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[Fish Guy]

I have a Blood Parrot Cichlid (4-5'') With my Tiger Oscar(3'')

[tom495]

Right I'm going to be putting my two oscars together I the coming month or so in a larger 100gal tank. I was hoping my smaller one would be bigger by the time I got this tank so they could go in to the new environment together I.e reducing aggression. but the big one has to go in this week as I have sold one of my other tanks. I don't know how I'm gonna do it now as the bigger one will take it as his own.

the two fish are 5" and about 8" but the larger is a stocky fish

Any ideas?

Thanks

[Grekki]

[oscardoc]

It has constantly amazed me the number of people abusing the venearable Oscar by housing them in small aquariums. After keeping Oscar's for 20 years I have come up with guidelines. For a juvenile(up to 5 inches) a tank from 30 to 50 us gallons is sufficient. As an Oscar grows rapidly (up to 10 inches in a year ) this small tank will not last long! It is far better to start with the big tank from the start. In my experience a fully grown Oscar (12+ inches) needs at ank of at least 80 gallons and for two a tank of 125 should be the minimum.@utting an Oscar in a tank it can hardly turn around equates to cruelty in my book especially for a fish that has soo much personality. Do the Oscar population a favor if you have a small tank pick another kind of Fish!!!
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The Oscar Doc

[oscardoc]

Oscar tankmates can be hard to find I have had several Oscars who would kill anything and a feww who never bothered other tankmates. The tank mates I have had luck with are Jack Dempsey's Plecos African Cichlids Parrot cichlids. There is one situation I believe that there is no suitable tankmates that is with a pair of Oscars who are mating. I have a 350 gallon tank and I have never been able to get a tankmate that my two oscars will not tag team and ruthlessly assasinate!! Not even a pleco of almost 12 inches lived it took them a liitle longer with the pleco but being smart the two oscars found a way to team up and kill him !! I guess no matter what anyone suggests if you are tring to find a tankmate pick a fish store with a great return policy!! Because there is no other way than to pick one and see what happens.It is a good idea to rearrange the tank prior so as to disrupt the territory of the resident Oscar
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The Oscar Doc

[dadan]

I have a tiger oscar thats about 13 inches in with a 5 inch jurapari and they get along just fine with no fighting. to keep these fish together you would need an aquarium of atleast 75 gallons.



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[Flip FIN]

hi,

a nice long informative read on this post..

I'll set up a Oscar tank soon and I'm finding it hard to achieve the recommend 10x water turnover.. the tank is 100G and my filter is

-two canister -Hydor 238 gph, and the other will be 132 gph
-Two otto regular internal sponge filter 375 gph together

745/100 = 7.45 turnover ..

[diademhill]

You should have enouht filtration to support an Oscar and maybe a pair but unless you already have these filters I would go with a good canister and one internal.