Tankmate ideas for Oscars

[TwoTankAmin]

Megalodoras​

Giant Raphael Catfish​

Have a read here: https://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/megalodoras-uranoscopus/

You will see the following there which contradicts what is posted above.

1. They can get over 2 feet,
2. The ultimately need a tank 8 x 4 ft.
3. Diet --> An omnivore feeding chiefly on aquatic gastropods and the fallen fruits of terrestrial plants in nature with its rumoured fondness for snails having led to it being referred to as the “mother of snails” catfish. Aquarium feeding is uncomplicated but offer a varied diet composed of quality, sinking dried foods, fruit and vegetables plus molluscs/shellfish and the occasional live earthworm. It requires an increasing, and substantial, amount of food as it grows and once settled will often rise to the surface at meal times.
4. Behaviour and Compatibility --> This species is proven to fare best when maintained in a conspecific group and ideally a group of 4 or more should be purchased.

Stick with a pleco over this fish or get a much bigger tank then the 220.

 

[FishAddict74]

Megalodoras​

Giant Raphael Catfish​

Have a read here: https://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/megalodoras-uranoscopus/

You will see the following there which contradicts what is posted above.

1. They can get over 2 feet,
2. The ultimately need a tank 8 x 4 ft.
3. Diet --> An omnivore feeding chiefly on aquatic gastropods and the fallen fruits of terrestrial plants in nature with its rumoured fondness for snails having led to it being referred to as the “mother of snails” catfish. Aquarium feeding is uncomplicated but offer a varied diet composed of quality, sinking dried foods, fruit and vegetables plus molluscs/shellfish and the occasional live earthworm. It requires an increasing, and substantial, amount of food as it grows and once settled will often rise to the surface at meal times.
4. Behaviour and Compatibility --> This species is proven to fare best when maintained in a conspecific group and ideally a group of 4 or more should be purchased.

Stick with a pleco over this fish or get a much bigger tank then the 220.

I’ve had a megladoras and a granulosus for nearly two years and I’ve had them in the past. Yes they can get huge, close to 3 feet but in an aquarium 2’ is more common. The other thing is they grow incredibly slow. The two I have now were 9” when i got them and in that time they’ve grown about an inch and a half. So a 220 should be good for a LONG time, plenty of time to work something out if they do get to be monsters