Angelfish suitable tankmates for oscars?

[Leee55ex]

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.

Hi, I personally have a few "monster" fish that are all living together quite peacefully, although using species advice is good it really does depend on the the personality of the individual fish.. I have a juvenile Oscar, a juvenile Uaru, a Juvenile sev and an adult Severum all living happily together along with 2 angels, 2 tin foli barbs, 2 silver sharks 4 clown loach a chocolate zebra plec and a flash plec. The size of my tank is a modest Roma 240 with a 306 external filter, with weekly 20% water changes it works fine for me and the fish. Of course in 6 months or so I would have to upgrade to a larger tank to keep everyone happy but right now all's well in fish city!

 

[Davidiator]

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.

Yes! I had an oscar in a 55 for about a week and he was already getting stressed from it being small!

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.

Your tank cannot be 4ft long and 1 1/2ft wide! Unless you have like a couple inch height! Chances are your tank is 48" x 12" x 18" (L x W x H)

As for angelfish... they will be eaten no doubt about it. Oscars will eat anything that is not larger than it and even then I have heard 1 oscar end up killing and eating full grown giant Gouramis

 

[jaws7777]

The thread you replied to is over 3yrs old but yes it could work only in a over 100 gallon aquarium.

Lmaooooo you should tell the others too haha