I have a 75 gallon tank that has been running for a few months and I was thinking about having a monster tank. And I need help for stocking the tank, I really like Oscars/SA cichilds,gars,eels and large catfish and I also currently have a syndosis catfish in my tank i also want to have some other inhabitants other than fish like lobsters,African Clawed Frog, Axolotl,big snails and posslibly turtles any ideas?
75 gallon Monster fish stocking Ideas
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When you say monster tank, how large is that? Get the tank first, before you get fish. None of the species you listed, unless you keep one, can be kept in a 75 for life.
I would personally go for 2 Oscars (with good filtration, of course) in a 75g. Possibly add some dither fish like silver dollars. When the oscars get big, they're very entertaining to watch and they have great personalities.
For monster fish you need monster tanks.75 is no monster tank.i would not keep anything bigger than 6 inches in it.
Only 1 Oscar in a 75g... They get big and fat. If you get 2 they will be cramped and one will kill and eat the other. Oscars should be single fish or 3 or more to defuse aggression
Not even one Oscar is suitable for life in a 75g. IME, when a fish pushes 13"+, 4' is just not enough swimming space. When they get big, they tend to hurt themselves being cramped. When they are cramped and stressed they can get HITH. I bet 90% of oscars kept in 75g tanks get HITH due to that and water parameters. It's very hard to manage the messy eating and waste of an Oscar no matter how much filtration and water changes.