Oscar tankmates

[Omni663]

I have an 8 inch Oscar in a 75 gallon aquarium. I wan to put something else in there with him. I really like green terrors. Would this pair work out? Any experience or advice would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Omni


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[Anchovie]

Oscars are pretty docile. They go good with most fish that don't fit in their mouths


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[Anchovie]

In my experience it's more important to have tank mates that don't bully the Oscar.


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[Omni663]

Right my bigger concerns are tank space or aggression from the green terror


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[Omni663]

Oops double post.

 

[Omni663]

Well I ditched the idea of a green terror as I added a fairly large piece of driftwood to the tank. Anyone have any thoughts on if I could house a Senegal bichir with him in the 75?


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[caribexr2]

Bichir as long as its big enough to not be spaghetti should be ok, have had that combo before

 

[trainman76]

I have a Oscar with a JD and they get along fine.....always could do another Oscar lol

 

[Omni663]

I was thinking about a jd or second Oscar but I thougt that might be pushing it as far as space goes in a 75.


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[Aqualoon]

A second Oscar in a 75g isn't something that I would advise. A 75g is considered to be the minimum tank for a single Oscar in terms of size and bioload but I can understand wanting to have something else with him. The issue is that your Oscar is already quite large and may already think that the entire tank is his, so adding anything else might not work so great cichlid wise. As for other types of fish to add you need to make sure that they aren't snack size which can be difficult to find adult size fish depending on your location.