3 oscars in 125g?

[gary grice]

A friend is selling an oscar about the same size as the two I have in my 125g. Would this tank be suitable to house 3 oscars?

 

[peathenster]

With good filtration, it's probably fine.

 

[gary grice]

i have a fluval 405, a penguin 350b, and an aqua clear 70, the water is always clean

 

[peathenster]

That's not a whole lot. No offense but I have more on my 55 than that... Os are messy eaters. Might want to add another large canister...

Edit - how big are they now?

 

[holidayinn]

no guarantees that as a three, they will get along.

 

[DazzaClio]

As said with good filtration and water changes it should be fine but also said above obviously they might not all get along.

Good Luck.

Thanks Darren.

 

[RD.]

Perhaps I'm the only one here that feels that a single adult oscar requires a 125 gallon tank to itself.

As far as filtration, your filtration is weak at best for 2 adult O's, and no matter how much filtration one has your overall water quality will be mostly dependent on how often you perform water changes, and the size/amount of those water changes. If you plan on keeping three O's in a 125 you better be prepared to become married to your water hose.

 

[kosta]

I agree with JD. I recall my first 220 gallon tank, wow, it looked huge. I placed 4 oscars in it and man they made that tank look small in a hurry!

 

[gary grice]

they are about 4 inches, I guess I'll hold off on a third oscar until I can get a bigger tank, but as far as filtration I have another 405 I've been planning on setting up soon

 

[SH300]

I think they will be fine.