how do keep multiple oscars????

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i have recently lost a really large oscar. he was a big fish which lived in a big tank. i have never managed to keep more than one oscar in a tank at the same time. ive tried with two a couple of times and one eventually kills the other. after the last attempt i kinda gave up. but with the death of my fish and a few videos i seen on youtube of tanks with 4 or 5 oscars together. SO! does anybody know the secret to keeping several oscars??

thank you for your time
 
the best way that I have found is make sure you have the space available for multiple oscars and buy them at the same time and make sure they are fairly close in size and it should be fine
 
yeah make sure you have a large enough tank and then get at least 4 (better to get 5 or 6 if you have the space) babies all at the same time and it should be ok, what size is your tank? some of those videos on youtube are definitely not good tanks to look at as they way overstock the oscars, but as long as you have the space go for it :)
 
Yes, you should have at least six and they should be in at least a 400g tank to disperse aggression.
 
I have just 2 Oscars in my 150, and they fight all day. I used to have 3, but I gave the Albino away in hopes that my Red would stop getting beat up. It worked, but now the Red and the Tiger fight almost all day.

I hear that rearranging the tank helps some people. It does nothing for me except keep the Oscars from getting bored. I also change out the toys every week to help with this. When I put a Molly or Swordtail in there with them, they do hunt together and do it very well, then they do not fight each other at all for the rest of the day.
 
it all depends on the individual fish, the size of the tank and the decor. the larger the tank the better but i think 400 gallon as a minimum is a bit much....a general "rule of thumb" (that is not fool proof by any means) is to start with a 75 gallon for one oscar and add 25 gallons for each additional.

Personally I think getting 6 juveniles and growing them up in a 180 with kind of a bare tank setup (not completely bare but not so much decor that they can establish individual territories) and heavy filtration would probably work out. the thing to watch for would be a breeding pair being established and then you'd just have to keep a close eye out on them.
 
every time in the past it was in my 65g tank. they would be ok for a while, and would fight every day too then one day the more aggressive one would have killed the other. i was wanting to try this im my pacu tank. this is where my foot long oscar lived before he crocked. this tank is 220g. trouble is if i put them in too small they'll become pacu food.
 
pacus break ur glass when spooked O_o
 
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