Hey there. Thanks for the post. I have (1) Tiger Oscar in my African Cichlid tank. I have about 20 African Cichlids. When the Oscar was first introduced, they were merely curious. During feeding time, they all gather together at the front of the tank and swim in a school. Use this time for your fish to brush up against one another and to get that closeness and comfort so they can get use to one another. I have now had the Oscar in the tank for 2 months now with ZERO problems.
@DregeKerusoify of course there mbunas. Mbunas are very smart and aggressive fish so they would know how to hold their own I think peacocks would get bullied tho
I did this and the Oscar didn’t last, he was really aggressive too, but the African cichlids kept picking at it and wore it out. I think it died from stress and constantly having to take on more than one African cichlid. It never got a chance to settle in.
Thank you for watching. this is a part 1 I want to do a part 2 a week from adding so I can talk about what im doing to try make this work. Ive so far had to add more hiding spots in the tank, moved all hiding places around too. setting the tank temp at 76 witch is a bit low for african cichlids but I think will benefit for the first week. I do have a hospital tank ready for my fish and a big tank around 150 gal coming in a couple of months. So far i think adding them young and having them around the same size is important and a even ph helps. Please leave a comment!
Oscars are Alwsome Fish, very smart and they all have different personalities. Some Oscars are very aggressive and must be keep alone and others are community fish. I've been lucky with my Oscars. I have two Albinos Oscars, and two Zebra Oscars with Yellow Zebra cichlid, Jack Dempsey, Black Convict, 3 rainbow / 2 red tail sharks, 3 tinfoil barbs, and 3 Gourami. All aggressive fish. My Oscars get along with all of them, the Tank Boss my 11 inch Albino Oscar even regulates the other fish when they get to aggressive with each other. He goes and stops the bulling. A got a few videos up, if you want to check them out.
So many people claim to know exactly how the outcome will look. The reality is that you can never know with fish. All fish have very diverse character traits within a species. personally I have Africans and South Americans mixed and the tank is in perfect harmony.
My first attempt at this I had a juvenile oscar and a juvenile parrot together they actually started showing signs of mating I added some African cichlids and a kinyi tore the oscar up and killed him at night while no one was watching ... Second attempt. Adding a bigger oscar now he is the tank boss and grts along with everyone ( oh and returned the murderer kinyi) its been 2 months and he has 8 African tank mates and they're all doing fine. He Chaces them out of his personal space every once in a while but other than that he shows no aggression even allows certain fish to shadow him every once in a while.
You have a point my oscar was with 2 red zebras,1 African Butterfly & a Chinese algae eater and my oscar didn't bully them unless they had food, before I moved the oscar to a bigger tank I got a texas chiclid around the same size as the oscar,he took a couple of scales off the texas and I had to separate them so when I moved the oscar I put him in with a juvenile blood parrot and its been working like a charm
Doesn't make it right though, different diets and water parameters. It's meant to be about caring for the fish, not being selfish, keeping fish that require different foods and conditions.
Yeah thats why i added him why there all young. I think if i keep conditions good and theres enough room for them theres a chance this will work. thank you for commenting
I added my Oscar when young when there was only a peacock and a maingano left (changing over from rift lake to Oscar, so the maingano was from past fry and the peacock was really old) and they did pick on him a little at first. After the peacock died of old age, the Oscar and maingano are buddies. Next cichlid challenge? I am growing out a Tropheus duboisi in another tank. I know they can be aggressive, but since he’ll be the new guy I am hoping it will work out.
New Zealand Cichlids That is incorrect. You have to add the Oscar when it’s young so it doesn’t identify the African Cichild as food. I literally had a 7-8 inch Oscar in a 55 eating crickets and it never fucked with my Haps and Peacocks
Don't do it please. I've been keeping and breeding Africans for 6yrs and have an Oscar tank. I would NEVER mix them. Can they coexist together? Probably but definitely not thrive. Africans are rift lake fish High PH High GH high Kh the exact opposite of Oscar's. Social behaviours, breeding behaviours, diet requirements are all different. Pretty much your putting a bunch of fish that speak different languages together with no interpreter. So instead of being able to enjoy watching their natural behaviour and beauty, it will be a tank just trying to survive. Africans are fast extremely active and aggressive fish, they can move through a tank at 60mph and not hit a thing and an oscar? Crashes into everything. Mbuna stress Haps out, they'd stress the life out of a young oscar and an oscar would be hard pressed to catch one without hurting itself. Anyone that says PH doesn't matter needs to talk to a fish vet and learn that it actually is very important. There's a reason you don't see many with 10-15yr old cichlids and most of the time it's due to improper care.
I have them both in my biggest tanks. A 55g and a 75g tank. They are happy, the african prefer hideaways and the oscars prefere open and large rock. My africans range from electric yellow, violet yellow tail, rainbow peacock, and other various ones. And a couple tiger oscars. Lost two in beginning, but moved them with ones that got along. Waiting on stand then i will upgrade to a 125g tank as well. Good luck all.
