is this tank big enough for my o?

[neonmadness]

the tank is a 50 gallon 36-18-17, i was wondering if i could keep my tiger oscar in it for life and maybe a spiny eel and small pleco.

[GuZZiZZiT]

My opinion would be thats the absolute bare minumum for a tiger oscar. Adding anything else would be overstocking. Idealy oscars should have a larger tank still.

[Rbishop]

I'd prefer a 75.

[Marinemom]

Just one oscar needs a large aquarium of at least 75-100 gallons just for himself. If you want to have playmates then the tank needs to be even bigger than that to accomadate all of the fish safely.

Marinemom

[fishcatch22]

you could keep ONE and only one oscar in there and nothing else. i'd still prefer to get it a bigger tank, like 70 gallons, but they can live to a ripe old age in a 55G tank IME. my mother kept an oscar in a 55G for years. grew to a proper size of 12", and was always happy.

[Grundy]

You could do it but you would need a whole bunch of filtration and fairly frequent water changes.

[wataugachicken]

plus, what kind of pleco is it? a "small" pleco today may not be small 6 or even 3 months from now.

[neonmadness]

a small pleco(i dont have one yet) would be something like a bristlenose or king tiger or something that wouldnt get any bigger than 6inches

[fishcatch22]

as I said, a 55G would be just barely big enough for the oscar, and ABSOLUTELY nothing else.