Green Terror

[aspguru]

Could I successfully put a green terror in my 55 with my convicht, oscar, silver dollar and pleco?

 

[fishboy]

How big are the other fish??? I doubt it anyway though because  the oscar will get to big and the terror is very aggressive. Plus the silver dollar will get really big
                                  HTH
                                      Daniel

 

[Nativefish Boy]

if you wanted to have some very mauled fish you could do that. Mine mauled my arawonna. They have no fear of death and will attack anything if they don't like it. The name implys it all.  

 

[aspguru]

WOW. That is unreal. Um. Any other ideas for tank mates?  

 

[Nativefish Boy]

Tin Foil barbs, jack dempseys, salvini, ah.... :-/ just about any other medium sized South American cichlid.

 

[pdiddymoose]

I successfully kept an Oscar with a smaller Fire Mouth.  Don't know how that would get along with the others?

How 'bout a cuppla more silver dollars or a friend or two for Oscar? Oh yeah you gotta get some more Convicts.  I' have a very happy tank with one male and two females.  They're EZ to sex.  Throw a few small clay flower pots in the tank and watch those rascals breed!:  55g is alot'o water you definately have room for more buddies.  Whatever.  

good luck

pd

 

[aspguru]

I just don't like silver dollars. They are boring as hell and don't look that great. I'm thinking of a demspey or what about a pacu?

 

[luvfishies]

Personally I'd say that tank is stocked already. Just the Oscar (possible 12-16&quot and the plec (again, over a foot) stocks that tank as they are both messy fish.

Your silver dollar just adds to the load. NO way should a pacu go in there. I"ve seen them on AquaBid at over 2 feet!

 

[aspguru]

WOW. I just think pacus are cute. I also LOVE severums. Oh yeah, tell me if this is a rip. I saw a green severum yesterday at an LFS, fairly large, $70.00. Do you think that is a lot? I sure as hell do for a fresh water fish.

 

[mrfootball70]

pacus are cool..but they get gigantic..friend had the same set up as yours..oscar & pleco...and he had channel cat as well & pacu...the pacu got so big he could hardly turn in the 55...all of them ate so much and cr*pped so much maintenance was nightmare...and none of them could move..better to try this set up in a 75 or larger...and severums are the best...i have a small gold probably worth about $25 retail...and my green severum probably becuse of his size would be at least $50 +...but he is ready for old fish home...green terror probably wouldn't be comfortable with oscars..and your silver dollar is lame becuase they need others to school with..

 

[fishboy]

I love Severums, they are the absolute best fish I had a 8 inch female before and she ate out of my hand!! They are very trusting fish , and they are also beautiful. Greens are nice but, personally i like the turquoise better.  Aspurguru: that is a big rip off, usually a large one goes for about 30$ but, we barely ever see green around here , so i don't know if it is more $$$ for greens. IMO you should really get rid of the silver dollar and replace it with the severum. Oh and you will probably need a larger tank for the oscar later. Pacus really shouldn't be kept as an aquarium fish unless u have a 250 gal or more. Anyway good luck