Oscars and Gouramis

[Cragg616]

I just got 2 albino tiger oscars and as they get bigger i plan on moving them to my 55gal tank which now has gouramis, tiger barbs, a cherry barb n a pleco... can these fish occupy the same tank?

 

[mikem691]

55 is barely big enough for 1 oscar

 

[jackson123]

You need a 75 gallon at the least and need to get rid of everything besides the oscars.

 

[Cragg616]

i kno full grown they'll need a larger tank but that wasnt my ?

 

[Ian14]

The barbs will be eat and that is way to small for them

 

[jackson123]

They can't the oscars will eat the cherry barbs and the tiger barbs will nip their fins

 

[Cragg616]

Alright thanks for the replies

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[xwing]

I had to oscars and they get big fast mine got 10 inches long before I moved them to a 250 gallon tank. And as far as putting them with anything else... Oscars are pigs they will eat anything and everything that fits in their mouths

 

[Cragg616]

How fast are we talkin cuz I'm going to get a 90 to 125 gal but that won't be for a year or so

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[msumpter87]

I had 1 oscar in a 75 for a little over a year it went from 2 inches to almost 10 in that time period. They grow extremely fast given a good diet and good water maintenance.

 

[Ian14]

I have two Oscars in a 125

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[Jmunroe]

2 oscars max out a 125 gallon. They get big fast and they should be in a 125 now, but since that's not possible they should be in the 55 with nothing else now and moved to a 125 within a couple months.