Is It Ok To Get Oscars

[450ltrtank]

i have a 450ltr tank and was wondering if it is ok to put oscars with upsidedown cats ? would they get eaten by the oscars ?

 

[fishguy2727]

If they grow up together and you do not feed live food they should be fine.

 

[450ltrtank]

i already hve the cats is that ok and also ihave 2 bristle plecs

 

[fishguy2727]

It should be fine. Get the oscars together at normal sale size (1.5-3"), grow them up with these fish, feed only high quality pellets (I only use and recommend New Life Spectrum Thera+A), keep the water quality up (ideally under 20ppm before a water change), and they should be great.

FYI oscars are extremely prone to Head and Lateral Line Erosion. The main cause in oscars is low quality food and water. With the conditions desribed above you have the best chance of preventing this problem.

 

[creg]

fishguy i would love to see photos of your tanks they sound amazing (just read your sig)

 

[Tolak]

No guarantee as far as temperament with oscars, or any other cichlids for that matter. I got mine as a 1" auction fish that nobody wanted, as he grew he took a dislike to one of the albino bristlenose he grew up with. This incident requires netting, a wet towel, and a pair of needlenose pliers to remove the now dead bristlenose who had successfully wedged himself inside the oscar's mouth before dying.

This is the same oscar that later took a dislike to a 13" common plec that I was "gifted" with, along with a 72 gallon tank. One day the oscar got the better of him, took out the plec.

I've also seen more mellow oscars kept with large angels, long term, with no problems. It's all individual temperament, anyone dealing with cichlids should at the very least keep a divider handy, and have a backup plan beyond that.

 

[fishguy2727]

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[450ltrtank]

what would u rcommend to keep with oscars im pretty new to fish keeping but realli like the oscar fish ihave a masive tank witch i brought for peanuts i likethe parrot fish are they ok and also the electric blue jd wouldthey be fine and also fish guy what is ppm

 

[england]

I would reccomend not keeping bristlenose plecs with oscars, quite a bite size snack if wanted, Some people manage to keep other cichlids with oscars as there usually quite placid, but the size of the tank limits what you could keep comfortabally, what is the tank measurements? as in length width and height?

 

[450ltrtank]

It's a 5ft tank holding 450 litres

 

[england]

5ft by ? ?

my old oscar tank was 5/2/2ft making it 566litre

 

[450ltrtank]

its 150x70x50 cm

 

[tom1995]

where are you located you can have one of my oscars he is only 3 inch but he is being chashed by my 5inch oscars