Ok here is my current set up

[Exzaber]

55gal tall

I know I should "over stock " with Africans but I have 3 .. Also just picked up an oscar ( in quarantine ) right now ... I know oscars are CA/SA cichlids but was told by local fish store he should be fine ... Ok to the fish ...


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[Sai Sauce]

Nice, let me know how the oscar is doing with them


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[Exzaber]

Will do , I'm changing my tank up next weekend to sandstone , slate ( I know I have to watch edges ) and doing it in white sand , I'll probably wait to the following week to add the oscar


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[mikem691]

This is a bad bad bad idea. That tank is too small of a foot print for an Oscar. A standard 55 is barley enough with several water changes a week.

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[Exzaber]

I thought of that as well , my other tank currently waiting for set up is a 150 gal .. The oscar is around 3 inches .. I should have that build done in next few weeks so he will be in 55 gal at the longest 2 weeks , I may just leave him in quarantine untill new tank is complete


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[mikem691]

Oh ok you may even get away with a pair in the 150.

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[Exzaber]

Lol , I think I'm just gonna stick with one for now , where it's my first oscar ... Thanks for replying


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[Cichlid-dude]

This is a bad bad bad idea. That tank is too small of a foot print for an Oscar. A standard 55 is barley enough with several water changes a week.

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Not only is it a bad idea for the tank size, but also a bad idea mixing an oscar with africans. Depending on the size of the odcar those african will bully him to death or vise versa.


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