Tire Track or Fire Eel in Oscar Tank
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Tyre Track/Fire eels need A1 water quality. Oscars are messy. For that reason I'd advise against it...
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The subject is the eel, not the oscar itself. I moved it here from General Freshwater. Furthermore, this section is not for catfish only but to all freshwater bottom dwellers. No worries. We will work on redefining this section hopefully this month.
As far as compatibility is concerned, eels are not to be mixed with oscars. Bichirs can but be prepared to isolate them depending on the species tried as oscars might do serious damage leading to the bichir's demise.
Don't fire eels get to be 2' long anyway? If I'm not mistaken, tire track eels get to be a good 18" themselves... and assuming that the 72 is a bowfront... I'd say not enough footprint, even if the oscar was not in the tank.
Unrelated, but DANG Lupin, that Scobinancistrus aureatus is one looker of a fish! I can only imagine how many zeros must be in its price tag...
Unrelated, but DANG Lupin, that Scobinancistrus aureatus is one looker of a fish! I can only imagine how many zeros must be in its price tag...
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3 feet is max size, Gatotsu. They're pretty strong in appearance as well.
Tire track eels are mostly 2 feet.Fish in my avatar is not mine. Credit goes to whomever the photo is from.
I simply put it there because of my obsession towards plecos.
3 feet is max size, Gatotsu. They're pretty strong in appearance as well.
Fish in my avatar is not mine. Credit goes to whomever the photo is from.
At 3' long, DEFINITELY too large to fit into a 72g bowfront... even if they are flexible. Besides which, that tank really is going to be near if not at its stocking limit when the oscar hits its adult size.
Well, if I could find one like that for a decent price, I'd be absolutely obsessed with them too. (that or one of the pseudo zebra's, since the real ones are $$$ and relatively rare in the wild)