Oscar with plants in 55g

[Min]

I have a medium planted 55g and i would like to add a tiger oscar. is there any chance that oscar will tolerate the plants? the tank is over a year old and the plants are pretty big. so he wont be able to root them while he is young, but later on.
most likely i wont be adding any other fish, because of tank size.

 

[JML1997]

oscars get to large for a standard 55 gallon..

 

[crisper]

The oscar will rip all all the plants up oscars love to dig, also the oscar will outgrow that tank in less than 9 months.

 

[yuval]

put stones around the plants and he couldn't move it.

 

[PrecisionAquatics]

The oscar will rip all all the plants up oscars love to dig, also the oscar will outgrow that tank in less than 9 months.

from my own personal experience... ^ x2

 

[Min]

yea, seems like oscars are out of the game, since 55g not big enough and plants will never live.

people recomend Severums instead. is it possible?

 

[MissLauraPeach]

The plants will be ripped to shreads even if they are tied down. I can't even keep artificial plants with my oscars because they like to play 'rip the leaves off, swim around and pass to each other'.

 

[burzumaske20]

Severums will actually eat the plants too,I had a couple of Moss ball in my tank and my Severum started to eat the plants.

 

[cichlidfish]

I wouldn't keep an oscar in a 55g and it will destroy plants. Been there done that and failed. Most people don't understand how fast oscars grow and how big they can get. I had a 13'' oscar in a 72g and he would knock the glass lids off the top. That 72g was way too small IMO. They are powerful fish that need A LOT of swimming space. It is cruel to keep large fish in small spaces IMO.