since ive been a member here i have answered many questions on what might be a suitable tankmate for oscars so i thought why not tell others what we keep in our tanks and maybe this can help newcommers to decide what to put in their's.

i guess i'll start

i have 4 tanks:

the first is 150 imp gallons and in it are 2 mature oscars, 2 jack dempseys, 1 geophagus dicrozoster(i think), 1 chinese algea eater, and 2 convict hybrids.

the second is 190 imp gallons and in it i have 3 juvenile oscars(3-10 inches), 4 firemouths, 3 pictus catfish, 2 albino coreys, 1 blue acara, and 1 rainbow shark


the third is a 90 imp gallon growout tank with a pair of jaguars cichlids in it


the fourth is a 45 imp gallon african tank with assorted malawis in it

here is what i have:

tank size : 90 gallons (48 x 21 x 21)
2 oscars; 14 inches & 15 inches rspectively
2 pangasius; 18 inches long each
1 angel fish 5 inches wide body

all my fishes are on high protein diet (beefheart/pork spleen)
with once a week treat of hikari frozen dried shrimp or live
insects, small mouse, worms, & whatever i can get from my
garden.

equiped with power 2400 lph open box ovehead filter
heavily planted with ornamental plants (aquaponics)

surprised no one has made a thread like this yet, heres what i got

125 gallon - 1 red oscar, 1 albino oscar, 1 firemouth, 1 leporinous
125 gallon - male jack dempsey (was a pair, female just died) and a unknown 7" pleco (hes hasn't grown in a few years)
75 gallon - spawn of about 70 2'' jack dempsey babies and a busy nose pleco
35 gallon - various sorts of barbs and 3 small clown loaches that are going into the 75 when i move the babies out.
35 gallon - community tank, recently setup. so far i just have neons.
35 gallon hexagon - currently cycling

i need to stop setting tanks up....i got all for free accept one of the 125s. so its hard to turn down the offer. my basements a damn fish store.

necromancer, how do your jack dempseys do with your o's? ive have mixed results with that combination.

MetalHead88 wrote:


when he was in the tank with my albino he was a real turd. constantly harrassing my poor oscar until the oscar was laying flat at the top of the tank hidden in some plants. now hes with my mature oscars and i have yet to have a problem with him. so far things are peaceful(for a cichlid tank) and i hope to have it continue.

Good idea. I have 150g tank 2 x oscars 1 x parrot 5 x clown loach 3 of these are 3" so not to over crowd and 1 x 9" plec. take care if you add a plec some can become monsters. I love the clowns more than anything, one of mine is 8" and around 7yrs old, thats a slow growth rate so I dont need a new tank too soon.)))

here's what i have:

132 gallon:
8 tiger oscars(hopefully i'll get a breeding pair), 6 Geophagus steindachneri, 2 heros efasciatus and 2 Aequidens pulcher

119 gallon:
3 red oscars, 4 Geopagus sp. Tapajos "Orange head" and 2 synodontis eupterus

33 gallon:
6 Steatocranus casuarius

12 tanks from 18 gallons to 132 gallons with malawi and tanganyika cichlids

a couple of pics:

55 GAL US
1 young blood parrot
1 unknown Gar
3 dwarf silver dollars
1 clown pleco
1 african leaffish
1 ornate leaffish
2 rapheal catfish (spelling)
1 jurapari
3 cory catfish
I do realize that a few of the fish above will out grow the tank, I have made plans to mave them to a lrgar tank when this happens.

55 US Gallon:
1 7" Tiger oscar
1 7" common Pleco
2 6" Tinfoil Barbs
Filtered by a Rena Filstar xp3

1 - 125G US with 1 maturing 8" Red O', 1 - 6" Jack Dempsey, 2 Silver dollars,
2 Gold Severums, and 2 Firemouths. With 2 Fluval 405s and a AquaClear110.

1 - 45G US with 1 Parrot, 2 Bala Sharks, 2 Rainbows and a 6" Gold spot pleco.
With a AquaClear 110 and a MaxiJet 1200 powerhead connected to a sponge filter.

I feed all a staple of a mixture of Hikari Bio Gold, Hikari Gold, HBH Oscar Grow
and Oscar Show pellets twice a day. Every third day I feed them frozen bloodworms,
shrimp or beefheart. Once a week live crickets, mealworms or ghost shrimp.

Well nothing at the moment. We have just purchased a new home on the NSW coast near Lake Macquarie from 5 hours inland.

43 US Gallon (168l) 4' tank currently cycled and ready to accept 4 juvenile O's as of tomorrow.
There are 3 UGF lining the bottom and a 1200l/h internal doing it thing within.

#2 is a 30 US Gallon (113l) 2 1/2 foot tank currently 1 week into cycling and used as a seperation / hospital tank.

After consulting with the powers that be (aka The Wife) I have decided to take the advice of the forum and start off with 4 juvenile fish. A Tiger, Red, Albino and a Longfin. Previously we only had 1 tiger in the 4' tank. I have had him for 5 years but decided to leave him inland as he probably wouldn't survive the trip.

I have plans for a 6' tank or possibly an 8'. This depends on budget and materials available. If I can get the glass I'll build an 8 but will probably only be able to get 6' glass at this early stage.

Watch this space while I re-establish my aquaria.

I have a 125 gal tank with two albino tigers about 10" a pleco of the same size and two convicts.... there were four piranha....they all got/get along but lately one of the Os has been picking with the others.
Why do the vibrate their tails.

I have a 620 litre (136 uk gallon)
Aqua One Aquience Bow Front 1800B Aquarium

its being cycled at the moment, but eventually i will have my 2 tiger oscars, 2 albino oscars which im going to buy soon, and maybe 2 Geophagus if i can find some really nice ones.
i also have a pleco but i doubt he'll be going in there due to him growing so quick and totally messing with my bio load.

do you think 4 oscars and maybe 2 geophagus will be ok for a 620 litre tank?