I have two tiger oscars in my tank with a few other cichlids and they get along wonderfully. I have never had an issues with them going at any fish I put in there.
Yes you can. They can also live with those fish here that I have. African Cichlid, red tail shark, Dragon fish, Angelfish, Blood red parrot, and Dinosaur Bichir. And they also can live with other fish but you have to make some experiment. Beware before you putting Oscar in your tank. First, Add some fish for couple of days so they feel comfortable and feel home last and not least put Oscar so there won't be any issue in the tank. I hope it helped and also I can make a very short video that those fish I described are in my tank and are very happy and not aggressive. :)
Although they seem fine and may work together, the water conditions required are different for their best care and longest quality life potentials. I went along with the LFS suggestions as a newbie and had mixmatched fish because i thought they looked cool. but as time went on, the natural settings and needs of the fish became paramount. People will look to videos for answers and direction. I try to help them have good experiences with less troubles.
ive had a mbuna tank and i added an oscar when i was little the oscar got to about 8”-10” and it wasnt that he wasnt big enough to stand his ground it was just that he was relaxed when he swam and the mbuna could quickly nip his fins from behind amd swim into some decorations. mbuna are simply to relentless fast and aggressive eventually the oscar got chased out of the tank. i also had put the oscar into qt to regrow his fins a couple times and that was at his biggest size.
No good idea. The Oscar is quite small right now but this will change soon and I do not like to put fish together that have different requirements to the water. Even if this works sometimes it doesn't mean it is they way it should be done.
Sounds like you know what your doing I just got my red Oscar yesterday along with four African cichlids they are so small I put them in a 20 gal for now then when they are about three inches I’m putting them in my 40 gal and at about 6 inches they will get a 100 gal
I'm also introducing a tiger Oscar into my 65 gallon African cichlid tank. So far it has fit in really well. I have a natural habitat of granite set up inside that gives extensive layers of coverage and territory. I'm hoping for the best. I'll keep you posted. What is the latest on your efforts? I see this is from 2014.
I have an Oscar in with a Red Devil both are 10 inches long , had to divide the tank cause the Red Devil and my Parrot had fry and became ferocious . Removing anything sharp in your tank is important , their biting doesn't harm each other , its the speed they swim at running into rocks that will hurt them
thanks for the comment mate :) Yeah I have a few mates that have mixed the 2 and they have got along well. Really depends on the Africans you put in there with them to as I wouldnt recomend bumble bee cichlids for an example. dont get me wrong it could work but the odds wouldnt be in your favor
Totally depends on the stock. You add anything stripey and a demasoni will be aggressive for a while . Add a single yellow lab or plain peacock and he won't care.
Add a wave maker and more cichlids Red Jewel and 3 frontosas would look nice in there Seems like you got all male fish to keep the aggression lower(since no female to fight over)
Have a back up? No they do not go well together. The PH levels are not the same but the African are more aggressive and shockingly will kill the oscar. i speak from experience
Joe leblanc actually my oscars have been in my 120 with my Africans since we brought them home probably about 2 inches when I bought them now over 13 inches and never had a problem
i have 140 cichlids in my 300gal tank. ive had Oskers (8) in the same tank and got along awesome. i took them out because my cichlids were having fry ×6 fish i was noticing them snacking on them. "innocently" so had to take out. they bow eat 5-6 feeder fish every feeding. .. basically they get along but the fry is the only reason I moved them. . but definitely get along with each other! !!
Your a good man to the fish hobby, why? Because you care about the fish your introducing and the value of that oscar, its life. I want to add an oscar as well to a hostile pure african tank, this video helps me a bit. I have my own pecking order as well and that auratus (yellow stripe guy) will kick the sh&& out of anything in any tank. Dont support these fish (for anyone reading). I own a mix 75g african tank and an 56g auratus (1) tiger barb(15) Red Tailed Shark(1) Buenos Aries Tetra (3) tank (this combo works). Aggression with this combo is follow. Auratus ,redtailed, and the tertras mix with the barbs equally with there own small pecking orders as a shoal.
ph level doesnt matter unless youre worried about color and overall health of certain species but ph does effect the toxicity of nitrate so it can definitely effect your fishs health
I've noticed with oscars if you put them in when theyre smaller with other cichlids and bottom feeders like plecos and coreys they will get used to them and are less likely to be that mean to them when they get big. If they're already big when you put them in it's a different story.
