Oscars And Convicts?

[Suicidal_AZN]

i have a 5 in. oscar that lives with many many convicts and they get along fine.
no fin damages and the convicts are only 2 in. BIG!
they've been to gether for 6 months.

 

[DarkEntity]

6 months and they are only 2 inches? they seem to be very small for the time you have had them. I doubt the peace will last though. Im expecting a rather interesting war to ensue fairly soon, once your very small fish grow up.

 

[cheesy feet]

Your convict cichlids must be stunted, unless you are mistaken with their size.
What size tank are they in ?

 

[andyourblueblood]

wow all of you are wrong yes convicts could fight the oscar but an oscar is tuff so he will be fine.the minnium tank size for one oscar is a 30 gallon.

i have nothing to say but.... HAHAHAHAHA! do you believe everything you read on the internet???

 

[Domster566285]

wow all of you are wrong yes convicts could fight the oscar but an oscar is tuff so he will be fine.the minnium tank size for one oscar is a 30 gallon.

i have nothing to say but.... HAHAHAHAHA! do you believe everything you read on the internet???

30 freaking gallons???
are you joking.
30 gallns for a baby maybe
but adult?
he would probaby die
Mines in a 55 gallon, hes still a baby, but know i have to upgrade
I have seen a full grown oscar in a 10 gallon tank sadly

 

[kribensis12]

You can safley fit 1 adult size oscar in a 55g tank. The convict's will kill the oscar, baby or adult. The truth is, most oscars are softies!!!!!!!!! I wouldnt do it. Would you rather have the oscar you like get put to a good home, or destoyed from convict's? Convicts are dead aggressive.

thats not true at allll!!!! a full grown oscar can obtain a length of 16". it is more common to see them reach about 12" in the hobby. if you didnt know, a 55g foot print has a 12" width. that gives the fish almost no room to turn around. a 75g is the bare minimum for 1 oscar, a 120 for a pair and so on...

Well as advised on here, they told me i could put 1 oscar in a 55g for life. Also, most website's)( except for the one grimmy posted) say that 55g is a minnimum for a adult oscar.

 

[IzzyD]

Yea... I had two oscars that were about 4 inches in a 108 gallon tank, I tried to put a convict in there... the fight was on. I never saw a little fish stand his ground so good! He was only about 1 inch, and he decided that the whole tank was his! I had to scoop him out of there and put him into a 10 gallon tank till I could find him a new home.
The pet store told me that he would be fine in there, but they were wrong. It was a shame cause he was a beautiful fish, My O's are total softies so there was no way it was going to work out.