what turtle/frog/salamander would get along with an oscar?

[oscar fish lover2000]

I think you should wait to upgrade before you drop a turtle in there. 55's are just horrible tanks to begin with being extremely narrow. There's not a great deal of turning room in them for a large fish, let alone a turtle. Plus, if your turtles decides it wants to eat your oscar one day, there's not much room for it to get away.

it's 4 feet long, 60 cm tall and 36 cm wide, oscars in captivity usually grow to around 27-35 cm so, there is space for one oscar but probabally not another large fish

 

[oscar fish lover2000]

I keep a juvenile common musk turtle, aka a stinkpot, with my central Americans including an Oscar. They are all juveniles right now so I'm not sure how there relations will work as they mature but for the most part the turtle and the fishes ignore each other unless the Oscar wants to push someone around but that's not too often. The firemouth is relentless with the turtle however but usually the turtle just treats him like an nuisance more than a threat and just goes about his business while the cichlid hopelessly attacks his shell lol.

These turtles are mainly scavengers and are bottom walkers more than swimmers. People will tell you that you shouldn't have them in deep tanks because they'll drown but as long as you give them drift wood, plants, or rocks they can climb to the surface and sit on they'll be find. I've seen them walking along the bottom of a lake that's around 7feet at that point so an aquarium shouldn't be a big deal. They aren't avid baskers like sliders and stuff so they don't "need" UV or even a basking spot but it's best to provide one anyways just incase. They don't get large either. The max size for a male is around 6inches, and that's a huge stinkpot, you could keep a single adult in a 20 gallon aquarium without issues though the more room the better.There are a couple different kinds of musk turtles though including a giant one but I couldn't tell you how they are with fish, the stinkpots though aren't good fish hunters and I've seen people keep them with community fish like guppies and cories.


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thanks for the help, what size tank do you have?

 

[Brewster320]

Right now I have a forty, more than enough for a lone stinkpot but I'll have to upgrade for the cichlids in the near future. Not sure how long I'll keep him with the cichlids though because they grow much faster than him and I don't want him to get pushed around in the future by fish much much bigger than him, he's only 2" at the moment. And adult I wouldnt worry about though as long as you don't have "insane" fish lol.


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[Vicious_Fish]

it's 4 feet long, 60 cm tall and 36 cm wide, oscars in captivity usually grow to around 27-35 cm so, there is space for one oscar but probabally not another large fish

I know how big a 55 is, I had one until I sold it. They say that size tank is as small as you would want to go with one oscar. But oscars have the potential to get bigger then the width of a 55. I had a Red Albino Oscar that was almost 16" when it died. It would have touched the sides of the tank while turning around had I kept it in a 55 instead of a 100 gallon.

I agree that if you upgrade and get a turtle a Common Musk is a good choice. I have a pair of them and they get along well with most fish.

 

[Shenanigans]

You can create some pretty elaborate tank set-ups if you want to take a weekend and a 100$. The current fish/reptile design that Im working with is a 55 g fish tank with a terrarium, waterfall and 20ish g sump. If this is hard to follow, im sorry and ill post pictures in the DIY section soon. first of all, the 55 is the base unit housing green spotted puffers and a tsn. a 60 g hob filter cleans the 55. tank set at 80F. there is then a wooden frame that surrounds the 55 and raises 4 feet high. on top of that rests the sump tank. a cascade canister filter pumps water from the bottom to the top of the sump. the sump flows naturally out an overflow hole and down the side of a acrylic waterfall. the waterfall itself provides the walls for the terrarium. the terrarium is just a shallow acrylic tank that holds rests, mosses and freshwater for the turtle. this terrarium sits directly on top of the 55. ramps connect the two systems allowing the turtle to have plenty of land, and plenty of swimming space. a light bioload and plenty of water changes keeps it all in check. the whole system cost under 100 to build and took me and my roomate one day to construct and have up and running.

Think outside the box to maximize your potential if you want to mix other animals with fish