Subj : Re: some people are so cr To : All From : Lookn4nemo Date : Thu Feb 05 2004 12:05 pm Ok you win. I missed the part about the Betta. I have been doing research for about a year and have collected a small library of marine books but I have never seen a book or post that tells me that I can't keep Oscars (a Cichlid) with African Cichlids so I went on what my LFS told me. I won't make that mistake again. BTW I like you comment at the end of your post. I think I'll see if I can't find a situation in which to use it today... :-) "blove" wrote in message news:WU9Ub.22662$iJ3.7291@twister.nyroc.rr.com... > its not all the lfs store guys fault, the guy should have done research > before buying the fish. and in this one case this guy wanted to buy a betta > to put in with his oscars, i told him the betta is only aggressive to his > own kind and would be brutily killed by the oscars, the guy bought the betta > anyways. you can lead a person to knowledge but you cant make the moron > think. > > "Lookn4nemo" wrote in message > news:10219osrmumgrbd@corp.supernews.com... > > > > "Trina" wrote in message > > news:4b7u10hlvenau326dvu0vhe478b7oghi1q@4ax.com... > > > Trying to figure out whether this person is ignorant, stupid, cruel or > > > all 3... > > > > > > http://www.powerlabs.org/fish.htm > > > > > > Trina :) > > > Yukon, Canada > > > 44gal/tall/pent/fresh > > > 10gal/planted/fresh > > > > It kinda sounds like his LFS rep is the idiot in this case. I had a > similar > > problem but was smart enough to take my questions to the groups. I too > > tried to put Oscars and Cichlids in the same tank. The smaller cichlids > > tried to make a meal of the slightly larger Oscars. My LFS said they > would > > be fine together because an Oscar is a Cichlid. Lucky for my Oscars I had > a > > spare 20 gallon tank already set up (had just moved piranhas from it to a > > 55). So now my son has the Cichlids in his room and the Oscars have since > > been moved to a 75 gallon tank. In a couple months they will graduate to > > the new 125 I am buying and the Piranhas will get the 75. If I'd have > taken > > the advice of my LFS I'd probably have just two Piranhas left. But thanks > > to the groups I have two Piranhas, three Oscars and 10 African Cichlids. > > > > > > --- þ RIMEGate(tm)/RGXPost V1.14 at BBSWORLD * Info@bbsworld.com --- * RIMEGate(tm)V10.2áÿ* RelayNet(tm) NNTP Gateway * MoonDog BBS * RgateImp.MoonDog.BBS at 2/5/04 12:05:01 PM * Origin: MoonDog BBS, Brooklyn,NY, 718 692-2498, 1:278/230 (1:278/230) .