i set up a 55 gallon tank for my dad's birthday, and it just finished cycling yesterday, everything looks beautiful... so me and my dad took a trip to the lfs. the plan was to bring home an oscar and a school of fish (tiger barbs or tetras).
well, the baby oscars that they had looked pathetic - barely an inch big, and their colors looked lame and faded. they had some full-grown oscars, and they also had 2 medium sized oscars.. about 5-6". we both decided we liked the medium-sized oscars; unfortunately, they had just gotten them in two days before and they said we couldn't take one home until the next day (which is today).
we decided to pay for the oscar in advance (he was about $25, which i thought was pretty good, considering he's already got some size on him). we also picked up 6 bloodfin tetras, and so far so good with them, though i want to get a few more eventually.
here's where we get to the trouble, of course... my dad decided to also get 2 cory cats and 2 red tail sharks. the RTS's were harrassing the crap out of each other this morning, and i knew we didn't need/want the cories, so i brought ONE shark and BOTH cories back this morning, and picked up a clown pleco instead.
so my question is: aside from obvious stocking issues (if we're not overstocked now, i know we will be soon), what are your predictions? will the oscar beat the crap out of the RTS? or might it theoretically work, at least for a while? and just HOW overstocked do you think i am? (i only have one HOB filter on the tank now, but i'm planning to go pick up another one sometime soon.)
thanks for reading,
jessey
well, the baby oscars that they had looked pathetic - barely an inch big, and their colors looked lame and faded. they had some full-grown oscars, and they also had 2 medium sized oscars.. about 5-6". we both decided we liked the medium-sized oscars; unfortunately, they had just gotten them in two days before and they said we couldn't take one home until the next day (which is today).
we decided to pay for the oscar in advance (he was about $25, which i thought was pretty good, considering he's already got some size on him). we also picked up 6 bloodfin tetras, and so far so good with them, though i want to get a few more eventually.
here's where we get to the trouble, of course... my dad decided to also get 2 cory cats and 2 red tail sharks. the RTS's were harrassing the crap out of each other this morning, and i knew we didn't need/want the cories, so i brought ONE shark and BOTH cories back this morning, and picked up a clown pleco instead.
so my question is: aside from obvious stocking issues (if we're not overstocked now, i know we will be soon), what are your predictions? will the oscar beat the crap out of the RTS? or might it theoretically work, at least for a while? and just HOW overstocked do you think i am? (i only have one HOB filter on the tank now, but i'm planning to go pick up another one sometime soon.)
thanks for reading,
jessey