*My Fish*

[LovinMyFish]

Hey I just joined this site ,Here is a few pictures of the fish . Hope u enjoy them . Some might be a little blurry , but i am working on it , lol

 

[Raechal]

Is that all in ONE tank? I hope not. That oscar of yours will definately eat all of your smaller fish.

 

[MXPX4318]

Seems to be a very lovely tank, there are just a few things I'd like to point out to you so that down the road you won't be wondering "why did jack the oscar eat jill the angel?".

To start with it appears that the tank is a 55g? It also appears that your stock includes an angel fish, a needle nose fish, 2 oscars, a blood parrot, 5+ cories, a couple african cichlids, some gourami's and a common pleco.

ok now comes the kind of nasty part (I don't intend to be mean in any of my evaluation, but is just my recommendations and some basic knowledge)

First we'll start with the two oscars, oscars are a VERY aggressive fish, they get to be about a foot in length and quite thick, with no other fish in the tank the two of them would require atleast a 100 gallon tank for the two of them. 55 gallons isn't even enough really for one as they are quite a messy fish, and they will kill and/or eat most of the other fish in that tank.

Second is your african cichlids, african cichlids require hard akaline water (high pH among other things) where other tropical fish require softer more acidic waters (expecially your angel fish). So water conditions alone do not make them compatiable with the other tropical fish.

Third, I will admit I'm no expert on needlenose fish, but I am under the impression that they grow to be quite long and are also quite the aggressive fish as well.

My recommendation to you is to decide what kind of tank you want, a community tank of peaceful fish that swim around and enjoy themselves or an aggressive tank with a few aggressive fish that will pick at each other but won't kill each other, or an african cichlid fish tank with african cichlids.

If you decide on a community tank, I would recommend removing the two oscars, the needlenose fish, and the african cichlids. I then would recommend you getting another angelfish, some medium-large tetras (not cardinal or neon tetras), and a couple more of the barbs that you already have one of.

If you decide on the aggressive cichlid tank I would recommend removing ALL of the fish except the two oscars and then upgrading the tank to a larger capacity tank, or removing all of the fish and starting over again with some smaller aggressive cichlids such as convict.

If you decide to go the african cichlid way I would recommend removing all of the fish except the two african cichlids and then check the pH of your water, you'll want it to be about 8.0+ so if it is lower then that I would recommend a crush coral substrate for your tank.

If it was me I'd stick to the community tank you'll have to remove the least amount of fish and it will be the easiest first tank to handle. So your tank would include:
2 gourami
2 angelfish
5+ cories
6+ tetras
3 barbs
1 parrotfish (though I'm not too sure on their temperment so he may have to be removed as well)

o and if that is a common pleco then he'll have to go too as they get to over a foot and a half and a fifty five gallon will be way to small of a tank for him/her. If you want a pleco I would recommend a couple bushnose plecos as they only get about 6" a piece.

Best of luck.

ps- if anyone finds my information misinformative please correct me as I want this person to enjoy their fish to the fullest.

 

[Michael Roth]

actually that was very diplomatic, and clear.


And Welcome to TFF!

 

[Raechal]

Parrots can be rather aggressive and nasty, although I have never kept one before I have heard that they are semi-aggressive. I would remove him as well if you are going for the community tank.

 

[sylvia]

Nice, I don't normally appreciate brightly colored electric blue gravel but it fits in with your tank. How large is it?

Now a note on stocking... the oscar is in with angels and other community fish? The oscar needs a minnimum 55 gallons (on its own - more is better) in a seperate tank. Will get to 12", aggressive. Yellow labs are also not community fish (being lake malawi cichlids with very specific requirements and being quite aggressive though not too big). And I believe I see a frontosa... also not the best fish to keep in there and also requires a huge tank (but not with the oscar ). The plec looks quite big already so I suppose you know its potential. Anyway, I'm sorry to have pointed all this out in this way but, if those fish are altogether, you need to be aware of the incompatibilities and seperate requirements and you need to do something about it.

I should also make it clear that you might have problems with the parrot but someone else is going to have to comment.

What is that elongated fish with the tube-like snout? Looks kind of like a needlefish (gets to 12",aggressive)? (Well as long as it isn't a baby garpike lol...)

BTW, I just noticed that while I've been writing this, someone else has posted with similar stuff and suggestions so sorry to be repetative but I'll back them up anyway.

