Tankmates for Flowerhorns
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Your FH despite his smaller size compared to his tankmates is having territory issues, even being in a 125g having the other tankmates is obviously stretched his territorial needs and a Oscar is the final straw apparently.
You can forget about the Oscar and leave the FH in there, but as it matures you'll have more issues.
I wouldn't try putting him with the other, larger FH, in that 55g. Thats just asking for more territorial trouble IMO, not to mention its too small for even two half grown FH's.
Whether or not your FH will accept "ANY" tankmate, especially when mature, depends on the individual fish...
But I wouldn't hold my breath if I was you.
The Flowerhorn in the 55g might co-exist with a syondontis catfish or two, and perhaps a pleco (give them plenty of hiding places, though). Other than that, no new tankmates. The tank is too small, especially for another cichlid.
Your 125g is also full, perhaps even overstocked if the Flowerhorn develops agression issues vs. the other cichlids in the tank. Cichlids are territorial fish, and large cichlids in nature will stake out territories that are 4 feet in diameter or more. Thus most tanks in our hobby are not large enough to contain multiple competing species. With Blood Parrots, severums, and Flowerhorns, your current tanks are at capacity. If you want additional activity in the 125g, you might consider adding a school of large rainbows or silver dollars. If your cichlids are large, you definitely need to buy larger schooling fish or they will get eaten before they have a chance to establish themselves.
Your 125g is also full, perhaps even overstocked if the Flowerhorn develops agression issues vs. the other cichlids in the tank. Cichlids are territorial fish, and large cichlids in nature will stake out territories that are 4 feet in diameter or more. Thus most tanks in our hobby are not large enough to contain multiple competing species. With Blood Parrots, severums, and Flowerhorns, your current tanks are at capacity. If you want additional activity in the 125g, you might consider adding a school of large rainbows or silver dollars. If your cichlids are large, you definitely need to buy larger schooling fish or they will get eaten before they have a chance to establish themselves.
As far as a tankmate(size of tank not considered) a large jag cichlid could handle the FH's aggression. A pacu would be another fish that could handle it's aggressive nature. But you would want a tank in the neighborhood of 300g for those fish full grown.
