I am in the process of setting up my 180g tank. I am trying to get some ideas for tankmates for the 2 O's I plan to have in there. I have one 7in oscar right now in my 90g tank... I am planning on getting another when I transfer him to the 180. My filtration for the tank would be 30g sump, fluval 405 and 2 Emperor 400's. Any suggestions...

10 silver dollar..

clown loaches are great fish but they grow slowly so make sure you get them big enough not to be eaten by a full grown oscar- finding them this big will be hard and expensive

As for other tankmates think about severum, blue acara, firemouth or salvini, all these make great tankmates for oscars

you could get a aligator gar i dont know how big of a tank them need but they sure look cool as hell! Also catfish like corys, raphiel ive herd work well, blood parrots are good too i love those fish. LOl good luck to you

Matt E. fish lover wrote:




No, we do not advice on getting alligator Gars in 180Gl tanks. :angry:
They will outgrow the tank in a matter of months, plus will in time eat any other occupants of the tank, including your beloved Oscars.

Imo Florida Gar on the other hand can make a good tankmate, but even that is a gamble, for a gar can have quite a hard time getting his food, with hungry boisterous fish like oscars around.
I still have to handfeed my Gar, or else he won't get anything.
But i think it's worth it.


I got 6 Silver Dollars added to the 2 oscars and have 2 plecos as well.
Silver Dollars are good and funny tankmates.



But in the end it's just a matter of taste...

ya i think florida gar was what i was aiming for i dont no my gars well, but they still look cool as hell.

Matt E. fish lover wrote:


i guessed so...
I just take any chance to post that WTF pic...

haha sneaky sneaky

Or a 180Gl community tank could be nice, like this:







but that's something like this:



Really makes no sense, so note this stocking is not an option i advice...

First thing i thought when i saw that pic was holy shit, those are nice fish though but thats like a house worth of stocking?

Noddy wrote:


LOL... I own one of those dogs... not the costume though! That is too funny Noddy. You have a damn pic for everything!!!

Love to the family from Florida