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I would be interested in what kind of fish people have in with the pink tailed chalceus? How they get along and any other information about this little know fish. Thanks:D :)
They are easily bullied. But they will eat what they can fit down.
Is this a tough fish or not? Would it be able to be in with big fish like tinfoils. an oscar and a Distichodus?
I have no idea what a Distichodus is...but it should have no trouble with tinfoils. I don't know how well it would do with an oscar though. That would depend on tank size and the size of both fish. Can you fill us in on those tidbits?
JamisonBWolsh
11-29-2002, 9:37 PM
You should have asked these in one question instead of several. I dont know what these fish are. I do know that Tinfoils have no problems with ANY FISH. They arent aggressive and ignore all fish. Now, whethor or not, THE OSCAR will attack them, I dont know? The worst of all your fish you mentioned is fin nip. IM not sure if the oscar would work. They are aggressive.....compared with the fish in your tank...
I wouldnt add an oscar.
1.) aggressive to the other fish
2.) can we spell COMMON???
I am unsure if I can keep these in a big aquarium with big fish? In with a big oscar and an asian upside down catfish. I am afraid this catfish would eat these types of fish even if they were close to mature size of 5 in. or so.
They max out at 10". if the oscar is big and the ptc is small, it will probably be a meal. Its a slim bodied fish. Not sure on the growth rate either.
I didn't realize the chalceus would get to as much as 10in. If I bought him first and let him grow maybe he could do ok with the big fish. Some combinations are impossible to predict and the only way to get an answer is to try some of them. ;)
H8Parrotfish 13
11-29-2002, 10:13 PM
Be sure to add alot of floating plants. I bought three cause I was told they like to be in groups to overcome their shyness. Mine used to love floating plants. These are the fish I used to have in my old tank with the Chalceuses...
Broke 300 gal
4 Keyhole Cichlid
2 Uaru
3 Geophagus Jurupari
2 Black Arrowana
they all lived peacfully except they would fight for pellets and sticks with the Arrowanas.
Serrateeth_2002
11-29-2002, 11:43 PM
Originally posted by JamisonBWolsh
You should have asked these in one question instead of several. I dont know what these fish are. I do know that Tinfoils have no problems with ANY FISH. They arent aggressive and ignore all fish. Now, whethor or not, THE OSCAR will attack them, I dont know? The worst of all your fish you mentioned is fin nip. IM not sure if the oscar would work. They are aggressive.....compared with the fish in your tank...
I wouldnt add an oscar.
1.) aggressive to the other fish
2.) can we spell COMMON???
Oscars aggressive-to small fishes
What's wrong with being common,at least they are beautiful and are not hybrids,aren't tinfoils common too,at least not the albinos,Upside Down Asian Catfish should have a southeast biotope,with tinfoils and other large barbs like the T-barbs.
PredatorFish
11-30-2002, 10:17 AM
I had a pink chalceus in a tank with a green sunfish for a while. They got along for a few months but then the green sunfish just decided to start picking on him and he didn't last long after that. I think that they would be great with tinfoils. They have a funny personality and actually "play dead" sometimes. I not sure that i would put one with an oscar.
Lynsey
12-10-2002, 5:06 PM
I just saw this post. I recently added a pink tailed chalceus to my tank as a friend for one of my other fish. I had purchased a 5" tetra of some sort, only to find out that it was very rare and are only wild caught, which means that he will not be getting any friends like him to school with. I got him a chalceus so he could have a friend that was closely related to him. It seems to be working, they started swimming together immediately. Anyway, my chalceus is about 5" inches and in the tank with a 9-10" Albino Oscar. The Oscar looked at it once and realized it was too big to eat, and he hasn't looked at it since. However, my Oscar is not really aggressive at all. I even have a few giant danios (4") in the tank, and he hasn't looked at them.
P.S. My Oscar has never had a feeder fish, so he doesn't think that every fish added to the tank is a meal. I also fed my Oscar before I added the chalceus. He didn't even notice it was in the tank for about 10 mins. Also, I have lots of hiding spots in the tank.