Oscar tankmates...

[hmgonzalez]

Hi i'm putting a new 50G tank with an oscar and i want to know which tankmates are good for him...

My oscar albino was before with some convics, and a pleco, but i want to watch sime movement there, because at this moment the oscar it's too small, so, i've heard that tin foils are good tankmates, is that true?

Which kind of fish are appropiate to be tankmates of my oscar beside ciclids?... i have just take out my weather loach (dojo) from the tank  before he kill her...  

 

[ryanp15]

I think IMO you should get a little bit bigger tank if you want to give him some tankmates. That's just what I think though. I have heard you should not keep an oscar in less than a 55 gallon. I would stay with some cichids if it were me. I have never kept these personally but my parents have and that's just what I think. ;D

 

[Pufferfish115]

I agree with ryanp, you need a larger tank if you want to have tankmates for him.  I keep convicts, clown loaches, kissing gouramis, and some plecos with my 2 oscars in my 275 gal tank.

 

[discusaquarium]

what's all this inside lingo - IMO? whats that - i've seen some more of it but im just downright confused.  

 

[ryanp15]

IMO - in my opinion

You should check out the thread called Abbreviations I think it's under the lounge. Or comments but I think it's the lounge. ;D

 

[hmgonzalez]

yes, i keep that in my mind, and i 'm preparing to buy a lerger tank, but at this moment the oscar is about 2 1/2 inches so the tank is all right, and it looks empty, so i thougth to buy some emall tankmates that grow with him, like tin foil or sole convicts....  are tin foils good tankmates for oscars?

 

[Bettaman shane]

i kept pirahnas with oscars onjce that was very cool it is neat to see them get along ;D

 

[ryanp15]

[quote author=Bettaman_shane link=board=cichlid&num=990482470&start=0#6 date=05/22/01 at 15:40:46]
i kept pirahnas with oscars onjce that was very cool it is neat to see them get along ;D
[/quote]Really. How interesting. How big of a tank did you have ???

 

[Bettaman shane]

it was a 150 gallon.. but it got broke  :'(

 

[ryanp15]

Wow! Too bad it broke. That sounds like a cool tank. ;D

 

[Bettaman shane]

yeah im gonna fix it one day

 

[ryanp15]

When did it break ???

 

[hmgonzalez]

Does a ray can live with an oscar, i was amazed when i saw one on a pet store but i will be unfair to put het in a small aquarium?

 

[Bettaman shane]

ryan it broke when i was playing hockey in the basement :'(

 

[ryanp15]

That was smart! ;D j/k

 

[discusaquarium]

you canadians and your hockey!! J/K J/K  ;D

 

[Bettaman shane]

LOL yeah hockeys cool but hard on fish tanks

 

[ryanp15]

Apparently! ;D

 

[discusaquarium]

how exactly did it break?  ???

 

[ryanp15]

It was probably the puck. ;D