75 Gal Oscar Tank

[Tankww2]

I was thinking about a 75 gal with one Astronotus ocellatus and a Hypostomus punctatus in a 75 gal all filtered by a Filstar Xp2 Or Xp3 What do you think?

 

[Snooks1!]

I would suggest a bigger thank to tell the truth...I've seen the size of a full grown oscar before, and quite frankly - I wouldn't keep one in anything less than 100gals.

I'd also go for the most filtration possible, as oscars and plecs are both extremely messy fish.

 

[shroob]

75 is often recommended as the minimum for 1 oscar, so it would be pushing it adding another large growing, high waste producing fish. Maybe a smaller type of plec would work better.

 

[ox5477]

Both snooks and shroob nailed it. 75 is minimum but a 100 or a 125 would be better and allow for tankmates. a 75 would work but you want to have more filtration than you really think you need... possibly upwards of 7x to 8x turnover for the filter to handle the waste