My Oscar A Di@%!

[aspguru]

Before I get into my Oscar's behavior, what can I put in there with him that he won't kill. I just want to spice my tank up a bit. Anyone?

 

[colesea]

What size tank do you have and how big is your oscar?
~~Colesea

 

[aspguru]

I have a 55 gal. and he is a little bigger than my hand. Not as thick but a little longer.

 

[Nativefish Boy]

while he's still small. you could go with pcu, tin-foil bards, midas cichlid, jack dempsy, any other large or medium sized south american cichlid. the problem is that most of these fish get quite large so you might have to be careful on the number of fish you add.

 

[aspguru]

Cool. I will look around. I just want to add some more to my tank with out my oscar getting all pissed. THanks for the tip

 

[aspguru]

This is my boy right here. He posed for this picture. I put the camera up to the tank and he came right up to it. This is classic.

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This is another picture of Jimmy. This is a pretty good shot I think

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[mike the zealot]

hes beautiful =)

I'll always have a special place in my heart for oscars... they're the only thing my dad really kept as I grew up, because he always ate everything else in the tank (including other oscars) Right now hes got a good 7 or 8 inch oscar ina 20gallon high  :

 

[colesea]

Very pretty, I've always wanted an oscar. Had a lovely albion red in the store that made my heart melt it was so sweet.

Other SA cichlids do well with oscars, provided they have enough room for -their- territories as well as for how big they get. The best example I can come up with is my friend who had two full grown oscars in a 90 gallon with two full grown convict cichlids. That was it. And his albino still harassed everyone.

Jack Demseys, Green terrors, Tinfoil Barbs, Pacu, Bala Sharks, Convict cichlids, as mention before are good tankmates for oscars.

 

[Robert Gurley]

What a very nice picture.  I kept my Oscar with 7 bala sharks in a 75 gallon tank, I would glance at the tank each morning to see my balas frolicking around the Oscar... and my Oscar enjoying it immensly.  I found that the best thing for my Oscar was just a bit more company! *thumbsupsmiley*

 

[Nativefish Boy]

What ever you decide to get...dont get the jaguar/wolf or managuense cichlids. The are mean as h3ll and dont care how big anything is and they will attack and kill it. Trust me on this one..