Peacocks and oscars for my 450

[wcgunns]

Hello would like to do a 50/50 blend of Peacock Bass and Oscars in my new 450 gallon. What do you all think far as numbers of each?

Thanks

 

[Deep Blue Sea]

depends what peacock bass if you get temensis you could do maybe 3 and 5 oscars but if you do something like kelberi you could do 8 kels 8 oscars

 

[HULON]

Hello would like to do a 50/50 blend of Peacock Bass and Oscars in my new 450 gallon. What do you all think far as numbers of each?

Thanks

Personaly i would get mybe three oscar and & 7 or more bass and through in a couple sevs but thats me!

 

[Deep Blue Sea]

I would go with 2 azul 2 orino 2 mono 2 temensis and 2 kelberi and just skip the oscars but thats just me

 

[dunderman]

Personaly i would get mybe three oscar and & 7 or more bass and through in a couple sevs but thats me!

Three is a very unlucky number with oscars. If you are going to have multiple oscars you need to have an even number. As oscars pair off they have a tendency to become aggressive toward single oscars.

 

[haynchinook334]

I would go with 2 azul 2 orino 2 mono 2 temensis and 2 kelberi and just skip the oscars but thats just me

I would dump the tems and the zully's and just keep mono's, ocell's and orino's. I would also get either Peru Oscars or Colombian Oscars and skip the walmart/petsmart/petco oscars.

Three is a very unlucky number with oscars. If you are going to have multiple oscars you need to have an even number. As oscars pair off they have a tendency to become aggressive toward single oscars.

Just three is a bad number, in most cases. Five will work, so will seven and so on. With a 450, the oscars will have more then enough room to roam.

 

[Deep Blue Sea]

when you have that big of a tank its not so much a question of how many fish can you have as much as a question of how good your filtration is.

 

[wcgunns]

What would you recommend for filtration? Thinking of tying 2 x Eheim 2260s in with a large sump thinking 100-125 gallon with a Hammerhead pump.

Thanks for all the info as this is my first monster tank and all the info is great.

 

[Deep Blue Sea]

would go for a bunch of canister filters like Fx5s but whatevers the next step up and buy 4 maybe even 5 of them

 

[I<3fish]

would go for a bunch of canister filters like Fx5s but whatevers the next step up and buy 4 maybe even 5 of them

This is in no way cost effective or effective when compared to a 100+ gallon sump with wet/dry filtration. A good 100+ gallon sump can be DiY'ed for less than $300 (with a good pump.) Whereas 4-5 FX5's can cost $1000 plus.