In all my years of fish leeping one of the most vindictive fish behaviour I have seen was when I added another eel to my tank housing the fre eel. I found peacock eels being a smaller eel shier than the larger types and harder to feed and as Neale said it is likely to starve no matter how hard you try in a tank that houses greedy cichlids and clown loachĪnd in my opinion and I think Oscars are one of best tank fish hence the two I have, once they are established they are aggressive with fis tht are added afterwardsįorgot to add fire eels can be really aggressive with other eels. I target fed the eel in his pipe, he comes to my hand to take it which is quite cool but then he is about 13 inches at the moment I keep a fire eel with two oscars and if I just put food in generally the eel would get nothing as the oscars are right at the top ready for anything that comes in. Your oscar will grow so quick that he will soon be larger and more powerful than the eel. Choose day-active, midwater fish that won't steal the live/wet-frozen foods you have to put out for them. Or rather, a groups of them (they're gregarious) would be a good choice for a 240 l aquarium, provided you didn't have any aggressive or nocturnal fish in the system. I cannot really state too strongly how inappropriate Macrognathus siamensis would be for your system. Adding a spiny eel to a tank containing loaches, catfish or anything else that forages at night-time usually ends up with the eel starving. I always recommend people keep the spiny eel first, get it feeding readily, and then add possibly competitive tankmates. Spiny eels across the board are difficult to feed.
I just wouldn't risk keeping the smaller ( Macrognathus spp.) keeping with Oscars. Oscars make good companions for big spiny eel species ( Mastacembelus spp.) though, given sufficient space. This fish has a brownish elongated body with six dark spots resembling peacocks. It is popular for its ornamental appearance that it is widely used in aquariums. Neither outcome will work in your favour. Peacock eel (Macrognathus siamensis) is a spiny eel fish belonging to the Mastacembelidae family. Spiny eels absolutely not will be able to "fight" with an Oscar! I'd get that idea of your head right now! Spiny eels hide from predators, and failing that, they use their spines. Peacock eel facts Aquarium Hardiness: Moderately Hardy Water Conditions: 73-82 F, 6-25 dGH, pH 6.0-8. Its upkeep at residence isn’t significantly tough however requires some data. Peacock eels appear to be strange eel in their body form, behavior, and look. Because spiny eels have vicious serrated spines on their dorsal and anal fins, even if the Oscar didn't swallow the spiny eel, simply manhandling the eel could cause some nasty wounds. Peacock eel is an aquarium inhabitant of the Mastacembelidae family. So their instinct is to bite at things crawling about on the substrate. Even if he isn't particularly aggressive (and most aren't, outside of spawning) they do feed primarily on benthic invertebrates. No, an Oscar isn't an appropriate companion for a small spiny eel.
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