Oscar tankmates?

[voteappel]

Thanks for your answer to my question about putting two Oscars together.

I don't want to risk having babies, though, so I suppose I'd rather not. I'd also rather not risk getting two males that will fight all the time.

Now, for a tankmate for my Oscar, I'd like to get a fish with an equally large mouth. I like Jack Dempseys and Green Terrors, but their mouths are tiny, in typical fish fashion, so I was thinking of perhaps getting a Jaguar Cichlid. Would that make a good tankmate for an Oscar?

Do you know of any other fish with large mouths that would do well with an Oscar?

 

[1tankneverenuff]

Are you afraid of them jawlocking alot or something? I've had Oscars with many fish, they only tried to jawlock with a Pike I had who eventually showed the Oscar his place, unfortunately that Pike had to be removed 'cause he was one bad *** fish...

 

[voteappel]

Actually, I'm more concerned with one Oscar beating up the other one a lot. And I'm concerned that I'll end up with babies, which I'd rather not have.

Of course, I love Oscars immensely, so maybe I'll just break down and get two afterall.

But I'd still prefer right now to get another fish with a big mouth to keep him company. That's on top of my Pleco for algae eating and bottom feeding.

 

[daveedka]

I don't recall your tank sie from the other thread, but I personally have had good luck with Firemouths and Dempsey both if there is ample tank space. Someone will probably burn me at the stake for saying this, but I have also had good luck with BIG Blue gourami's (full grown 5-6 inchers) and Oscars. The gourami is considerably smaller, but not so small as to resemble food, and Oscars tend to be less aggresive than touted except when breeding, or in a crowded tank. A green severum would work too, but they are a very large fish as well.

 

[kevinfishboy]

Here are some fish 4 you tinfoilbarb an elephantnose or another oscar

 

[bostonjon]

severums,dempseys,larger variety gouramis.........as long as they are big enough to begin with.

 

[daveedka]

as long as they are big enough to begin with.

This is a definate point with the gourami's especially.

 

[delmore]

If the tank is BIG, and you can crank the temps to 82 degrees, Uarus should work. The important thing is lots of space. uarus are simililar in many ways to Severums.

 

[voteappel]

Well, the tank will be, at first, a 20 gallon, but within 3 to 4 months, the aim is to have a tank no smaller than 75 gallons and likely more like 90 gallons.

I only want three fish in there, as I want them to grow to their full potential.

One will be my red tiger Oscar, the other will be a Pleco or maybe one of the smaller varieties if I can find one as long as it still eats algae. The third, I dunno.

My criteria would be that it MUST be from South America, as I'm trying to create a South America tank, with somewhat acidic and soft water.

And, of course, it has to be able to co-exist with an Oscar and a Pleco. Niether kill him or be killed by him.

And, finally, I'd prefer if the third fish was a little smaller than the Oscar. Maybe 8 to 10 inches at full size. Just to fully show off the Oscar's size and allow it to grow to its maximum potential.

Perhaps I will get a fourth fish later on, but it will be a bottom feeding catfish, or maybe some form of South American crustacean(if one exists).

Any help would be appreciated?

 

[Lila]

Even if you put a female with the male, it doesn't mean they will mate.

Anyway, you can have another oscar as long as the tank is big enough. I would not go with adding a Jag. They are more aggressive than Oscars and it will beat it up.

I have a green terror with an oscar...they're both still kinda small, and I see them lock lips every now and then. But, they pretty much stay in their spots.