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My South American Chiclid Tank

Discussion in 'Freshwater Aquariums & Fish Photos' started by gangstafish, Nov 27, 2009.

  1. gangstafish

    gangstafish Thread Starter Member

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    I have three Oscars,one Blackbelt,one Dovii,one Discus,and one Angel,one Green Texas.


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    OMG! Gangsta...are they all in the same tank together?
     
    MOD_Dawn, Nov 28, 2009
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  3. gangstafish

    gangstafish Thread Starter Member

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    Yes. But I took out the Angel and the Discus because the Dovii is getting larger.
     
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    Amazed the Discus didn't get eaten or starve from fear of the others.
    What type of discus is that?
     
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    very nice looking group.. :D

    i was thinking the same thing..lol
     
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    how big is this tank?
     
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    Bad mix of fish IMO.... :confused:
     
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  8. gangstafish

    gangstafish Thread Starter Member

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    The Discus is a Pigeonblood. Like I said the Angel and Discus have moved to a Discus tank. The tank is 155 gallons with 2xFluval FX5's and 1 Eheim Pro3E. The Discus and Angel were in the tank first. The Discus is not a sissy like most Discus are today. And no one bothers him.
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    gangstafish, Nov 29, 2009
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  9. buzz4520

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    i was hoping that you'd say you had like a 300gal. i agree with lemon..bad mix imho !! don't get me wrong, i like your choice of fish just not in the same tank of your size. the dovii is your biggest threat...very very mean and a big time preditor fish. they all seem young yet maybe you'll get lucky. like i said before...very nice looking group, just hoped you had a bigger tank. your tank looks really nice also!!
     
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    And Discus are not "gentle" like most people take them as being... Its illnesses that concerns me... Angelfish carry disease that can kill Discus (even though they are not showing symptoms ie: Discus Plague)

    Also even at that size tank, 2 Oscars is the limit... I have a 125 that held 2 Oscars and I was CONSTANTLY fighting Nitrates! Every other day 50% partials I was keeping a nitrate rate of over 60ppm! Dirty fish need MUCH more space IMHO...

    BUT the Discus seems large and healthy... IDK how but he/she does...
     
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    Dovii do not make good tankmates for any other species of fish, including other dovii IMHO

    rick

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    I like the south american bala shark....lol..........seriously, nice clean looking tank
     
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  13. MonteSS

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    Fish and tank look good. I am much happier that you rehoused the Angels and discus.

    You def have some heavy hitters there and you may have probs later. Time will tell as they mature.

    ...Bill
     
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    I cant believe the Angel and Discus didnt get eaten. Especially with the Oscar in there. Thats insane!!! I mixed an Oscar with an Orange Pike and they used to try to eat each other all the time! I had to pull the Oscar out of the Pike's mouth one time. The Oscar was equally aggressive though.
     
    jrow8162, Dec 2, 2009
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