getting a new tank

[jm1212]

you can do a single oscar in a 55 but a 75 is ideal.

No, a 55 is not wide enough for an Oscar. They need the extra width that 75's provide, and the extra volume. Oscars are some of the messiest fish this side of a goldfish.


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[allaboutfish]

ive always heard that a 55 is the minimum but a 75 is better. thats always what ive heard, read, and have been told. ive never had one though.

 

[Ptrick125]

An Oscar can get up to 14"

The 55's would only give it about an inch to turn.


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[allaboutfish]

ok and technically it would give them no room to turn. its just what ive always seen as the minimum.

 

[ssuchem13]

Well basically I kinda wanna get a fish with personality. I love Oscars and have always heard 55 is min but never kept one which is why I asked. Any thing similar to an Oscar but smaller? I'd also like to have something to eat my excess guppies I'm raising

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[allaboutfish]

a jack dempsey would do great in a 55.

 

[ssuchem13]

hmm, with the petco dollar per gallon sale im really tempted to get the 29g. could i do 2 angels? what else could i add, or any cool predatory fish for a 29?
jack dempseys look kinda bleh to me and id only do a big tank if i could do an oscar so maybe wait on that for awhile

 

[nerdyrcdriver]

I just got a 29 that seems big. But my previous buggest tank is a 10. cant wait to get it set up.

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[ssuchem13]

Would a convict work in a 29? Any tankmates?

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[allaboutfish]

you could do a pair of convicts or a convict and a school of dithers.