Oscar and blood parrot

SpitItOut · Member Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 27

Would I be able to house one oscar and one blood parrot in a 55g tank and if so how do I go about the feeding?

lil shant · Member Joined: 08 May 2005 Posts: 176

i have heard from the other forums that it is too small i think u only keep one oscar in there u cna try a 65-75 gallon

t_chelle16 · Moderator Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 3436

55 is only big enough for a single oscar. If you want a blood parrot too, you'll have to go with at least a 75 - 90 gallon tank.

-Chelle

SpitItOut · Member Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 27

Then what else can i put in with an oscar?

t_chelle16 · Moderator Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 3436

In a 55, nothing really. You might be able to get by with one of the smaller species of plecos (6" max), but I really wouldn't even do that.

-Chelle

SpitItOut · Member Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 27

so like not even a green terror?

t_chelle16 · Moderator Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 3436

Definitely not a GT. For 2 large, aggressive cichlids like that, you'd need at least 100 gallons.

-Chelle

SpitItOut · Member Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 27

So i picked up my oscar Smile

but it was labled wild oscar, what type is it?

t_chelle16 · Moderator Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 3436

Wild caught means it came directly from the wild. The only problems that you might run into (that I can think of anyway) would be maybe a parasitic infection (should have been quarantined, though) or it may not want to eat pelleted food (because it would probably be used to eating insects - getting it to eat pellets isn't too difficult, though).

If it was sold as a wildtype that just means that it didn't come from stock that was bred for color (like tigers, reds, etc). So it will most likely have the wild oscar coloring which is dark green/black with lighter green/yellow stripes and very little orange. Like this one:

-Chelle

SpitItOut · Member Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 27

Yea he looks like that only less colored and about one and a half inches, He seems to stay in the corner and on the bottom alot. He also swims sorta tilted... Is this all normal?

t_chelle16 · Moderator Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 3436

Probably just scared and getting used to his new home. Oscars are known to sulk when their envornment changes.

-Chelle

SpitItOut · Member Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 27

ok, I love my new oscar Surprised

thanks for all the help you people are great!