schooling/colorfull fish in a 30 w/ small Oscar

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I've got a 30 with a 6" Oscar but he doesn't show himself too much and the tank is pretty dull, what kind of fish could I put in that aren't too small to be eaten by the Oscar and aren't too shy either. I was thinking about 3-5 tiger barbs or a few angels and if I can get my hands on one cheap then a small arrowanna.

out of curiosity I heard some sort of rule with tiger barbs like, only keep them in odds or something, details?

thanks for any help
 
Umm, the Oscar itself will grow too big for the 30 gallon tank. Hope you're going to upgrade to a 55-75 gallon tank soon!

Arowannas will want 125 gallons by themselves probably... Bad choice for a 30 gallon tank IMO.
 
always learning said:
I've got a 30 with a 6" Oscar but he doesn't show himself too much and the tank is pretty dull, what kind of fish could I put in that aren't too small to be eaten by the Oscar and aren't too shy either. I was thinking about 3-5 tiger barbs or a few angels and if I can get my hands on one cheap then a small arrowanna.

out of curiosity I heard some sort of rule with tiger barbs like, only keep them in odds or something, details?

thanks for any help
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Look in the 'Species Profiles' section of this website to find information on fish you would like to keep. You will easily find that the Oscar is a bad choice for a 30g, and so is an arowana.

You could keep barbs in your 30 and maybe a pair of angels, but if you don't have at least 6-7 barbs, they will become very nippy and could raise hell for the angels.

HTH,
Serg

P.S. Do your research before purchasing ;)
 
thanks for the advice guys, I think I'll stick to about 5 barbs though

"Umm, the Oscar itself will grow too big for the 30 gallon tank. Hope you're going to upgrade to a 55-75 gallon tank soon!

Arowannas will want 125 gallons by themselves probably... Bad choice for a 30 gallon tank IMO."
-Oddball~

ya know, I can understand making the fish happy for a full life, but I think some people go a little overboard...

P.S. I usually just sell fish once to big anyway, then get smaller ones :)
 
PM's right! The oscar would grow to 12-16 inches...and a 30 gallon will not provide any swimming room for him....the oscar and Arrowana will out grow the tank and most likely both fish will die of stress....

You sell your fish when you can't provide proper living arrangements? So that means you keep buying big fish knowing that this happens? :rolleyes: give up the idea of buying anymore big fish.
 
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I am keeping my Oscar in a 10 gallon tank... for the time being, but I have every intention on getting him a nice 75 gallon tank or more! Not only will your fish get stressed out, but their own ammonia will kill them off. Why do you bother buying fish if you don't want to care for them correctly? That's like buying a DVD and putting it in a VCR. It's a big waste of money. And fish aren't plastic like DVD's, they are living breathing organisms.
 
:clap: Same with My RBP's, I have two 5 inchers in a 29g and they are going to a 75g or better soon....That is just wrong to KEEP them in a tank that small.....upgrade or just don't buy any fish....big or not...
 
If you don't want you fish to live a good, full life, then Why on earth did you come to AC? Our GOAL is to let our fish live a good full life!

~hc
 
Oscars wont live with colorful schooling fish. they think of them as dinner. I have 2 in a 75 gallon tank. I change water 2 or 3 times a week. Please take him back or upgrade the tank soon. Oscars are not shy he must be under stress.
 
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