Planning On O's

[J-Aqua]

Hello all! I have a 75g waiting for its official stock. Right now it just has about 20 tetra's and a couple BN pleco's to keep it cycled. Ever since I could remember my father kept Oscars as his wet pets. I remember he had this unbelivable pair called "Bonnie and Claud" not sure why type of oscar. This ultimately got me into the hobby He kept them alone in a 90g for life until they passed away at the ages of 11 years old (i think).

I know that 75g is the minimum for ONE Oscar but I would really like to get two. 1 Gold Oscar, and 1 Wild Trinidad O. Tank would be overstocked; However my aquarium husbandry is by far tip top.

Example JD Tank

Filtration would be one AC110, XP3, and a Emporer 400. I would like to house the two oscares with 4 Silver Dollars as a "target" fish. Maintenance would be WC every 5 days 30%, filter maintenance (1 filter) every month. You think I could get away with this overstocked tank if my water changes, maintenance, and diet for the O's are on par?

Thank you very much for your opinions.

 

[artemis1]

The reason most people won't recomend two oscars in a 75 gallon beacuse-
A- The bio-load is huge and beyond control of your average little billy, and
B- Because if you end up with two males they'll beat the **** out of each other.



Good Luck,
Art

 

[soupy1977]

I think that it would depend on the Oscars. You seem to know what your getting into. Now you'll just have to convince the O's to get along. Good luck.

 

[jgentry]

You could make it work if you plan everything right and keep up lots of water changes. Your best bet is to pick out 5 young oscars and let 2 pair off. If you do not do this you could end up with a non paired male/female that don't get along or 2 males that would never get a long. Even if you end up with 2 females they probably still won't get a long. I would leave out the silver dollars as well. They will only add more to the bioload and will do nothing to prevent aggression. Just pick out a nice group of young oscars and rehome the others once a pair is formed.

Good luck!

 

[FSM]

The JD tank is amazing.

 

[danny2875]

Oscar are nice but are some pigs. Very messy eaters. You sure you want to add an o? You will need a bigger tank soon.

 

[big_tank_boy]

he just needs to keep up the WCs and he has pretty good filteration..... i had a pair a while back they breed once and then i had a power outage for like 2 weeks and they ending up not makeing it.

 

[le patron]

i guess it might work with plenty, and i mean plenty, of water changes and great filtration