What kind of catfish would do well with one O in a 90gal. My O is still a youngin

most catfish get fairly large. a pictus would be fine for a while, but they only grow to 5 inches or so, so that would eventually become food (more likely just get stuck in his throat). plecos i dont reccommend at all for oscars as tehy can make a nasty hole in your fish in the night. off the top of my head, i would say a lace syndontis. he grows to about 7 inches, which is just about perfect companion for that tank with a full grown o in it. they may look tiny in it today, but in a year, that tank will look just right.

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lol come on guys!! am i the only one that saw this thread?!

i am not fan of catfish, thus...my idea is limited for that...
i'd rather have a couple of angel fish in it than plec or cf

i dont endorse pleco anymore. they used to be my favorite fish, anymore i have learned they are far more trouble than they are worth.

and i started hating them when they became a menace in our body of
fresh water and swamp. in one of our lake, no more natural fish
available due to their presence in it. (surf: janitor fish in Laguna Lake)

thats just terrible!

personally i like the pictus catfish as mates. they grow to 6-7 inches in length and do a fabulous job with leftover food from the oscars.
other good choice would be a sydonis catfish, raphael catfish or even clown loaches if you can get some that are large enough.

lol how long does it take for a pictus to get to 6 or 7 inches? i had 5 for over a year and the biggest they got was about 4-5" and the oscar ate all but one of them and i gave him to a friend.

i have a 2 year old pictus that is pushing the seven inch mark in my 220 with 2 11 inch oscars. there is also a 4 inch pictus in there as well as 2, inch and a half long albino corys.
i have never had a problem with the oscars trying to eat any of the tankmates i put in with them in either my 220 or the 180 oscar tanks. imo if you dont feed fish to your oscars they wont look at fish as food.

hehehe i figured that bit out mate

I'm not a huge fan of catfish(apart from IDs, i love them), but cats do a pretty good job in cleaning the bottom of the tank. Since Os spill food they make the tank a bit messy. If you have got a couple of pictus there, they will take care of the spilled food.