Angelfish suitable tankmates for oscars?

[oscar fish lover2000]

Ok.. so i have a juvenille red tiger oscar in a 55 gallon tank, i have had him for 2 weeks, i was just wondering if anyone knew if angelfish would be good tankmates for oscars
i've heard mixed reports, some people say that oscars and angelfish normally get along, but don't put angelfish that fit into the oscar's mouth in the tank.
some say that oscars and angelfish will get along great, but the pet store owner said that the angelfish would definitely get eaten, after i got the oscar and some sucking catfish,
i gave the tank some time to settle down before i added any more fish, now i would like to get some more fish, the reason i chose angelfish is because oscars and angelfish are both south american cichlids
so i thought the oscar might be lonely and want some friends. please respond!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!






P.S IF angelfish won't get along with oscars, please post a list of fish that oscars WILL get along with in a 55 gallon tank.

 

[knifegill]

Get rid of the Oscar if you can't get a 90g or at least a 75g tank. 55g is not sufficient for an Oscar.

 

[oscar fish lover2000]

i've heard from lots of places that oscars are fine in a 55 gallon tank, alright i agree that 55 gallons is not perfect and bigger is better but i do a 45% water change once every 3-5 days. oscars normally grow to about 32 centimeters long in captivity, my tank is 4 feet long and around 1 1/2 feet wide, again i've heard lots of reports on oscar tanks, some say that an oscar would be happy in a 45 gallon tank (which i think is Preposterous) some say that you need 75 gallons and someone even said 150 gallons, no less. But the majority of books, websites and oscar owners said 50 gallons was the minimum.

 

[knifegill]

The majority of media also tell you that whole grains are healthy. You don't believe that, either, if you can think, so it stands to reason you'd be above the frey.

The issue with that little volume of water is that many Oscars don't like huge water changes, and it can stress them out and become a disease factor for HITH and bloat, etc. So the more water they are in, the easier it is to dilute their waste and then, when you do normal changes, the difference isn't as great. I say this from personal experience. My oscar got HITH in a 75 so I moved him into a 125. Nitrates were always low, but the stress of too much new water was harming him.

 

[oscar fish lover2000]

now i'm scared, how can you tell if your oscar is stressed? i can't give the oscar away, i don't know anyone with a 75+ gallon tank and i'm NOT giving him back to the pet store, he was in a 10 gallon tank
with an albino oscar and he got beat up a lot, he was badly injured when i got him, he has healed fully, and is a VERY good eater, he even ate the day we got him, he is already eating out of my hand!
The albino oscar is still there, nobody wants to buy that ugly brute! if i give him back, he might be killed! he acts the same before and after water changes, he is always very curious, and when i change his
water, he comes up to the nozzle to check it out and then he goes back to exploring the tank and chasing away the sucking catfish when they go into his side of the tank, he seems much happier than he was in the pet store.
p.s i don't belive that wholegrains are heathy, i know a very good health guy, he told me!

 

[Allan01230]

Then you will definately need a 75 to keep the oscar. The sucking catfish as you call it sounds like a common pleco which will get huge and make a lot of waste also. Keeping a large bodied fish as an oscar in a 55 is arecipe for disaster.

 

[Sprucegruve]

The issue with that little volume of water is that many Oscars don't like huge water changes, and it can stress them out and become a disease factor for HITH and bloat, etc. So the more water they are in, the easier it is to dilute their waste and then, when you do normal changes, the difference isn't as great. I say this from personal experience. My oscar got HITH in a 75 so I moved him into a 125. Nitrates were always low, but the stress of too much new water was harming him.[/QUOTE]

+1

also,please dont put a angel with a oscar.....never ever

 

[sirdavidofdiscus]

A lfs near where I grew up kept angel with an oscar . They 2 were together for about 6 yrs. in a 125ga (about 400L). May have been longer but the owner died and the store closed. There was never an issue between them. They were the only residents of the tank, and the angel was by far the largest angel I've ever seen. The owner of the pet store would only sell them together, so no one would risk that combination Top to bottom the angel was as tall as Top to bottom the angel was as tall as the oscar was long, about 11in..
HAVING SAID THAT I WOULD NOT TRY IT OR RECOMMEND IT TO ANYONE!!

 

[smitty03281964]

Okay so you have a 55 gallons tank with an Oscar. Yes bigger is better and it would not be my choice. But I know several people that have had Oscars in 55 gallon tanks for years and where some of the best ones I have seen and did not have any HITH disease. You will know if he is stressed in a 55. But I don't think it will happen.

 

[Zari]

Whats this about oscars and large water changes? mine gets just enough water to sit up lop sided every week and he doesn't mind the large water changes never heard that one before.

As for Oscar in a 55 its good till they start to get big 75 is the minimum they can easily get 13" and a 55 is only 12" inside barely enough room to turn.