Oscars For A 4Ft Tank

[Far2lively]

Can you put oscars in a 4ft tank or is this too small, no other fish in there just want to accomadate one

 

[snake007]

Dimensions?

 

[minnnt]

A juvenile one? You could grow him on in one for a year but would eventually appreciate a larger tank.

 

[Fishy friend2]

A juvenile one? You could grow him on in one for a year but would eventually appreciate a larger tank.

Yes a 4 foot tank is okay for a juvenile but have you ever seen a full grown oscar, they are huge

 

[Far2lively]

4 by 2 by 2, he's fully grown I think around 30cm my local lfs doesn't want him anymore and asked if I wanted him

 

[minnnt]

ChilliPepper has hers in a 4x2x2 with a few other fish...

 

[walkers101]

4x2x2 is min for 1 adult really

 

[Wills]

4x2x2 is min for 1 adult really

+1

a few dithers and tough catfish and its a nice tank

Wills

 

[minnnt]

Which dithers would you suggest Wills?

 

[Wills]

Medium sized barbs? Oddessas are quite fast, Buenos Aires Tetras - quite a few of the smaller Silver Dollar species would work, though you rarely see them around - quite a few people use Swordtails as dithers for larger cichlids so could work. Headstanders might work out - I know Matt has one in with Keith but thats a bigger tank.

For catfish, people have success with Doras and Plecs, sometimes Pim Pictus work out others get eaten but P.Ornatus would be big enough to be safe I think.

Thing is with Oscars is there are more mistakes made because they are more common than most other cichlids Ive never had them but I see little reason to treat them any different to any other foot long S/AM or C/AM as they are not that different in a wet pet setting.

Wills