i want two oscars?

Question

i have a 55 gallon tank with two 60 power whisper filters. in them is a oscar and a red blood parrot would i have enough room for one albino oscar?I also do 50% water changes every saturday.

Answer 1

Oscars grow to about a foot long - a 55 gallon tank is not big enough to hold even one Oscar for the entirety of its life. You can get one temporarily for that tank, but eventually you will need a 120+ gallon tank to hold two, foot-long fish.

They should be moved to larger tank when they reach 8 - 9". Oscars are active fish and have very hearty diets (and therefore produce a lot of waste), so they are definitely not a species you want to keep in too small a tank.

Hope that helps.

Answer 2

I wouldn't put another Oscar in that tank. In fact you might think about getting a bigger tank for the Oscar you have. He will out grow a 55 gallon tank. I had two Oscars and a Red Blood Parrot in a 125 and they had plenty of room and got along great. You need to have a tank that is wide enough for your Oscar to turn around and he will run out of room in a 55. He will get about 12 to 14 inches long.

Answer 3

unfourntely no.

The reason is that one oscar requires 70 gallon tank each. My other answer relate to this topic was already posted few days ago.

The reason is that Oscars can grow over a foot in length and needs lots of room to swim and to turn around especially in the ends of the tanks. With my hours of research last week with Oscars/African Cichlids topics and talk room has agree that one could fit in 55 gallon tank alone.

I think your number of filter is power enough to circulate the water 10 times per hour which is perfect for oscars.

If you present oscar in your 55 gallon tank is a baby (i'd say 2 to 3 inches in length) you may as well add another one but expect to transfer them to a bigger tank in a while which will be approxiamtely 8 months. (also keep in mind, find another oscar in similar size or your oscar will kill it.)

I am aware that you shouldn't mix oscars with other type of fish. I'd suggest you get rid of Red Blood Parrot, they don't mix well with oscars unless oscars are small enough but when they get bigger they will kill any small fish in the tank (they're meat eater).

Hope it helps.

Answer 4

I used to have 55 gallon tank with two good sized Oscars,and an Arojuana,.a Tia fish,and a placastomuse. There seemes to be enough room,but I had to remove the Tia fish,cuz he was taking a beating. I found that having an under gravel filter as well as a well sized whisper filter worked pretty good. Is the water change nesisary? I used to keep open bttles of water on hand to replace evaporated water. That was the only new water I ever put into my tanks. And for years I had very healthy fish.

Answer 5

yes! you can have two oscars on a 55G tank but please don't do a 50% water change weekly do a 10% weekly and a 20-25% monthly also that can also fit a tank mate or two...also the size they will get are next to the fish

jack dempsey cichlid "10-12" inches
convict cichlid male '6 female 4" inches
blood red parrot cichlid '8' inches
firemouth cichlid "6-8' inches
blue ram cichlid '2-4" inches
and
green severum cichlid "8" inches

hope this helped :-)

Answer 6

I wouldn't recommend it. Both fish, especially the oscar will get large. They are both also extremely territorial. Chances are the oscar may end-up eating the parrot.

Answer 7

One Tank -
One Oscar

Answer 8

I can't keep any thing in the tanks with my Oscars, they kill any other fish that I have with them.. They are about the size of saucers. I have them each in 55gal tanks... so I would be careful putting anything else in with yours depending on how big they are.

Answer 9

And I want two Grammy's

Answer 10

Yes you do. So did Jack Nickleson. My answer is trying harder. He got them.