Can iridescent shark co exist with oscars

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Hi, can my 5" iridescent shark coexist with 4 5" oscars and 2 3" green terrors in a 3'x2'x1.5' aquarium.
My oscars and green terrors were in a seperate smaller tank, I have decided to move them to the 3'x2'x1.5 tank. Will there be a problem now? TIA!!
 
Part of me is hoping that you are a troll, or even a bot. Both would mean you wouldn't be serious about such a set up and were just posting to get a reaction from serious hobbyists.

However, there may be a very slim chance here that you are extremely new to the hobby, been ill advised, and genuinely have all those fish in that small tank.

That sized tank isn't suitable long term for just one of those fish, not a single one, let alone the seven you have in their currently.

If you are serious then you need to upgrade to a 120g tank (4x2x2) and just keep ONE of the oscars and rehome the others.

I honestly think I'm being nice here, given the content of your post. I doubt others will be more accommodating.
 
Part of me is hoping that you are a troll, or even a bot. Both would mean you wouldn't be serious about such a set up and were just posting to get a reaction from serious hobbyists.

However, there may be a very slim chance here that you are extremely new to the hobby, been ill advised, and genuinely have all those fish in that small tank.

That sized tank isn't suitable long term for just one of those fish, not a single one, let alone the seven you have in their currently.

If you are serious then you need to upgrade to a 120g tank (4x2x2) and just keep ONE of the oscars and rehome the others.

I honestly think I'm being nice here, given the content of your post. I doubt others will be more accommodating.
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Hi, can my 5" iridescent shark coexist with 4 5" oscars and 2 3" green terrors in a 3'x2'x1.5' aquarium.
My oscars and green terrors were in a seperate smaller tank, I have decided to move them to the 3'x2'x1.5 tank. Will there be a problem now? TIA!!

Gonna be frank and honest with ya; you will need a hell of a bigger tank. Furthermore, you don't have any space in there for any of those fish long-term (which, hopefully, this is just a grow-out).
 
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Part of me is hoping that you are a troll, or even a bot. Both would mean you wouldn't be serious about such a set up and were just posting to get a reaction from serious hobbyists.

However, there may be a very slim chance here that you are extremely new to the hobby, been ill advised, and genuinely have all those fish in that small tank.

That sized tank isn't suitable long term for just one of those fish, not a single one, let alone the seven you have in their currently.

If you are serious then you need to upgrade to a 120g tank (4x2x2) and just keep ONE of the oscars and rehome the others.

I honestly think I'm being nice here, given the content of your post. I doubt others will be more accommodating.

I 100% agree. As Esoxlucius said, upgrade to a 120-gallon tank with either 1 of those Oscars or 1 of those GTs. If you can't do that, then get rid of all those fish and start over with appropriate stock.
 
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