Distant cousins?

ProdigalMarine · Mar 22, 2003

Unexchange brought something to my attention....he said that he's noticed that piranha owners also own oscars.......im wondering if Oscar fish are distant cousins of the piranha family

thePACK · Mar 22, 2003

no

pcrose · Mar 22, 2003

They don't look a like if they are distant cousins oh wait nevermind irrelevant point.

ProdigalMarine · Mar 22, 2003

thePACK said:
no

well you've officially shot down my idea

unxchange · Mar 22, 2003

lol, one's a characin and the other is a cichlidae... maybe... maybe not.

If you guys like Oscars... you guys will definately like the Midas Cichlid.

Judazzz · Mar 22, 2003

unxchange said:
lol, one's a characin and the other is a cichlidae... maybe... maybe not.

btw: Spikey, what the hell are you doing outside the Lounge

thePACK · Mar 22, 2003

Judazzz said:
btw: Spikey, what the hell are you doing outside the Lounge

uncharted terriority??????

ProdigalMarine · Mar 23, 2003

Judazzz said:
btw: Spikey, what the hell are you doing outside the Lounge

im doing what napoleon did, im gonna take over this forum too.....slowly

......but this will have to wait until i get back from SOI

unxchange · Mar 23, 2003

*cough* trespasser*

ProdigalMarine · Mar 23, 2003

lol, one's a characin and the other is a cichlidae... maybe... maybe not.

so which one is which?
piranha=characin/cichlidae?
tiger oscar=charcin/cichlidae?

....im asking cuz im curious.....and because i own two tiger oscars

unxchange · Mar 23, 2003

Piranha = Characin
Oscars = Cichlidae ... aka Cichlids.. there are many other Cichlids with greater personality than Oscars.. maybe you should try some others.. IM me if you want to learn more .

ProdigalMarine · Mar 23, 2003

unxchange said:
Piranha = Characin
Oscars = Cichlidae ... aka Cichlids.. there are many other Cichlids with greater personality than Oscars.. maybe you should try some others.. IM me if you want to learn more .

ooooooOOOOooooo, so they aren't related to piranha's or ARE they?.....im just curious, cuz i went to a PetCo today, and looked at the info-tag they had on tiger oscars.....and it said it was from south america/amazon region....and im still wondering thats all.......my next idea would be to have some saltwater fish, like a whole bunch of clown fish in a 50gal tank

.........disney's new pixar movie. "Finding Nemo" is gonna be sweet!

unxchange · Mar 23, 2003

If Cichlids were to live with large schools of Piranhas.. all CIchlids would become extinct...

Lilith is great with saltwater projects.

Judazzz · Mar 23, 2003

USMC*sPiKeY* said:
unxchange said:

Piranha = Characin
Oscars = Cichlidae ... aka Cichlids.. there are many other Cichlids with greater personality than Oscars.. maybe you should try some others.. IM me if you want to learn more .

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ooooooOOOOooooo, so they aren't related to piranha's or ARE they?.....im just curious, cuz i went to a PetCo today, and looked at the info-tag they had on tiger oscars.....and it said it was from south america/amazon region....and im still wondering thats all.......my next idea would be to have some saltwater fish, like a whole bunch of clown fish in a 50gal tank

.........disney's new pixar movie. "Finding Nemo" is gonna be sweet!

Pansy

A true man has piranha's (or worse)

unxchange · Mar 23, 2003

Nothing wrong with Cichlids with bad attitudes either..

:biggrin:

sick_twistedness · Mar 23, 2003

Piraha and Cichlids are both great hellbent fish

But you just have not witnessed pure unsurpassed carnical evil till yav kept salt water preds

True Oscars and Piraha both come from Brazil....but they rarely live in the same area of streams and tributaries. All fish in general are related...but Oscars and Piranha arnt of the same Genus or Species so they arnt closely enough related to really be called a cousin fish to one another. Infact Piranha are more closely related to tetras than they are an Oscar

ProdigalMarine · Mar 23, 2003

sick_twistedness said:
Piraha and Cichlids are both great hellbent fish

But you just have not witnessed pure unsurpassed carnical evil till yav kept salt water preds

True Oscars and Piraha both come from Brazil....but they rarely live in the same area of streams and tributaries. All fish in general are related...but Oscars and Piranha arnt of the same Genus or Species so they arnt closely enough related to really be called a cousin fish to one another. Infact Piranha are more closely related to tetras than they are an Oscar

see thats the answer i was looking for

......and juda im not a pansy for owning tiger oscars, it was a gift to my dad, but he didn't want it so i took care of them

.......imo, you're the pansy....you pansy dutch man with short shwartz helmet that rides around on a flat bicycle that plans to invade french

ProdigalMarine · Mar 23, 2003

Judazzz said:
Pansy

A true man has piranha's (or worse)

personally i like fish that entertain me.......i have a short attention span, so 15 minutes of entertainment from a clown fish is good enough

Judazzz · Mar 23, 2003

USMC*sPiKeY* said:
Judazzz said:

Pansy

A true man has piranha's (or worse)

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personally i like fish that entertain me.......i have a short attention span, so 15 minutes of entertainment from a clown fish is good enough

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Dear god, and you're going to war: after 15 minutes, you don't even remeber where you are, who you're fighting or why

Just try to remember: guys with oversized moustaches are bad, umkay

ProdigalMarine · Mar 23, 2003

Judazzz said:
Dear god, and you're going to war: after 15 minutes, you don't even remeber where you are, who you're fighting or why

Just try to remember: guys with oversized moustaches are bad, umkay

no no, if i set my mind to something than i can have a longer attention span....and since the Marines is something that i have my mind set on, i'll have a longer attention span.......as for the threads we have here on pfury....i get distracted from the main theme of the thread and go off the wall

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