Peacock bass and Oscars

[petstorekid]

About a year ago i inherited a 75gal setup with 3 oscars and a gar. The gar is around a foot long and the oscars are full sized. One of them had a tumor on its head that grew to be the size of a golfball. It was the biggest Oscar i've ever seen and i've worked in a LFS for 5 years and have been in the hobby for 10. The Oscar lived with the tumor till it got too big and eventually died. The tank was well balanced and i want to get another cichlid for it. Personally, i'm not a big Oscar fan, and if i had my way I would get rid of the fish and aquascape the tank to throw in some discus, but my mother fell in love with the oscars and calls them her "water puppies." Damn.

Well I was wondering if anyone has kept a peacock bass of similar size with their oscars. We've never really ordered any from our supplier so i havn't really dealt with them much. Anyone know if they can mix well?

 

[DanDanUK]

About a year ago i inherited a 75gal setup with 3 oscars and a gar. The gar is around a foot long and the oscars are full sized. One of them had a tumor on its head that grew to be the size of a golfball. It was the biggest Oscar i've ever seen and i've worked in a LFS for 5 years and have been in the hobby for 10. The Oscar lived with the tumor till it got too big and eventually died. The tank was well balanced and i want to get another cichlid for it. Personally, i'm not a big Oscar fan, and if i had my way I would get rid of the fish and aquascape the tank to throw in some discus, but my mother fell in love with the oscars and calls them her "water puppies." Damn.

Well I was wondering if anyone has kept a peacock bass of similar size with their oscars. We've never really ordered any from our supplier so i havn't really dealt with them much. Anyone know if they can mix well?

Not sure about weather or not they would be compatable i wouldn't see why not maybe you could do with getting a bigger tank.

if your looking to find another cichlid try a green terror or a pike cichlid. they grow to a fair size and a similar size to an oscar the green terror been a little smaller .

 

[piranha45]

peacockbass grow way too big for a 75g. Don't get big fish for your tank, you have too many big fish in that 75g as it is.

 

[bluedempsey]

peacockbass grow way too big for a 75g. Don't get big fish for your tank, you have too many big fish in that 75g as it is.

p45 always puts it in persective

 

[sandtiger]

I agree with p45. I myself would not dare put more than two oscars in a 75g let alone three and a gar. What do you have in there now? Still the two oscars and the gar? I would leave the two oscars and actually move the gar.

 

[dabigshot77]

How can you possibly keep those fish in that tiny tank? You should throw in your dog as well. For crying out loud, that tank is way too small. For three oscar and a gar you need at least a 180 gallon. I would not even think about getting a peacock unless you have a pond. Any bass does not belong in a home aquarium. Too aggressive, too big and too territorial. In a 75 gallon, one full sized oscar is about all you should put in there. Try living in your closet and see how stressful it is.

 

[Peanut_Power]

*sigh*....your views on pbass still disturb me...but i shall bite my tongue. As for the Oscars....you do need a larger tank for them bro. They are large fish. I have two in a 300gal and they are BIG! Main thing is they must be able to turn around with about 4" of space on either side of them.

 

[BGG]

The 75 is WAY too small for a gar of any species, as would a 180... around 250 would be good...

 

[polomax24]

I think that two oscars in a 75g should be okay as long you have enough filtration. I don't know anything about gar though. I like to keep my tank well stock so the aggression spreads out among fish.

Here is my 240g and I have four big filters in there.

 

[Peanut_Power]

Nice tank! Some of those cichlids are gonna dwarf the others...particularly your Viejas...lol...awesome though! Female RT i see, Uro....Vieja...texas...very kewl!