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Originally Posted by nomad60
Oscars are pretty cool fish with their own personality. The can be messy though, and destructive too if they don't like the way the tank is laid out. I had one that did not like any kinds of plastic plants on one side of the tank and he kept uprooting them and moving them to the other side.
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All the fish except the Pleco and a catfish are cichlids, including the Oscar and have similar characteristics. The fish in the middle, a Salvini Cichlid, yellow on top, red on bottom with the black stripe in the middle, peeping around a rock is the most wary and aggressive. When she lays eggs, there is not enough room for the Oscar to hide. She brought him to death's door last time. If I hadn't vacuumed her eggs up or removed the Oscar he would be dead. It is funny to see the different ways they operate. In a fishing hole, the Oscars would be first to be caught, while catching the Salvini would take stealth and patience. The Oscar rushes in, while the Salvini watches and waits and sizes things up.