Oscars

[aquinn425]

Thinking of setting up my 55ga as an Oscar tank. Would love to have any opinions.. How many fish to put in, what kind, etc. thanks

 

[PockX]

You could prolly do 1 oscar..you need good filteration though and have to keep up with wc's. There will be alot of different views for that though. Many think 55 isn't enough.

 

[Convict2161]

If your hell bent on an Oscar and can't get at least a 75 gallon I wouldn't do it. With that said. If you do it anyway. You'll need some really good filtration like a good canister or two aqua clear 110's. I'd also recommend bare bottom as its easier to clean. You can put a nice piece of driftwood or some rocks but leave it pretty much open fe the fish to be able to move around.

Leave the decor to a minimum so it can easily be removed for cleaning.

Just my opinion, I've never owned an Oscar.

 

[PockX]

The biggest oscar I've ever seen was around 16-17" and he made the other big ones look small. Rarely does that happen. A tank with a wider sides would be more beneficial for a oscar. That's the problem with the 55.

Obviously the bigger the tank the larger and healthier they will be. However, you could have a 300 gallon tank and have one oscar in it and he might be 12"..not every oscar gets that big.

 

[Convict2161]

Here's a monster in a 209 gallon with another fish, not sure what fish it is. This was at a fish store in my area. Thing is HUGE!!

 

[aquinn425]

Ok thanks. I definitely don't want to do something and the fish not have enough space. What about discus in a 55?

 

[PockX]

Ok thanks. I definitely don't want to do something and the fish not have enough space. What about discus in a 55?

Could do like JDs or something like that if you didn't want to do an oscar.

 

[renee.staton3]

I bought two baby's and put them in a 48 gallon tank one is growing faster then then the other I feed them separate becauce the bigger one is greedy but they get along very well

 

[Bichir Bro]

Ok thanks. I definitely don't want to do something and the fish not have enough space. What about discus in a 55?

I would not do Discus in a 55 gallon due to the absolute terrible dimensions of it. It's 2014 why can't we have wide 55 gallons!
But yeah Discus prefer footprint and lots of it rather than height.


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[HUKIT]

I would not do Discus in a 55 gallon due to the absolute terrible dimensions of it. It's 2014 why can't we have wide 55 gallons!
But yeah Discus prefer footprint and lots of it rather than height.


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This thread is a year and half old I'm sure he has figured out what he's doing by now...

 

[Bichir Bro]

This thread is a year and half old I'm sure he has figured out what he's doing by now...

Holy crap on a cracker I didn't even see that.


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[Fishanatic]

Necro so strong.

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