What fish are good with oscars in a tank?

Question

I am thinking of getting a oscar, maybe two, and would like to know what fish go good with Oscars. I know oscars are aggressive.

Answer 1

well i only have one oscar about 6 inches long.  but half of the gold fish are still alive (obviously he ate the others when they were smaller).

the shark got eatin (yah.  a SHARK!!!) and the sucki fish are still alive.  but they are so fun because when he gets hungry, if i put my finger above the water, he will jump up and grab it! (doesnt hurt).  and i can pet him!!!  

Answer 2

No...the Oscars will turn on one another.  A friend has a tank in our office...and they got huge and starting trying to eat one another.  They also tried various fish with the Oscars...and the Oscar tried to eat the fish.  I'd make another choice.

Answer 3

Any cichlid from south america is fine as long as there are the same size and yes it is fine to put two oscars together

Answer 4

i had convicts in with mine was ok. oscars are too slow and convicts are aggressive they leave each other alone. you can put some rocks in the tank for the smaller fish to hide in when they need to.

Answer 5

For two oscars you need about a 75 gallon tank.  You could probably put a plecostomus with them, but nothing else, unless you have a larger tank.  A clown knife, fire or peacock eel would be good choices, as long as they were large enough that the oscars couldn't get them.  However, it would need to be a considerably larger tank, probably 100 gallons or more.

Answer 6

In my experience, cichlids can be even more aggressive then oscars, and african cichlids can be wicked! I love cichlids and have raised a few, they can really wreak chaos on a community tank even amongst their own

Answer 7

oscars are really agressive so nothing just the oscar

Answer 8

Oscars grow to about 14 inches long. If you get two, you will have to buy them at the same time and let them grow together or eventually have to buy one the same size as the other. Considering the length this fish grows to you would need a pretty big tank. Another cichlid that grows to be about that same size might go well with an oscar. However, I have three oscars, all are about 12 inches long, and they kill ANYTHING that goes in the tank, but yet they let one 4 inch convict live with them with no problem. Anything else they attack to death.