This is true i got two oscars a tiger and albino two jack dempseys and a pleco and no agression was shown only agressor i has was a ramiers ram chiclid i sold but had in that tank
Hey i have 12 african cichlids in a almost 2 feet tank so can i put a albino oscar in it . And yes all my cichlids are about 1.5 inches small plz mate reply
I have a shark, three African cichlids, and an oscar. All babies. I stick my fingers in there and my oscar plays with my hand. I know he's playing cause he would have bit me if he were being aggressive. no he just chases my hand and if he catches it he just turns and looks and me through the tank.his name is oskar lol. the cichlids are Blue, Jeremy, and Schmidt. And the shark is Bruce. Wow, that counted a lot of spelling errors.
Oscars can live with Africans just as long as they don't eat them. My Oscar lived with 7 Africans for 5 years never had a problem. But gave them aways since I moved. oscars usually never fight with africans
INFAMOUS ™ damn well good thing you did, my oscar once killed a Jack Dempsey I bought.. cichlids are even more aggressive to fish that are it's kind or look similar
Kitty Pryde wow that's sad.. 🙁🙁 I'm done with oscar even tho i love em. Gotta give it away to someone soon. My mistake that i thought i could community tank them all together
African cichlids really only get aggressive with fish their own size. I have a red devil and a tricolor around 7" and I added a jack depsey and oscar around 2" and they treated them like their own guppies. My blue johani chased them a couple times because he had a chance not to be the tank whimp xD
Oscar cichlids require a lower pH bad African cichlids And after cichlids like their water harder than Oscar cichlids Also going to add that it takes days for fish to get used to pH and all that other stuff
And you are correct but the thing is I got my fish from a New Zealand pet store and we are a long long way from were there from so his parents were tank raised and his parents, parents were tank raised etc etc. In my opinion I think that People should be more worried about tank size and clean water then a increased ph level. Thanks for your comment and I couldent agree with you more
They also have different diets, Mbuna will suffer without a mostly vegetarian diet and the Oscar will suffer with that diet. It's upto you to be a responsible fishkeeper if you're not, don't post videos encouraging it to other people without good knowledge.
You can have jack Dempsey and oscars together but however JDs are known to gang up if theres 2 or more of the JDs together against other fish. Kne Jd fish is fine with oscars
I just saw seven Tigers Oscars with at least 8 to 10 Texas Cichlid hybrids in the Zack same 10 gallon tank at a store nobody was bawling anybody they were going along quite well the Oscars were quite larger than the cichlids everybody is swimming around just as normal
How do feed Mbuna that a primarily vegetarian and South american cichlids that arent at the same time? So many things wrong about this, itll just encourage more people to keep fish incorrectly, just because you can, doesn't make it right.
I have a community tank of South American and African cichlids all bought different sizes and different times some even giving to me while in their past tank they were aggressive even towards an aggressive flower horn my trick was moving the pots around in the tank the slate and plants pretty much everything that was moveable every water change and every time I got a new fish so they weren't so territorial of their spot so they weren't mean to the new fish.
thanks for the comment. Yeah 1 of the reasons why cichlids fight is over territory so moving things around does help as it takes it away every time you change things around
I added a African cichlid to my Oscar tank bad I idea the African cichlid attacked my Oscar way to much he stood up for himself but the other one was to fast for my Oscar had to separate them
Hi Jonathan, I have just watched your video which was of interest to me, ask myself have a pair of tiger oscars which are approximately 6 inches in size. I have been wonder if I could add them to my African 240 litre tank. After watching the behaviour of your demasoni blue cichlid I have decided not to add my two oscars to my African tank because as you say and I totally agree that African cichlids can be very aggressive. I have about 30 African cichlids in my tank, yellow labs, three haps, orange banded and yellow banded dubois, several aratus, etc. However I do know some people who successfully mix African cichlids with American cichlids, but it is in my opinion a bit of a unknown thing as the personality and temperament of these fish can differ from each individual fish. I've been in the hobby to know that, as I'm sure you have too. I wish you the best of luck with your hobby and I hope your oscar settles in its new tank and gets along with its new tank mates. Thanks for sharing your video, I enjoyed watching it, I hope you reply, best wishes from Dennis
Yup, just learned this the hard way. I put in a convict a month ago and they chased him but he survived and is living great with the 4 African yellow labs and mbuna’s. Just put Oscar in and they pecked him so I put him in a breeder tank for a week and dropped him back in 2 days ago. Watched a while all good. Woke up yesterday morning and they destroyed him near death very bad and even the convict was biting his mouth. They ripped him apart.
hi i have 3 cichlids that are about 5 inches long and one that is about 10 inches long can i put my oscar fish that is about 12 inches long in my cichlid tank
Oscar looks good so far,, I see you have a red tailed shark with the cichlids ,, how is that combo working out? I want to put RTS with my cichlids but wasn't sure if they are ok together ,, can you do a video or let me know if they are comparable ,, thanks
RT sharks are actually members of the catfish family there not real sharks its a catfish , there semi aggressive so they be fine with other cichlid fish
I have a Texas cichlid in with African cichlids my texas cichlid was in with an oscar and is scared of everything so he goes great with them he is twice their size easily.
