annaliese7469 Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 hi, new to owning oscars, going to buy oscars for our new tank setup.. asking other oscar owners what other fish do you have in your taks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blade87 Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 what size tank you got? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuffy_rana Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 what size tank you got? best question right there. oscars are very "flimsy" when small and "overally confident" when large. what you will be looking for is either other cichlids that cant harm the oscars or be harmed by the oscars (hard basket but some success with severums,chocolates,pbass,petenia splendida. last 2 very large aquarium required). the next option is large growing community based fish that will be fast and bulky enough to not get eaten by oscars. silver dollars are good as are natives like mono argentus and sometimes large silver sharks though my oscars allways chased the bala's around. tinfoil barbs are another option. i wouldnt suggest many american cichlids because alot such as devils,vieja,hericthys etc are capable of pugilistic acts that can kill O's. HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadFishFloating Posted January 5, 2012 Report Share Posted January 5, 2012 the above is excellent advice I have had success with a few other cichlid species too. festivums, rivulatus, parrots, rainbows, as well as catfish like eeltail ~ tandanus tandanus, salmon tails ~ bernyi, plecos ~goldspot,common,gibbis, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Junkie Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 the above is excellent adviceI have had success with a few other cichlid species too. festivums, rivulatus, parrots, rainbows, as well as catfish like eeltail ~ tandanus tandanus, salmon tails ~ bernyi, plecos ~goldspot,common,gibbis, Spot on Donny I have found large Oscars to be very timid and scared of fast moving fish there more a slow boat to China type also just cause there big or get big they don't fare well with dovii jags or umbee they will get picked on be very unhappy and just sulk That said you will need a large tank and good filtration as they are very messy fish a lot to think about before you even go to an Aquarium shop FJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickadee Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 I had Tinfoild barbs in with my fellas when i had them ,worked well ,put on a nice display ,but messy eaters,canisters had to be cleaned often .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
