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#236238
Butterfly*
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 What can go with an oscar?
anybody know of any pretty colourful fish that are somewhat cheap and can be put with tiger oscars?
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01/30/05 05:59pm
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#237336
Butterfly*
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Message To: Butterfly* In reference to Message Id: 236238
What can go with an oscar?
never mind..somebody else already asked that question....
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01/31/05 09:19pm
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#244540
Gunslinger
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Message To: Butterfly* In reference to Message Id: 237336
 What can go with an oscar?
Hello "Flutterby,"Try another Oscar.....Gunslinger
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02/09/05 08:24pm
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#244720
Butterfly*
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Message To: Gunslinger In reference to Message Id: 244540
What can go with an oscar?
i already have another oscar, ones red and the other is an albino, there with a percusomus, a blue lobster and red tailed shark but i want some type of colourful fish that they wouldnt bother..
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02/09/05 11:05pm
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#244984
Gunslinger
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Message To: Butterfly* In reference to Message Id: 244720
What can go with an Oscar?
I was only kidding....Many years ago,a friend of mine had Oscars.It seems they were all alone in the tank and him telling me they eat everyone.If I hear of anything,you’ll be the first to hear about it.Gunslinger
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02/10/05 09:51am
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#245173
Cobra 82
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Message To: Butterfly* In reference to Message Id: 244720
What can go with an oscar?
What size aquarium do you have?Some other good fish would be Jack dempseys,Convicts,Firemouths,Tinfoil barbs,black sharks,pacus,etc.P.S. You better have at least 150gallons if you get a pacu! They are a really neat fish to have.  
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02/10/05 03:10pm
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#245261
N2t
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Message To: Cobra In reference to Message Id: 245173
What can go with an oscar?
Those are not good fish to put with oscars, the oscar will most likely at some point eat the blue lobster and the shark. A Jack has a very good chance of turning the oscar into shredded fish. Paku are ok, but get around 39" long, convicts will pick on it or be eaten, firemout maxes around 4 or 5 inches the oscar will eat that too, black sharks also become food. Oscars go well with raphael catfish, plecos, and sometimes large cats not channel cats as those will kill anything if given the chance.
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02/10/05 04:39pm
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#247725
Cobra 82
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Message To: N2t In reference to Message Id: 245261
What can go with an oscar?
I dont know if you are talking about my post or not but I never said blue lobster.My oscar is with a jack dempsey, 2 convicts,a firemouth,and two pleco’s.I also have a cousin that has a black shark with his oscars.Black sharks get big,my cousins shark is about 12inches and still growing,I think they can get to around 20 inches.
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02/13/05 08:44pm
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#247856
Butterfly*
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Message To: Cobra In reference to Message Id: 247725
What can go with an oscar?
oh cobra 82, ya it was me who said i had a blue lobster in the begginning of my posts. but N2t you are tottally wrong abou tmy oscar eating the lobster. theyve been together for about a year now and have never had a probalem. theres a log that the lobster hides in once in a while when hes shedding. and the shark is really healthy and the oscar never even notices him. and no i dont think i will be getting a pacu, they just get too big for me. i have a hard enough time trying to transfer my oscars ( when im moving the tank or upgrading into a bigger one) i had a convict but it got too aggressive with y smaller oscar so i sent it to the pet store.
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02/13/05 10:55pm
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#249571
Steff242
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Message To: Butterfly* In reference to Message Id: 247856
What can go with an oscar?
Definately a tinfoil barb (as mentioned before) as long as it’s around the same size as the oscar.
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02/16/05 12:35am
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#249951
N2t
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Message To: Steff242 In reference to Message Id: 249571
What can go with an oscar?
I’m not "totaly wrong" lol when the oscar gets big enough that is exactly the type of thing they would consider food, you may get lucky, but oscars are pretty voracious, and mine ended up eating quite few cage mates after the fifth year or so I had him. sharks, other cichlids, plecos, eels, piranah, catfish etc etc, I didn’t know any better then, I do now, they can be quite hungry little guys.
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02/16/05 04:11pm
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#250229
Butterfly*
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Message To: N2t In reference to Message Id: 249951
What can go with an oscar?
yes they just never want to stop begging for food and they barely finish there pellets i throw in, once they get water logged and sink they just ignore it. but im thinking of just sticking with what i have at the moment.thanks for all your suggestinos:)
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02/16/05 08:04pm
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Bobd66
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Message To: Butterfly* In reference to Message Id: 250229
What can go with an oscar?
I was recently thinking of adding an oscar to my tank, but decided not to because I’ve read on several different websites that not only will they eat what can fit in their mouth, but that they will eat anything that is not similar in size. You may luck out since you’ve had all these fish since they were small... that happened with me with my red devil and my convict.I have a 13" monster of a red devil right now. And until yesterday I had a 4-5" convict. Unfortunately either my convict choked on a guppie or she died of old age. :-( I’d had her for 7 years. But she and the Red Devil followed eachother around the tank (180 gallons) all the time. Anyway, anything that you do get, try to make it something aggresive and that will get the same size as an oscar. Red Devils are awesome fish, and mine is bright orange. When I have company they just get enthralled with him! Good luck! BTW, Gunslinger... you aren’t the Gunslinger from KP are you???
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02/18/05 09:35am
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Gunslinger
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Message To: Bobd66 In reference to Message Id: 251790
What can go with an oscar?
Bobd66...Not knowing what KP is,I’d say probably not.I got the name when I was a member for the Angels Camp Boosters years ago.We would officiate the Calaveras County Frog Jump Jubilee that’s been going on over a 100 years.We would go into town on week ends stop the traffic,have a few nice words to say to each other,draw our pistols and and when the smoke cleared,the 100’s of spectators would be in awe.Have a good day,Gunslinger
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04/01/05 09:42am
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#314084
Python21
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Message To: Butterfly* In reference to Message Id: 236238
What can go with an oscar?
i have had oscars before and basically anything that wont attack the oscar that the oscar can’t eat is fine
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04/18/05 08:11am
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#314922
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Message To: Python21 In reference to Message Id: 314084
What can go with an oscar?
ya python21 is right any semiaggresive fish that is around 5 inches. Oscars are not that aggressive its just that they need very big tanks and they grow up to 16 inches. If you have room for it you might want to get an arrowana or a green terror.
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04/18/05 09:46pm
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#315912
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Message To: Butterfly* In reference to Message Id: 236238
What can go with an oscar?
Oscars are very aggestive fish. They mainly good with themselves and thats really about it. Sometimes other things, but keep the fish around the same size.
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04/19/05 07:24pm
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