I have a Oscar African cichlids convicts together with algae eater and they all get along every now and then they would Chase The Other fish maybe because of putting food in just protecting their little spot and being greedy wanting all the food
I would not do it due to the Philippines levels. African cichlids are happier in higher pH. I kept malowi, and kept pH at 8,0. Others I kept as high as 9.0. Oscars would not thrive on those tanks.
Man. I bought a baby tiger Oscar yesterday he is about 2inches and I put him together with my African cichlids almost the same size as he is but they killed my baby Oscar. I have 3 new cichlids that I put in the tank but they're much smaller than him about an inch so I'm worried that they might die but the other cichlids wanted the Oscar maybe.
Hi I just did the same thing with my oscar fish because my cichlid was looking a little lonely and the guy at the pet store actually recommended for me to put the Oscar in with the cichlid because the Oscar would feed on feeder fish and the cichlid could consume the floating pellets but I had I've noticed that it's feeding time the African cichlid tries to consume all the food and leave none for the Oscar but the Oscar does have a tendency to be able to get a few pallets at a time but then added maybe 10 feeder fish into the tank and the Oscar has already gobbled down 3 of them in a matter of 2 days
Crack up if I had a pet store Its somthing I wouldent recommend to customers lol Dont get me wrong It can work as ive seen it with my own 2 eyes with my mates tanks but its a lot of trail and error but thats the same with most cichlids. My one stared of shy when he got added and was a bit hard feeding as the Africans are pretty dominating but when he got a good size advantage on them he was the one eating the most. thanks for the comment
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Hey there. Thanks for the post. I have (1) Tiger Oscar in my African Cichlid tank. I have about 20 African Cichlids. When the Oscar was first introduced, they were merely curious. During feeding time, they all gather together at the front of the tank and swim in a school. Use this time for your fish to brush up against one another and to get that closeness and comfort so they can get use to one another. I have now had the Oscar in the tank for 2 months now with ZERO problems.
All Mbunas
So what kind of foods you give them all? As Oscar and mbuna have different diet! What food is best in that situation? Please
@DregeKerusoify of course there mbunas. Mbunas are very smart and aggressive fish so they would know how to hold their own I think peacocks would get bullied tho
I did this and the Oscar didn’t last, he was really aggressive too, but the African cichlids kept picking at it and wore it out. I think it died from stress and constantly having to take on more than one African cichlid. It never got a chance to settle in.
Should have got 2
Thank you for watching. this is a part 1 I want to do a part 2 a week from adding so I can talk about what im doing to try make this work. Ive so far had to add more hiding spots in the tank, moved all hiding places around too. setting the tank temp at 76 witch is a bit low for african cichlids but I think will benefit for the first week. I do have a hospital tank ready for my fish and a big tank around 150 gal coming in a couple of months. So far i think adding them young and having them around the same size is important and a even ph helps. Please leave a comment!
My Oscar, Alone, Needs a 150 to himself , Just because you can, Doesnt mean you should brother 😂
Oscars are Alwsome Fish, very smart and they all have different personalities. Some Oscars are very aggressive and must be keep alone and others are community fish. I've been lucky with my Oscars. I have two Albinos Oscars, and two Zebra Oscars with Yellow Zebra cichlid, Jack Dempsey, Black Convict, 3 rainbow / 2 red tail sharks, 3 tinfoil barbs, and 3 Gourami. All aggressive fish. My Oscars get along with all of them, the Tank Boss my 11 inch Albino Oscar even regulates the other fish when they get to aggressive with each other. He goes and stops the bulling. A got a few videos up, if you want to check them out.
So many people claim to know exactly how the outcome will look. The reality is that you can never know with fish. All fish have very diverse character traits within a species. personally I have Africans and South Americans mixed and the tank is in perfect harmony.
My first attempt at this I had a juvenile oscar and a juvenile parrot together they actually started showing signs of mating I added some African cichlids and a kinyi tore the oscar up and killed him at night while no one was watching ... Second attempt. Adding a bigger oscar now he is the tank boss and grts along with everyone ( oh and returned the murderer kinyi) its been 2 months and he has 8 African tank mates and they're all doing fine. He Chaces them out of his personal space every once in a while but other than that he shows no aggression even allows certain fish to shadow him every once in a while.
I do too for a year now and a giant pacu
You have a point my oscar was with 2 red zebras,1 African Butterfly & a Chinese algae eater and my oscar didn't bully them unless they had food, before I moved the oscar to a bigger tank I got a texas chiclid around the same size as the oscar,he took a couple of scales off the texas and I had to separate them so when I moved the oscar I put him in with a juvenile blood parrot and its been working like a charm
That is how you raise an Oscar to be aggressive raise him in a hostile tank if he survives he's ah kilker
I have had Oscars and Cichlids in tanks together since i was 12, i am 32 now. I have never had a problem with them killing eachother.
oscars are cichlids though?
