Oscars And Friends

[mrjames]

can u mix oscars with parrots permanantly i mean....??? what other fish can u put with them?? any malawis?? please let me know

james

 

[mamafish68]

I wouldnt.

Oscars need tons of space by the way, hope you have a big tank.

 

[jayjay]

malawis need different water as well really btw i'm not sure but oscars need about a pH of 7.2 and most malawis about a pH of 8.1 but i'm not sure also oscars like lots of swimming room whereas malawis well most of them(mbuna) like lots of dnese rocky areas for terrortiy.

parrots can be kept with oscars but there maybe problems with bullying sometimes.

and as said you need a big tank to keep other fish with oscars.

 

[heather]

i have my large oscar with my 2 parrots they dont bother each other ,, its the 2 parrots that have a nib at each other even though they are best friends ,,
i personally think that cichlids can have a good go at each other but it depends who they accept in the tank with them ......
if i was to put any other cichlid in there tank now they would probley gang up on it and kill it ,,
them 3 are best friends ,,,,,,,

 

[kubora666]

2 6" oscars with 1 7" a 8" n a 5" bp also a FRONTOSA 4"
they al lget on good, they had a green terror 6" as a tankmate but he got battered so i moved him.

 

[heather]

2 6" oscars with 1 7" a 8" n a 5" bp also a FRONTOSA 4"
they al lget on good, they had a green terror 6" as a tankmate but he got battered so i moved him.

NOW ALOT OF PPL ON HERE WOULD SAY U SHOULDNT HAVE THAT TOGETHER BUT AS I SAID B4 IT DEPENDS ON THE FISH ALL MINE ARE FINE AND SO ARE YOURES ,, SO IF PPL HAVE OTHER TANKS TO MOVE THEM INTO INCASE THERE WAS A PROBLEM I CANT C WHY U CANT HAVE OSCARS AND PARROTS AND CONVICTS AND SEVERUMS TOGETHER ,,,

 

[Ferris]

they had a green terror 6" as a tankmate but he got battered so i moved him

That makes a change, its normally the GT doing the "battering"

 

[mrjames]

THANKS FOR ALL YOUR REPLYS!! HOW TEMPTING ARE SOME OSCARS AND MALAWIS LOL C WAT HAPPENS!!

JAMES B)

 

[heather]

THANKS FOR ALL YOUR REPLYS!! HOW TEMPTING ARE SOME OSCARS AND MALAWIS LOL C WAT HAPPENS!!

JAMES B)

why u lol ,, i was given a malawi the other week he needed a temp home somewhere so i had him guess witch tank he went in ,, he went in with my oscar and parrots ,, they was fine hes out now in a tank of his own but they didnt bother him ,,

THANKS FOR ALL YOUR REPLYS!! HOW TEMPTING ARE SOME OSCARS AND MALAWIS LOL C WAT HAPPENS!!

JAMES B)

why u lol ,, i was given a malawi the other week he needed a temp home somewhere so i had him guess witch tank he went in ,, he went in with my oscar and parrots ,, they was fine hes out now in a tank of his own but they didnt bother him ,,
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but oscars and parrots are fine ,, ive had no problems but i think u will find that malawis need to be in a malawi set up .......

 

[SamUK]

malawis like a much higher PH than other cichlids like oscars and parrots and should only be kept with other malawis because of that and there aggression.

 

[vancouver]

The first thing that should have been asked is ''what size tank are we talking''

Then people can start giving advice.. s/he could be talking about a 33g tank.

 

[nate95m]

can u mix oscars with parrots permanantly i mean....??? what other fish can u put with them?? any malawis?? please let me know

james

I suggest not putting anything with them.I have 3 oscars, the smallest 8 inchs and the biggest is about 12 inchs.And it seems like all the fish i try to put in with them(including very large tinfoil barbs) just get ate.
I just came to the conclusion that they are better off without anyone else..

 

[Miss Wiggle]

I have an oscar with a parrot fish and a pair of firemouths, the oscar doesn't seem to bother any of them at all. BUT chiclids are renowned for having they're own personalities, my Oscar is pretty docile so I've never had issues with bullying from him, some Oscars can be loads more aggresive and really need to be by themselves in a massive tank. Best bet if your dead set on an Oscar is to get whatever you want as a tankmate and put them in the tank first (making sure you have somewhere you can re-home them if nescessary) then add ther Oscar after and keep a v close eye on they're personalities and what's going on. You can have rules of thumb for tankmates but a lot of it comes down to the individual fish

 

[mrjames]

IM NOT PLANNING ON GETTING ANYTHING JUST YET I JUST SAW A PIC WITH AN OSCAR AND SOME PARROTS N WAS SUPRISED SO I THOUGHT I WOULD ASK. CHEERS FOR YOU COMMENST ANYWAY GUYS

JAMES B)

 

[heather]

alot of ppl tell u diffrent things its the same with books its all a load of s.i. to be honest u cant do this u cant do that when ppl say yeah u can do that yeah u can do this ,, i keep 2 parrots with my oscar they are fine they are all happy playing in the bubbles ..
id say depends on temp of the fish ,,