 

[wrs]

Not to forget, those fish all need very diffrent water.

Why not just keep the corries and Gouramis and do a community tank?

 

[Yenko]

Blood Parrots are very unpredictable; my dad's 55 gallon tank is terrorized by a blood parrot, while mine is scared of his own shadow.

 

[silver]

Sheesh guys.........CHILL OUT a tad bit!!!!!!!!!!!!

At least tone your posts down to like one or two suggestions instead of throwing handfulls at this poor NEW member. Chances are he/she would figure it out in a couple of days anyhow.

I think you have lovely fish................

ALthough most of what everyone was saying is true and they only mean to be helpful I apologize if they seem a little jumpy. You know how it is with avid fish keepers..... We always like to point out what someone else is doing wrong, but for the benefit of their fish of course

WELCOME!!

 

[LovinMyFish]

I know all about how aggresive the oscars are and all the other fish i have in my tank , and then i have passive ones as well. I did it to see if i could keep a community of fish like that together, I have had my aquarium now for 2 months and i have not lost one yet , I even have a very small catfish and one of my sharks is a lil small to . But i introduced them all at one time , i set up my tank and then went and got all my fish , Its kind of an experiment i am trying , I don't feed any of my fish , (not even my oscars) in my tank feeders , never have , I know if i start bringing them feeders , then they will associate me putting new fish in as their dinner . I feed my oscars and my garpike crickets , Everything that you pointed out MXPX4318 i already knew , It is just to see if i can keep such an assortment of fish in my tank and so far it is working very well , there is no agressiveness, i never see an oscar or any other of the agressive fish go after anything, I am pretty sure that the biggest part of that , is that i do not give them feeders for food , I appreciate all the advice that u wrote though , To someone that had no idea what they were doing it would have been very helpfull , but i do know all of it , I am just seeing if this will work , so far it is 100%

 

[Raechal]

Fish are NOT experiments, they are lives. The oscars WILL eat every one of your smaller fish when they reach adult size.

 

[MXPX4318]

It is a sad thing to hear that you, "know all of that" already and yet continue to do it, I assume you also know that that tank is too small for all of those fish as well, so I don't think you will have to worry about those fish reaching full size as Raechal suggested because their growth will be stunted and they will die an early death (even if they don't end up eating the other fish first), I wish you would have atleast been a newbie at fish keeping, then there would have been an excuse for your ignorance to what fish you are keeping together but since you "know all of that" you have no excuse and are just enjoying your ignorance at the fishes expense, well atleast I tried, I feel bad for any fish under your care.

ps- it's not association that causes oscars and gars to eat live fish, it's instinct, they may just not be large enough yet to fit those fish in their mouth but the second they can (if they even live that long), bye bye fishie

 

[Raechal]

It is a sad thing to hear that you, "know all of that" already and yet continue to do it, I assume you also know that that tank is too small for all of those fish as well, so I don't think you will have to worry about those fish reaching full size as Raechal suggested because their growth will be stunted and they will die an early death (even if they don't end up eating the other fish first), I wish you would have atleast been a newbie at fish keeping, then there would have been an excuse for your ignorance to what fish you are keeping together but since you "know all of that" you have no excuse and are just enjoying your ignorance at the fishes expense, well atleast I tried, I feel bad for any fish under your care.

ps- it's not association that causes oscars and gars to eat live fish, it's instinct, they may just not be large enough yet to fit those fish in their mouth but the second they can (if they even live that long), bye bye fishie

They will be stunted I think but they will still grow fairly large, probably atleast 10 inches each.

 

[wuvmybetta]

I have to agree with everyone else. Fish are not experiments and you're implying that everybody throughout history knew nothing,and that you and your cramped,overcrowded tank will prove them all wrong. Aside from the gawd awful combinations you have going your tank is entirely too small to house the oscar alone.

Also keep in mind that your fish are young. Frontosa live for 20+ years,oscars for 10'ish,so if you don't expect aggression as they hit maturity...well And two months is nothing when it comes to living in a box together until you die.

Now I must go cry for your front. And I also applaud everyone for speaking up. I don't want to hear any "be nice to the newbie" crap because apparently this one knows exactly what they're doing.

 

[Lateral Line]

>>> Frontosa live for 20+ years,oscars for 10'ish,

Not in there they won't.