With mbuna?
Doesn't make it right though, different diets and water parameters.
It's meant to be about caring for the fish, not being selfish, keeping fish that require different foods and conditions.
North american cichlids south american cichlids and African cichlids ALL speak different body language. This makes it a prison by language barrier.
if the Oscar was full grown, the Oscar would probably consider those cichlids lunch
Yeah thats why i added him why there all young. I think if i keep conditions good and theres enough room for them theres a chance this will work. thank you for commenting
I added my Oscar when young when there was only a peacock and a maingano left (changing over from rift lake to Oscar, so the maingano was from past fry and the peacock was really old) and they did pick on him a little at first.
After the peacock died of old age, the Oscar and maingano are buddies. Next cichlid challenge? I am growing out a Tropheus duboisi in another tank. I know they can be aggressive, but since he’ll be the new guy I am hoping it will work out.
Have you ever seen a 3yr old Oscar ? All will be eaten
New Zealand Cichlids That is incorrect. You have to add the Oscar when it’s young so it doesn’t identify the African Cichild as food. I literally had a 7-8 inch Oscar in a 55 eating crickets and it never fucked with my Haps and Peacocks
I love that you gave this a go. Great video, I under stand it's 5 years old now but I will watch a few more on this subject. Thanks.
Don't do it please. I've been keeping and breeding Africans for 6yrs and have an Oscar tank. I would NEVER mix them. Can they coexist together? Probably but definitely not thrive. Africans are rift lake fish High PH High GH high Kh the exact opposite of Oscar's. Social behaviours, breeding behaviours, diet requirements are all different. Pretty much your putting a bunch of fish that speak different languages together with no interpreter. So instead of being able to enjoy watching their natural behaviour and beauty, it will be a tank just trying to survive. Africans are fast extremely active and aggressive fish, they can move through a tank at 60mph and not hit a thing and an oscar? Crashes into everything. Mbuna stress Haps out, they'd stress the life out of a young oscar and an oscar would be hard pressed to catch one without hurting itself. Anyone that says PH doesn't matter needs to talk to a fish vet and learn that it actually is very important. There's a reason you don't see many with 10-15yr old cichlids and most of the time it's due to improper care.
I have them both in my biggest tanks. A 55g and a 75g tank. They are happy, the african prefer hideaways and the oscars prefere open and large rock. My africans range from electric yellow, violet yellow tail, rainbow peacock, and other various ones. And a couple tiger oscars. Lost two in beginning, but moved them with ones that got along. Waiting on stand then i will upgrade to a 125g tank as well. Good luck all.
Prepare for 100% typical comments. "Oh your tank are too small" "oh they don't get along" shut up..
I have two tiger oscars in my tank with a few other cichlids and they get along wonderfully. I have never had an issues with them going at any fish I put in there.
Yes you can. They can also live with those fish here that I have. African Cichlid, red tail shark, Dragon fish, Angelfish, Blood red parrot, and Dinosaur Bichir. And they also can live with other fish but you have to make some experiment. Beware before you putting Oscar in your tank. First, Add some fish for couple of days so they feel comfortable and feel home last and not least put Oscar so there won't be any issue in the tank.
I hope it helped and also I can make a very short video that those fish I described are in my tank and are very happy and not aggressive. :)
iv got both african chiclids and oscars togeter and they all get along Perfectly fine..
How big were the cichlids when you got your oscar?
Great video! I just brought mine home , hope they like new place
They are from different parts of the world, with completely different water parameters
Although they seem fine and may work together, the water conditions required are different for their best care and longest quality life potentials. I went along with the LFS suggestions as a newbie and had mixmatched fish because i thought they looked cool. but as time went on, the natural settings and needs of the fish became paramount. People will look to videos for answers and direction. I try to help them have good experiences with less troubles.
Wait a few months when the oscar is triple in size. That's the video I was searching for.
ive had a mbuna tank and i added an oscar when i was little the oscar got to about 8”-10” and it wasnt that he wasnt big enough to stand his ground it was just that he was relaxed when he swam and the mbuna could quickly nip his fins from behind amd swim into some decorations. mbuna are simply to relentless fast and aggressive eventually the oscar got chased out of the tank. i also had put the oscar into qt to regrow his fins a couple times and that was at his biggest size.
The secret is to add more than one oscar. OR to add the oscar first before the cichlids have a chance to astablish dominion.
No good idea.
The Oscar is quite small right now but this will change soon and I do not like to put fish together that have different requirements to the water. Even if this works sometimes it doesn't mean it is they way it should be done.
