OSCARS

[tman2007]

Are oscars friendly to fish that are there size... if so would it work out in my current 90 gallon tank? (i know it may eat the algea eaters)

 

[tman2007]

in my 18 gallon... uhh, no

 

[tman2007]

Right...

...Anyway in addition to getting along with my fish... will a 90 gal with 2 fluval 304's have a good enough filtration to take the oscar's dirty habits? I want to keep my tank sparkling clean so will an addition of an oscar dirty the water alot?

 

[Cichlid-Man]

To add a sensible reply to this thread....and to acctually answer your question and not spam...

Yes an oscar could live in a 90gal. Personally i'd only put 1 in, i've seen it done with 2 but i would only do 2 with 10 mor gals. (100gal)

I think you are stocked in that 90 and it won't support an oscar in that setup. The oscar would eat all. Or kill all.

But yes they are like dogs, very friendly.

 

[tman2007]

SO that means that adding an oscar would be a risk, because im not going to ruin my perfect tank nobody has died (exept an algea eater) since i set it up more than 4 months ago, and i like all of these guys alot

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Yes it'd be a big risk.

 

[tman2007]

Alright, thanx C-man. As usual uve been a great help I wont take a risk of hurting my already happy tank

 

[Purple]

Well - for the record, Oscars get on very well with blood parrots and pl*cos in my experience, but unless you get rid of everything else in there you'd be too crowded.

As you have a balanced population as is, if it aint broke - don't fix it.

Two 304's would be fine btw - Oscars are heavy hitters (left out an 's' there) but they're not that bad.

Oscars don't go with everthing just because of size - most times it'll end in a death match - check first.