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    From Cassie280264@1:278/230 to All on Fri Nov 19 11:08:00 2004
    I have a large tiger oscar in a 400 litre tank he bullied the other oscar until it died I would like to add another oscar but am worried about the bullying happening again I do regular water changes and feed a good diet but when I bought my oscar he had small indentations in the head area I dont know if this is a sign of hole in the head disease as I haven't seen the first stages of this disease before although this haven't got any worst. I was wondering if I should start again with baby oscars instead of fully grown ones I am not new to keeping cichlids as I kept malawi's for years by the way my water conditions are fine and my ph is 7.2 also how many fully grown oscars can I keep in my tank I thought 2-3 will be the limit without overcrowding any suggestions thankyou
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  • From BEN RITCHEY@1:393/68 to CASSIE280264 on Sat Nov 20 13:48:51 2004

    | C> I have a large tiger oscar in a 400 litre tank he bullied the other
    | C> oscar until it died I would like to add another oscar but am worried
    | C> about the bullying happening again I do regular water changes and

    My experience with Tiger Oscars has been the same, eventually they just get mean and the biggest one usually is the sole survivor ...

    | C> again with baby oscars instead of fully grown ones I am not new to

    If they are reasonably close to the same size then possibly yes, if nothing else they will be evenly matched <g>.

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  • From Margolis@1:278/230 to All on Sat Nov 20 06:16:00 2004
    "Cassie280264" <cassie280264@aol.com> wrote in message news:20041119095422.07662.00000847@mb-m01.aol.com...
    I have a large tiger oscar in a 400 litre tank he bullied the other oscar until it died I would like to add another oscar but am worried about the bullying happening again I do regular water changes and feed a good diet
    but
    when I bought my oscar he had small indentations in the head area I dont
    know
    if this is a sign of hole in the head disease as I haven't seen the first stages of this disease before although this haven't got any worst. I was wondering if I should start again with baby oscars instead of fully grown
    ones
    I am not new to keeping cichlids as I kept malawi's for years by the way
    my
    water conditions are fine and my ph is 7.2 also how many fully grown
    oscars
    can I keep in my tank I thought 2-3 will be the limit without overcrowding
    any
    suggestions thankyou



    that tank is only suitable for 1 oscar, imho. They generally don't like companions once they start maturing a little.
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