He prob took over the whole tank after a cupped months
I have a tiger Oscar, 3 mbuna’s, ob peacock and a red blood jewel and they get along just fine. I think I may post some videos regarding this
I started with 2 Oscars and when they reached 4" I started adding African Cichlids,have more than 30 in the 125 gal tank,they all get along
Sounds like you know what your doing I just got my red Oscar yesterday along with four African cichlids they are so small I put them in a 20 gal for now then when they are about three inches I’m putting them in my 40 gal and at about 6 inches they will get a 100 gal
@@alizasanders8071 my Oscars got way to big and I had to give them away,but my afrontosas are all good,have fun.
I'm also introducing a tiger Oscar into my 65 gallon African cichlid tank. So far it has fit in really well. I have a natural habitat of granite set up inside that gives extensive layers of coverage and territory. I'm hoping for the best. I'll keep you posted. What is the latest on your efforts? I see this is from 2014.
Oscar and african cichlids in a 3 foot tank smh
I have an Oscar in with a Red Devil both are 10 inches long , had to divide the tank cause the Red Devil and my Parrot had fry and became ferocious . Removing anything sharp in your tank is important , their biting doesn't harm each other , its the speed they swim at running into rocks that will hurt them
My Oscars does good with mine
I have an Oscar with african cichlid! And at first yes they won't get along, but with time they'll be fine!! That's a good looking tank!!
thanks for the comment mate :) Yeah I have a few mates that have mixed the 2 and they have got along well. Really depends on the Africans you put in there with them to as I wouldnt recomend bumble bee cichlids for an example. dont get me wrong it could work but the odds wouldnt be in your favor
You put it in with tbe most dangerous mbunas you can get lol I have two Oscars with my peacocks and haps
Guys i see your channel did not work out maybe because you got the Oscar out ..you could probably add a couple
Of oscar and recreate the story again
yeah they can go together just make sure Oscar is a little bigget
He shouldn't have added just one fish. When you add just one fish he will be a target to the rest of them.
Wes P Number one rule with Africans when adding new fish *never add just one* 4-5 is sufficient but obviously more the better.
Totally depends on the stock. You add anything stripey and a demasoni will be aggressive for a while . Add a single yellow lab or plain peacock and he won't care.
My Oscar and my Jack Dempsey only beef when they are hungry other then that they are good together
vanessa31966 same here they never have issues but my Oscars ate all my tiger batbs:(
vanessa31966 where You get Jack Dempsy's?
Add a wave maker and more cichlids
Red Jewel and 3 frontosas would look nice in there
Seems like you got all male fish to keep the aggression lower(since no female to fight over)
Have a back up? No they do not go well together. The PH levels are not the same but the African are more aggressive and shockingly will kill the oscar. i speak from experience
Joe leblanc I was told red jewels salvinis and a LG jack dempsey would be disastrous and they all live together in my tank
Joe leblanc actually my oscars have been in my 120 with my Africans since we brought them home probably about 2 inches when I bought them now over 13 inches and never had a problem
Joe leblanc When I've mixed, my South American cichlids have always beat up my African Cichlids. Always.
Joe leblanc you can try to match the ph
I️ currently have a Oscar and 10 African cichlids and the are just fine
i have 140 cichlids in my 300gal tank. ive had Oskers (8) in the same tank and got along awesome. i took them out because my cichlids were having fry ×6 fish i was noticing them snacking on them. "innocently" so had to take out. they bow eat 5-6 feeder fish every feeding. .. basically they get along but the fry is the only reason I moved them. . but definitely get along with each other! !!
My Oscar is freaking out , my African cichlids are too aggressive :( I hope I came across your video earlier .
Oscars are semi aggressive fish, not terrible.
My Oscar does fine in my Cichlid tank
That oscar will grow up to eat those african cichlids whole
Your a good man to the fish hobby, why? Because you care about the fish your introducing and the value of that oscar, its life. I want to add an oscar as well to a hostile pure african tank, this video helps me a bit.
I have my own pecking order as well and that auratus (yellow stripe guy) will kick the sh&& out of anything in any tank. Dont support these fish (for anyone reading).
I own a mix 75g african tank and an 56g auratus (1) tiger barb(15) Red Tailed Shark(1) Buenos Aries Tetra (3) tank (this combo works).
Aggression with this combo is follow. Auratus ,redtailed, and the tertras mix with the barbs equally with there own small pecking orders as a shoal.
does that red ail shar bite the fins of the othet fishese you got?
I don't watch my ph level ever and all my fish are fine
Yeah me too
ph level doesnt matter unless youre worried about color and overall health of certain species but ph does effect the toxicity of nitrate so it can definitely effect your fishs health
When I’m adding fish I always add a couple simply because it’s less attention given to the one newbie
If you mix these fish, you wanna make sure the oscar is at least 4 to 5 inches for it to work if not they'll fight constantly
awesome man thats a nice tank i love your red tailed sharks keep up the great work.
I've noticed with oscars if you put them in when theyre smaller with other cichlids and bottom feeders like plecos and coreys they will get used to them and are less likely to be that mean to them when they get big. If they're already big when you put them in it's a different story.
