Oscar tankmates

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Wesley M

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I currently have 3 Oscars in my 85 gallon long tank. As they grow I will be narrowing them down to one that I will keep for life. I know people will say that I should keep the on Oscar alone forever, but surely there is another fish or two I could keep as well. How far fetched would 2 Oscars be? That would be ideal for me. Could I have a convict pair with them or is it too risky? I love when they spawn in the tank. It's super cool.

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Two Oscars is doable with heavy filtration and water changes but that's not a lot of room for territory. No on convict pair. I've seen convict pairs corner Oscars 3x their size.alone is ideal for that tank size unfortunately

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The 85 will barely be big enough for 1 Oscar. IMO you need a 125 6'x18" footprint for 2.

As far as tank mates I would not go a breeding pair of anything in that size tank. Maybe bottom dwellers like pictus


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The idea isn't far fetched oscars do well together as long as they were raised with each other, the only thing I would worry about is space in the long run, if you want to keep the two oscars I would suggest getting a tank that's a bit bigger, a 125gal would be fine for 2 oscars and a few other fish you would want to add. I have a 10" oscar with a 5" convict and they get along fine


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I'm not sure the dimensions of your tank but a pair of oscars in a 85g should be ok space wise you will just need to keep up on maintenance so they avoid getting hith. They arent active swimmers that need a ton of space. Convicts and oscars do well together, i used to keep mainly cichilds and that was one of my first combos.
 
85 glls is way to small for 2 big O's. pick the one you like the best add some silver dollars now so they can grow together and call it a day. if you wait to long to go with one O and SD you will have a hard time finding SD's big enough that he cant eat.
 
KNH said:
I'm not sure the dimensions of your tank but a pair of oscars in a 85g should be ok space wise you will just need to keep up on maintenance so they avoid getting hith. They arent active swimmers that need a ton of space. Convicts and oscars do well together, i used to keep mainly cichilds and that was one of my first combos.
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I disagree with this. In theory sure if you do 75 percent water changes every other day.

DBLN8 said:
85 glls is way to small for 2 big O's. pick the one you like the best add some silver dollars now so they can grow together and call it a day. if you wait to long to go with one O and SD you will have a hard time finding SD's big enough that he cant eat.
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Agree
 
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