I have a little Oscar and will be getting another in a few weeks, In that time I am building a large tank to keep then for the rest of their days(as told by my wife) it will be 1.400 X 0.600 X 0.800 so it will hold about 670 liters. For two Tiger Oscars and a couple of cleaner thats heaps aye? Now whats the best and safest cleaners to get that still look in place with an Oscar. I would like to keep the South Americain theam going. any ideas?

sILVER DOLLARS WORK FINE BUT YOU NEED SCHOOL
IF YOUR BIOLOAD IS UP WITH 30 MORE INCHES OF FISH I SA Y GET sd'S

Shoot, my caps lock trainer fell off...

the best cleaner fish.

haha...might have to get one of those...doesn't look like it would be too aggressive either!

Silver Dollars are excellent companions for Oscars, and they will snag some of the food b4 it gets to the gravel, but for cleaning, nope. A pleco is a nice addition, but I've never seen one actually clean anything I'd go with lg Bala Sharks....They seek out food in the rocks and gravel and are lg enough to coexist w/o threatening the Oscars into attacking.

Do you have a sand bottom? If so a couple of earth eaters or geophagus types will clean the bottom of the tank. They like to sift through sand as they search for food. They are many types with many different colors.

Geophagus images

Geo's are excellent! Then again they get large too! And, being Cichlids, I'm not sure they wouldn't want some top food too. Inviting a challenge of who gets to eat what.

A pictus cat and bushy nose pleco are and effecive combo from what i have experianced.

i am in love with my lace catfish idk about their origins but they are great cleaners they've been i have 2 babies in with my 2 o's and theyre still small so they hide most of the time but at night when the os are sleeping they work magic

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haha i need one of those

Personally I dont believe any fish is a good 'cleaner' fish.

No, i dont either, infact my plec was messier than the oscars.