's ideal conditions.

I believe Oscars use the 'will it fit in my mouth?' rule about food, and they have pretty big mouths

Plecos, silver dollars, silver sharks and clown loaches are probably good tankmates as long as they are comparable sizes. Need a big tank for all them though

Cheers

Ian

Hey Oscarboy, can you please not use TXT english. Some of us OLDIES have trouble reading it.

Regards Chris 8)

Hey Oscarboy, can you please not use TXT english. Some of us OLDIES have trouble reading it.

Regards Chris 8)

i got told from other people that they wopuld all b all ryt with a ph of 7.5 hahahaha ma oscars are scardey cats i got this weird fsh in dea its a grey colour wid a big lump on his head and he aint a lumphead il upload i pic of him to c if any one knws what it is... yup the oscars are meant to be agrisve but mine r sort ov but not really

I have been told that they will be all right with a PH of 7.5. Hahahaha my Oscar are not aggressive by my standards.

Yes the Oscar are meant to be aggressive, but i dont think mine are

I also have a grey fish with a lump on its head. He is not a lump head at all. I will upload a photo of it to find out if anyone can identify him.

my bad hahahaha yeah oscars will eat anything that fits in there mouth but... thats if my other big fish like sevrum don't stop them because my oscars are only about 10cm long maybe a little bigger.. i have had them all in the same tank for about 2 months now and have had no problems =D

The africans will survive and probably do alright in a ph over 7 but its probably not recommended to mix them all, I have seen it done and im sure it will keep getting done... Most people dont buffer the water in their grow out tanks and some people dont buffer their water at all so africans are getting bred and grown out in different conditions..

I think its upto what you want to do with your tank if you think it will look cool then give it a go There are differences in aggression and your oscar will probably grow big enough to eat most africans but they are pretty quick and good at getting out of the way so who knows..

haha u just reminded me i got a kandango in thea is he a african? what about a giraffe? but i got the cutest little alibno Malawi :D

Yep kadango' and giraffe's are african cichlids Is your albino a zebra?

i really have no idea i brought it from animates along with the kadango and the giraffe but yeah its just white with red eyes!! scarey if you saw it at night lol jokes!!

lol sweet as well hope everything gets along for you

yeah me 2!! im trying to find a breeding pair of convicts at the moment but no 1 seems to been selling

im sure you will find some, even just grab 6 for a couple of $$ off someone and grow them up they will pair pretty small and get rid of the extras

na because the small ones will get eaten and i dont want that happing!! i just wana buy a pair

keep an eye out in the mixed tanks in pet shops there are pairs in there thats if the shop doesn't want the earth for them..

yeah i no pet shops use pairs to make money i want to use them to breed and maybe b live food

How big is your tank?

How big are your clown loaches? Your oscars might only be 10cm now, but in 6 months time they'll be ~25cm where as you loaches might have grown 1-2".

I sure hope you're not planning on adding the convicts to that mix unless your tank is 1000L+. I wouldnt recomend convicts as feeders, get something a big 'dumber' like platties, convicts have pretty strong survival instincts. I had a 1" feeder con survive in a tank with a black aro, jag, green terror, jack dempsey, and a big fire eel and turned into a bossy 5" male with awesome finnage and a big lump on his head!

his tank is not big enough for the fish he has now - he will have to rehome most of what he has as it grows as they won't have the space. I told him this before he brought these fish but made no impact.

hahaha all the fsh are babys and will be getting sold once the oscars reach around 15cm they are still probly only about 10cm and the africans and that are only 5cm if that but yes i am trying to sell them but no 1 is intrested in them