Would you try it ??

[dolphinfan]

Hi everyone..I just want to say.. " What a great site " I just love reading and seeing everyones pictures of their tanks, and fish. I really enjoy it.

I have a 75gal that I am growing 4 oscars in right now.. I will leave it at 2 when I decide or they decide who is staying and who is leaving.. but for now , they are only a couple inches each..I have a severum that is the same size in a 55gal right now.. would you put it in with the oscars or leave it in the 55gal ? I just wondered if they would get along or if they would have issues at that small size.

I just wanted to ask..I don't have any problems leaving everyone as is.

 

[smpage]

Oscars grow quick and I wouldn't recommend putting anything else in the 75 gallon. A 75 gallon is okay for ONE oscar.

 

[Bud8Fan]

Oscars grow quick and I wouldn't recommend putting anything else in the 75 gallon. A 75 gallon is okay for ONE oscar.

One can live in a 75 but that 4 foot footprint doesn't offer much swimming room.

 

[TwistedPenguin]

Agree with the above answers. A minimum of 75 g for ONE Oscar and then a minimum of a 55 g for a Severum if you want a few tankmates such as a catfish or a school of Cory Cats.

 

[Ang]

You could put a tankmate in the 55 with the Severum. A peaceful tankmate. Perhaps a bottom dweller.

But leave the 75 as is. Or return 3 of the Oscars. Its all a matter of how many water changes you want to deal with.

2 Oscars in a 75 gallon will require heafty water changes every week or more.
1 Oscar in a 75 g will still require weekly water changes, but not so large and not more often than that.
Also make sure your filtration is adequate. A Whisper HOB filter isnt enough (in case thats what you've got)

My Oscar is 3 1/2 yrs old, 13" and still growning. Albeit slowly. But he would make a 75g look pretty small. And thats without another O in the tank.

And might I add. I had him with another Oscar in a 125. They grew up together...and he killed it. So there's less room for error in a smaller tank. Especially with large territorial Cichlids.