Just got a new pleco for my tank. My albino red oscar is scared to death of him. haha. He wont even get close to the pleco(albino bristle nose). Hopefully that means they will get along well. I bought the pleco because he is a bit larger than the oscar at this point. (pleco: 3 in oscar:1.5 in) Hopefully the oscar wont turn on the pleco when he gets larger.

cross your finger. but oscar can outgrow the plec.
i have come across in one forum that oscar munch a
plec causing the jaw to remain open after a while.

my first oscar was a complete weed when i got him, scared of everything.... hes def outgrown it now tho!!! now hes the biggets in the tank and he lets everyone know whos boss!

keep an eye out but im sure everything will be a-ok

Matt

You think yours is a sissy? I have two oscars that are breeding and yet seem to have made pets of two goldfish that I gave them as a treat back in October! These goldfish have been there so long they wised up and now huddle with my blood parrots. The parrots have tired to eat the goldfish but their mouths are too small.

Tammy wrote:
yes... it is true, contracdicting the notion that oscars are aggressive. in my case, i have an angel fish that grows 5 inches body wide now, while the oscars are 15 inches long.
parrots are known to be fin nipper. although they have small mouth, they used to attacked and nipped the fins and scale of their tank mates.

non agressive oscars are great !!!!!!!!!! whats the problem??????????

personally I have no problem, I find it funny. They did eat goldfish the moment I put them in when they were younger. I am assuming that I went too long between treating them and they forgot how yummy goldfish are. Either that or I put too many in at one time. I did add more than ususal that time because the oscars would gobble 3 at a time quickly and not leave any for the other fish. The two that are still living are too big for all the fish in the tank except the oscars.

Tammy wrote:



i do too tammy i was directing my post at bowhunter he seemd quite upset his oscars werent the boss in the tank.

from my experience i found that oscars are among the least aggressive cichlids out there(i know not all fish are the same and some oscar can be downright nasty). there main advantage comes from their size and this is a great deterent when it comes to housing them with other cichlids. but oscars arent the aggressive monsters that some people think they are. i often refer to my oscars as gentle giants.

same here, mine are fine, i have my 2 which are now about 6 inches in with a phantom pleco, a small jack dempsey which is about 3 inches and 3 clown loaches which are now about 3 inches.
they all get along great.
1 of my oscars let me stroke him now while feeding him, but the other 1 aint there yet but it wont be long.

bgh,
I dont mind that hes not the boss. I just think it is funny that they get a such a bad reputation as being terrors in the tank. But mine is scared of a peaceful little pleco. haha

LOL LOL LOL you would think they would stand up to small fish tho.......mine was pinned by a 2" fish once!!!!!!!!!! and he was 8"..LOL LOL