This is true i got two oscars a tiger and albino two jack dempseys and a pleco and no agression was shown only agressor i has was a ramiers ram chiclid i sold but had in that tank
oh sweat. All of my cichlids and my one oscar were babies. And i have a bottom feeder shark which was alos a baby. they're my BABIES!
Hey i have 12 african cichlids in a almost 2 feet tank so can i put a albino oscar in it . And yes all my cichlids are about 1.5 inches small
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Very true I have 1 big tiger Oscar and 3 Corys a pleco and 2 African chiclids and have Han no issues
Sometimes they will eat the smaller chiclids they out grow ear my female convict
if the Oscar Grows up...he will eat all the african cichlids in this Tank
if you want oscar life with them you care him same times with others. orn: 1 years old oscar and african cichlids
They can live together with no problem at all..I have them now for more than one year
I have mine together they are all cool and healthy and no fighting 1 a week shrimp about 30 gone in 2 minutes
How big is the tank
I have a shark, three African cichlids, and an oscar. All babies. I stick my fingers in there and my oscar plays with my hand. I know he's playing cause he would have bit me if he were being aggressive. no he just chases my hand and if he catches it he just turns and looks and me through the tank.his name is oskar lol. the cichlids are Blue, Jeremy, and Schmidt. And the shark is Bruce.
Wow, that counted a lot of spelling errors.
Oscars prevent the more aggressive malawis from claiming the tank and killing of everyone else
Is your oscar still with your African cichlids? If yes how long have they been together
"#1 suspect" 😆
Oscars can live with Africans just as long as they don't eat them. My Oscar lived with 7 Africans for 5 years never had a problem. But gave them aways since I moved. oscars usually never fight with africans
Kitty Pryde But they do fight with the American
INFAMOUS ™ yes that they do lol
Kitty Pryde talking bout oscar, my jardini arowana got bitten by one of my oscar. Lucky i saw em fight and move the oscar. 😔
INFAMOUS ™ damn well good thing you did, my oscar once killed a Jack Dempsey I bought.. cichlids are even more aggressive to fish that are it's kind or look similar
Kitty Pryde wow that's sad.. 🙁🙁 I'm done with oscar even tho i love em. Gotta give it away to someone soon. My mistake that i thought i could community tank them all together
African cichlids really only get aggressive with fish their own size. I have a red devil and a tricolor around 7" and I added a jack depsey and oscar around 2" and they treated them like their own guppies. My blue johani chased them a couple times because he had a chance not to be the tank whimp xD
Oscar cichlids require a lower pH bad African cichlids
And after cichlids like their water harder than Oscar cichlids
Also going to add that it takes days for fish to get used to pH and all that other stuff
And you are correct but the thing is I got my fish from a New Zealand pet store and we are a long long way from were there from so his parents were tank raised and his parents, parents were tank raised etc etc. In my opinion I think that People should be more worried about tank size and clean water then a increased ph level. Thanks for your comment and I couldent agree with you more
They also have different diets, Mbuna will suffer without a mostly vegetarian diet and the Oscar will suffer with that diet.
It's upto you to be a responsible fishkeeper if you're not, don't post videos encouraging it to other people without good knowledge.
That tanks 2 mad 4 him Oscars like a more calm environment
I don't know why my cilchild hate Oscar always
I love oscar fish, but I only have a five gallon with mollies and neon tetras
Well done. I want to do the same but have a couple of cranky Jack Dempseys so not going to risk it. Thanks for posting though
You can have jack Dempsey and oscars together but however JDs are known to gang up if theres 2 or more of the JDs together against other fish. Kne Jd fish is fine with oscars
I just saw seven Tigers Oscars with at least 8 to 10 Texas Cichlid hybrids in the Zack same 10 gallon tank at a store nobody was bawling anybody they were going along quite well the Oscars were quite larger than the cichlids everybody is swimming around just as normal
How do feed Mbuna that a primarily vegetarian and South american cichlids that arent at the same time? So many things wrong about this, itll just encourage more people to keep fish incorrectly, just because you can, doesn't make it right.
I'd love to keep an oscar with my Africans but my Africans are just way too aggressive, they fight with everything except themselves.
you can add a oscar cichlid with anyfish to bid to swallow
I have a community tank of South American and African cichlids all bought different sizes and different times some even giving to me while in their past tank they were aggressive even towards an aggressive flower horn my trick was moving the pots around in the tank the slate and plants pretty much everything that was moveable every water change and every time I got a new fish so they weren't so territorial of their spot so they weren't mean to the new fish.
