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i want two oscars2007-11-24 23:36:53

i have a 55 gallon tank with two 60 power whisper filters. in them is a oscar and a red blood parrot would i have enough room for one albino oscar?I also do 50% water changes every saturday.

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Oscars grow to about a foot long - a 55 gallon tank is not big enough to hold even one Oscar for the entirety of its life. You can get one temporarily for that tank, but eventually you will need a 120+ gallon tank to hold two, foot-long fish.

They should be moved to larger tank when they reach 8 - 9". Oscars are active fish and have very hearty diets (and therefore produce a lot of waste), so they are definitely not a species you want to keep in too small a tank.

Hope that helps.

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I can't keep any thing in the tanks with my Oscars, they kill any other fish that I have with them.. They are about the size of saucers. I have them each in 55gal tanks. so I would be careful putting anything else in with yours depending on how big they are.

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go into show business? lol

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unfourntely no.

The reason is that one oscar requires 70 gallon tank each. My other answer relate to this topic was already posted few days ago.

The reason is that Oscars can grow over a foot in length and needs lots of room to swim and to turn around especially in the ends of the tanks. With my hours of research last week with Oscars/African Cichlids topics and talk room has agree that one could fit in 55 gallon tank alone.