I hope this is a troll. Made me feel sick reading this. Sell your tank!
Predator Fish Ideas?
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I think maybe this is a young person.
He’s been warned about housing oscars in this tank a year ago.
My oscar is getting hurt
I recently got my oscar fish about 2 weeks ago, I have a red oscar (2inch) and a lemon tiger Oscar (3.5inch). I'm assuming that the oscar is beating up the other oscar. my oscar back fins are almost missing and there is a low chance of my fish surviving. Is this normal for this to happen? is...
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I'm just going to ignore all this drama and answer your question. Some predators for a 55 could include
Blockhead/lionhead cichlid
Dragon pufferfish
Leopard Bush fish/leaf fish
A rainbow wolf fish (erythrinus erythrinus)
Golden wonder killifish (will eat shrimp, baby fish and small crickets)
Axolotls (they'll eat worms, shrimp, and small fish)
A pike cichlid that stays in the 6-8 inch range (there's numerous ones like that)
An African butterfly fish
A figure 8 or green spotted pufferfish (brackish)
You could get away with a Jack Dempsey or green terror (ideally females as the males get larger and the males might be slightly too big for your 55)
A salvini cichlid could work as well
A school of exodon (as previously suggested)
Or you could do what I used to do and use it as a growout tank for larger fish, in this case I had a friend with a 4,000 gallon pond and he'd have me get fish to grow out in my 220 so that way when they go into the pond they don't get torn apart, I've grown out temensis (up to 24 inches), arowanas, red tail catfish, shovelnose, etc. Those are fish that would not (or barely) fit in my 220, so it was a lot of fun to have them and watch them go from tiny little 3-4 inch fish to these behemoths that ate crayfish, whole silversides, etc.
Blockhead/lionhead cichlid
Dragon pufferfish
Leopard Bush fish/leaf fish
A rainbow wolf fish (erythrinus erythrinus)
Golden wonder killifish (will eat shrimp, baby fish and small crickets)
Axolotls (they'll eat worms, shrimp, and small fish)
A pike cichlid that stays in the 6-8 inch range (there's numerous ones like that)
An African butterfly fish
A figure 8 or green spotted pufferfish (brackish)
You could get away with a Jack Dempsey or green terror (ideally females as the males get larger and the males might be slightly too big for your 55)
A salvini cichlid could work as well
A school of exodon (as previously suggested)
Or you could do what I used to do and use it as a growout tank for larger fish, in this case I had a friend with a 4,000 gallon pond and he'd have me get fish to grow out in my 220 so that way when they go into the pond they don't get torn apart, I've grown out temensis (up to 24 inches), arowanas, red tail catfish, shovelnose, etc. Those are fish that would not (or barely) fit in my 220, so it was a lot of fun to have them and watch them go from tiny little 3-4 inch fish to these behemoths that ate crayfish, whole silversides, etc.
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No, what happened is your fish got stunted which probably explains why it died. Some oscars only get 10 inches, but they usually get 14 or so.
And better for you because you don't need to do as many water changes
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So thats awesome. This Oscar lived about a year........what happened to the other one? No reply to the other thread. Why did the Oscar die? Learned 0. Needs no fish suggestions, especially the type that will make a mess when eating and foul the water easier. Maybe a school of hardy tetras or something to learn on before getting larger more fragile/demanding fish. And honestly tetras are pretty roudy come feeding time they are deffinately aggressive fish.I think maybe this is a young person.
He’s been warned about housing oscars in this tank a year ago.
My oscar is getting hurt
I recently got my oscar fish about 2 weeks ago, I have a red oscar (2inch) and a lemon tiger Oscar (3.5inch). I'm assuming that the oscar is beating up the other oscar. my oscar back fins are almost missing and there is a low chance of my fish surviving. Is this normal for this to happen? is...
I know the truth hurts....flame away..
I had my oscar in a 55, but once he hit 8 inches i realized he needed a larger tank so I moved him into a 90 and he grew to 14 inches and lived a total of 9 years, if you can't keep an oscar more than 5 years then you shouldn't be keeping them
