I recently had 2 O's a tiger and a red but the tiger died for lack of food the red wouldent let hem eat much. i now have just a red about 6 inches long and he eats like crazy. is there any kind of fish i can put in the tank to keepp him company that he wont eat. how about thoose neon colored cchiled fish in the pet stores?

the list for tankmates is a long one indeed.some people have success with one type of tankmate while others will have problems with the same type of tankmate.i think it comes down to trial and error and the personality of your oscar. unfortunetly it is a hit or miss endeavor and no one can really predict the outcome.
the only real thing to keep in mind is that if an oscar can fit a tankmate into his mouth he probably will, at some point, try.

Fish are not like some mammals or birds that pine if they lose their mate. They also do perfectly okay on their own. tankmates. As for what tankmates, well, there are loads to choose from. Personally, I in keeping fish that from the same part of the world as the Oscar a very good idea

you could really put in anything that the oscar wont eat, and that isnt too agressive for him. stay away from jack dempseys, red devils, green terrors and other fish of that sort (even though ive had a terror who was a wonderful tankmate to my os)

some fish that doh very good with are os are pictus catfish- they dont get too big and they have spikes so the o wont eat them and they do an excellent job of cleaning the tank.

lepordinous-best tankmate ive seen yet. i currently have 1 with my os. they seem to be growing at the same rate and are very interesting to watch

other fish to look at are eartheaters, firemouths, convicts, chocolate, severums, you could even do something like large schooling fish like tinfoils or silver dollars. pike chichlid is another very good one. i had 1 when i had os with the terror and he fit right in with the o's always beggin for food.

ive been wanting to get an electric blue jack dempsey. they are very colorfull and appealing, and supposivly much less aggressive. but they are expensive....very.. so ive been hesitant to get one. it would kill me if i spent that much on a fish and it didn't live, or to kill the rest of my tank.

im not sure what ''colorfull chichild in stores'' your talking about jack dempsey maybe? a name or pic would help.
jacks get aggressive. its a possible match that worked once for me but failed the other, so i wouldnt recommend it
let us know what ya add in!!

If you get a tankmate you will need to stop the problem of your oscar hogging all the food. There are many ways to do this, put food in at both ends of the tank at the same time, put food that is small( like bloodworm) so the less dominate fish can get some or try using sinking pellets

I have a 72 Gal. fish tank with one tiger chiclid and one pleco. I have been searching for a pumkinseed to add but none of my pet stores have it. Do I haveto travel to get one? I live in colorado. One of the pet stores didn't even know what it was