2GPSs Vs.

[kswiss33194]

I hav 2 GPSs n a Oscar n lately the GPSs hav started being more aggresive toward the oscar. at first the oscar wuz bullying the puffers but now the tables hav turned. 1 of the GPSs(Lime thats his name) is doing most of the tail bitting and i guess my other puffer(Lemon) is just along for the ride, i want to keep both puffers n the oscars wt should i do?????

[Christemo]

I asked this in the PM, but you never responded. How large is the tank?
GSPs are KNOWN to be violent to other fish. You should remove either the GSPs or the Oscar right away, unless you want to see an Oscar floating upside down.

[kswiss33194]

im gettin a 55 soon but wt should i do 4 the time being

[kswiss33194]

n i hav a 29g

[Christemo]

One GSP needs a 30 gallon tank to himself. Factor in the other GSP, and the Oscar, who I believe needs 50 gallons when he reaches full size, that's going to be over 110 gallons needed.
Because you are not going to be upgrading to a large enough tank, I would say to bring either the Oscar or the GSPs back to the fish store where they can be treated properly. The only remaining thing to do is to put a divider up, but in a tank that small, I'm not sure it would work, because the GSPs could become aggressive to each other.

[kswiss33194]

ok, well im going to get the 55g like saturday but i dont know how long the oscar can last

[Christemo]

Please remove the fish before it has to suffer anymore then it already has. The 55g won't be cycled in time. That will take a good month to do, maybe faster if you can get BioSpira. The GSPs will eventually need brackish water, then full marine, and the Oscar is a full freshwater fish. They will not be able to get along.

[kswiss33194]

ok,so do u think puttin an oscar in my hospital tank 4 now would b a good idea, but the only think it would b 2 small b/c its 10g

[Christemo]

How large is your Oscar?

[edmlfc1]

They need to be seperated asap. The gsp's are brackish water fish and the oscar is freshwater. I would put up some kind of divider immediately until you can get another tank. It would actually be best to put 2 dividers one to seperate the gsp's and one to seperate the oscar until you can get a second tank. If you tank is 29 gallons that would be 2 gsp's in cramped quarters with one divider (less than 15g), they might kill each other.

[kswiss33194]

my oscar is 4in