I'm getting a long fin no question....no clue what color exactly...need to get the tank set up before I contact the stores within range.
Setting up a 75 for a baby Oscar...tank mates?
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If you get a pellet size small enough to be swallowed whole, and only feed one at a time, you won't get any food on the bottom of the tank. Their throat is much smaller than how much their mouths can hold.
InJexnell ’s tank I believe that is a spotted Raphael cat.
Briatlenoses get just large enough to avoid being food, and seem to have this gift where no fish wants to eat them...I’ve heard of them with piranhas.
As for how long until the cichlids become issues is up to species. Oscars pack on an inch or more per month, so that gives you about 8 months before he is gonna start being to bioload heavy on his own.
Jacks and gts grow slower, maybe 1/4-1/2 inch per month (jacks can go faster), but once they hit about 4 inches they begin to get very aggressive.
Severums are slower growers pst 5 inches but the tank being overstocked is really up to how fast the Oscar grows.
Over the 10 years I've been on this forum and others, I've seen too many posts about Oscars/Large Cichlids eating bristlenose plecos. I've got a 4 year old bristlenose that is definitely small enough to be seen as food by a big Oscar.
I really would not do bristlenose with any big cichlids in a tank that small. Only way I would feel even slightly comfortable is in a larger tank with lots of hiding space for the pleco.
Not sure I follow all of that...I will have the small cichlid pellets to start with and then move up in size as the oscar grows...I'll have a mix of pellets and other foods, including raw like tilapia or shrimp. I don't know much about what the cats eat so do I need to plan differently here?
What he means is that if you feed small enough pellets for the Oscar that he won’t make a mess, there wouldn’t be a need for the cat.
ah yeah well...I'm not that patient and don't have the slightest idea how much an oscar actually eats. who's throat is he referring to? lol
He‘s referring to the oscars throat.
The throat is smaller than his mouth, which means everything that he puts in his mouth but doesnt go down his throat will be on the ground.
Just got to this thread. It's pretty obvious that the oscar is going to be the main fish, which is doable for life, I suppose. But I can't understand why you seem so adamant on putting other fish with it. Your eventual bio load with a 12-13" oscar in your 75 is going to be pretty heavy and you'll need a good water change schedule to keep everything in measure.
Adding other fish just increases that already hectic schedule, not to mention the issues of will your oscar or won't your oscar eventually eat its tankmates.
Rocksor
earlier point of having a python as its 'tankmate', although very funny, is about as good a piece of advice you'll receive in this thread. You don't need a bottom feeder, and certainly not a plec, to clean up uneaten food. You feed sparingly and any that's left you syphon out.
A single oscar is definitely the way to go imo. A fantastic, very personable wet pet.
Adding other fish just increases that already hectic schedule, not to mention the issues of will your oscar or won't your oscar eventually eat its tankmates.
Rocksor
earlier point of having a python as its 'tankmate', although very funny, is about as good a piece of advice you'll receive in this thread. You don't need a bottom feeder, and certainly not a plec, to clean up uneaten food. You feed sparingly and any that's left you syphon out.A single oscar is definitely the way to go imo. A fantastic, very personable wet pet.