thanks for the comment. Yeah 1 of the reasons why cichlids fight is over territory so moving things around does help as it takes it away every time you change things around
I added a African cichlid to my Oscar tank bad I idea the African cichlid attacked my Oscar way to much he stood up for himself but the other one was to fast for my Oscar had to separate them
Hi Jonathan, I have just watched your video which was of interest to me, ask myself have a pair of tiger oscars which are approximately 6 inches in size. I have been wonder if I could add them to my African 240 litre tank. After watching the behaviour of your demasoni blue cichlid I have decided not to add my two oscars to my African tank because as you say and I totally agree that African cichlids can be very aggressive. I have about 30 African cichlids in my tank, yellow labs, three haps, orange banded and yellow banded dubois, several aratus, etc. However I do know some people who successfully mix African cichlids with American cichlids, but it is in my opinion a bit of a unknown thing as the personality and temperament of these fish can differ from each individual fish. I've been in the hobby to know that, as I'm sure you have too. I wish you the best of luck with your hobby and I hope your oscar settles in its new tank and gets along with its new tank mates. Thanks for sharing your video, I enjoyed watching it, I hope you reply, best wishes from Dennis
Thk you 👍🏻
The answer is no. The Oscar will be killed every time.
Yup, just learned this the hard way. I put in a convict a month ago and they chased him but he survived and is living great with the 4 African yellow labs and mbuna’s. Just put Oscar in and they pecked him so I put him in a breeder tank for a week and dropped him back in 2 days ago. Watched a while all good. Woke up yesterday morning and they destroyed him near death very bad and even the convict was biting his mouth. They ripped him apart.
Making mistakes in fish keeping is how we learn. Sorry about your Oscar.
hi i have 3 cichlids that are about 5 inches long and one that is about 10 inches long can i put my oscar fish that is about 12 inches long in my cichlid tank
I’d say no, my mbuna cichlids killed my juvenile oscar.
Oscar looks good so far,, I see you have a red tailed shark with the cichlids ,, how is that combo working out? I want to put RTS with my cichlids but wasn't sure if they are ok together ,, can you do a video or let me know if they are comparable ,, thanks
RT sharks are actually members of the catfish family there not real sharks its a catfish , there semi aggressive so they be fine with other cichlid fish
I guess if u intro suddenly new one then problem but if we intro all together probably we can find results after few days...
Nice Video
It is always a risk. Often it depends on the oscar itself.
One day you can wake up and the small fish are gone.. You think it’s going great after a long time then you have an MIA. It happens.
Yes you can
I have a Texas cichlid in with African cichlids my texas cichlid was in with an oscar and is scared of everything so he goes great with them he is twice their size easily.
What size tank is that
I love Oscars great video
Thanks man yeah they are def one of my fav. Thanks for the comment
I think the problem is in a couple of months the Oscar will get big and probably rip them apart
as long as he does not feed the oscar live food, they will be fine
Have you tried to quarantine the problem fish while the oscar adjusts to the tank then adding the problem back to tank
I have a Oscar African cichlids convicts together with algae eater and they all get along every now and then they would Chase The Other fish maybe because of putting food in just protecting their little spot and being greedy wanting all the food
+Deron Cheatham you guys are bold i rather just keep fish and water parameter compatible tanks
when the oscar gets bigger he will kill or eat the African cichlids. for the time being while the oscar is small it will appear they are doing fine
never put them together they will kill each other and the tank is way to small for the oscar they get huge really fast
I would not do it due to the Philippines levels. African cichlids are happier in higher pH. I kept malowi, and kept pH at 8,0. Others I kept as high as 9.0. Oscars would not thrive on those tanks.
Man. I bought a baby tiger Oscar yesterday he is about 2inches and I put him together with my African cichlids almost the same size as he is but they killed my baby Oscar. I have 3 new cichlids that I put in the tank but they're much smaller than him about an inch so I'm worried that they might die but the other cichlids wanted the Oscar maybe.
Hi I just did the same thing with my oscar fish because my cichlid was looking a little lonely and the guy at the pet store actually recommended for me to put the Oscar in with the cichlid because the Oscar would feed on feeder fish and the cichlid could consume the floating pellets but I had I've noticed that it's feeding time the African cichlid tries to consume all the food and leave none for the Oscar but the Oscar does have a tendency to be able to get a few pallets at a time but then added maybe 10 feeder fish into the tank and the Oscar has already gobbled down 3 of them in a matter of 2 days
Crack up if I had a pet store Its somthing I wouldent recommend to customers lol Dont get me wrong It can work as ive seen it with my own 2 eyes with my mates tanks but its a lot of trail and error but thats the same with most cichlids. My one stared of shy when he got added and was a bit hard feeding as the Africans are pretty dominating but when he got a good size advantage on them he was the one eating the most. thanks for the comment
New Zealand Cichlids they seem to be doing ok I suppose so far I've been making sure they are both eating
you can if the africans cichlids are big at least 6 inches or more nothing smaller
what water temperature is required for them ...
dont be surprised if the oscar takes over thre tank
Nice sweet Dwarf Schnauzer you have =)
There both agrissive
mine is living peacefully and no fight
How did you get on with the Oscar
this is awesome