Africans and Oscars

[Soaup]

I have a 55 gallon tank with several assorted malawi cichlids i also have 2 small oscars in a 20 gallon and they are steadily growing. Is it possible to put the oscars and the cichlids in the 55 together and survive without killing each other?

 

[Paul_MTS]

Your 55 gallong isn't big enough for a single oscar so deffinately not with another and africans.

Oscars should be very fast growers in the right tank and on the right diet.

I would get rid of the oscars asap or get a 70g+ tank to keep ONE of them. If you really want both then you need aorund 150gallons and even then there's no gurantee there going to get along together.

 

[Synirr]

I agree with Paul_MTS... either get a large tank and soon, or rehome the oscars. When I got my oscar he was less than 2". Now, only a year later, he is 10-11". He probably hit the 8" mark by 6 months... obviously, they grow fast
I keep mine in an 80 gallon and I couldn't imagine that monster in anything much smaller.