I might be selling my 55 gallon set up and buying a 75 gallon set up from a friend, I have not set up the 55 yet because I have such a hard time deciding what fish to get but I think I want an oscar and a few large tankmates. I am still open to suggestions on what fish to keep in the new 75 so any suggestions would be nice, but if I get an oscar what are some good large tankmates that are fairly active?
Oscar tankmates in a 75 or other fish instead
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Any other suggestions, I really dont like silver dollars. I was thinking some kind of catfish and some thing else.
id stay away from oscars personally. but with a 75 there are lots of options as far as CA/SA cichlids. just about any large CA will be fine in a 75 as a centerpiece. as far as tankmates, consider the usual suspects. TFB/ SD/ RHSD. most large CA cichlids also do fine with plecos and smaller cats
you can keep them in pairs or single fish. they dont "need" to be in schools. and as SD dont generally grow over 6-8" in an aquarium, theyre fine in a 75. TFB can outgrow the tank, simply because they need room to swim, but that will take a long time, and when that time comes around, you can trade them to a LFS here fore smaller ones. if you havnt already upgraded your tank by that time
bitteraspects;2689078; said:
8 inches isn't that rare. Silver dollars and other schooling fish can get rather stressed out if kept alone. They are not wet pets, they are schooling fish , and a school of them needs more than 75 gallons.
again, the word "need" is objective. and they do no "need" to be in a large schoolartemis1;2689206; said:8 inches isn't that rare. Silver dollars and other schooling fish can get rather stressed out if kept alone. They are not wet pets, they are schooling fish , and a school of them needs more than 75 gallons.
bitteraspects;2689218; said:
I don't "need" to drink water every day.
The point is, red hooks are suitable for a 75g. They get too big!
I think an adult bristlenose pleco would be great. Or a medium sized pleco species (be ready for poop though).