How Would A Pleco And A Tiger Oscar Do Together If Kept Since Youth?

I'll soon be buying a Tiger Oscar and I'll be buying one at about 3 inches. It will be kept in a 29 gallon tank for about 3 months. It will then be moved to a permanent 55 gallon tank. Could I buy a Pleco, also at a young age, to keep with the Oscar? I've read about fights between Oscars and Plecos, but I thought that they may be okay if they were raised together. I would most likely be buying a Bristlenose, Golden Nugget, or Royal Pleco. Thanks.How Would A Pleco And A Tiger Oscar Do Together If Kept Since Youth?
The Plec has to be a Common or a Sailfin; it must grow above 12" or the Oscar will attempt to eat it.



to even think about keeping them together a minimum of 110 gallons would be needed they are both messy fish



75 gallons would be needed for the oscar alone







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The pleco needs to be a comparable size to the Oscar, otherwise it may try and eat a small pleco, and that can end badly for both fish.



The fancy plecos you are looking at will not do so well. The are geneally slow growers and may be difficult to feed with a boisterous and greedy Oscar in the tank. Get something tough like a Gibbiceps.



55gal is not big enough for a foot long Oscar AND a foot long pleco. 90 gal or more it should work.



Other than that, they are generally good tankmates, If you have the space. Fighting between them is most likely due to lack of space.



IanHow Would A Pleco And A Tiger Oscar Do Together If Kept Since Youth?
Both those fish will get to be enormous, and you should plan to move them to at least 75 gallons eventually. Plecos can grow to two feet, and Oscars to 18". Oscars are usually very territorial and will eat anything smaller than itself, and fight with everything else. You won't really need a pleco in the tank. Usually there isn't enough algae for them anyway, so you need to supplement with algae wafers anyway.



I never recommend plecos anymore, anyway, because they are way too big for most tanks.
i have a brisle nose and a tiger but if u get a bristle nose get a big ish one because my took ages to grow
Dude theyl be fine together but a 55 gallon is way to small for a oscar !!! i suggest a 90 gallon plus
Do NOT buy a royal pleco. They are very huge, they are very messy, and they are very aggressive and will only cause problems. I've kept them before and trust me, not a good pleco for your purposes.



Otherwise you can keep smaller plecos like the other two you mentioned without an issue as long as you have good hiding places for them. A full grown Oscar can eat those fish, and can also choke on their spiny and thick skinned make up, but if you set up the tank right it won't be an issue.





The main thing you need to keep in mind is that Oscars are very messy fish and 55 gallons is actually not a lot of water when it comes to adult sized fish. If the water is allowed to degrade your Oscar will become prone to hole-in-th-head disease, which scars them and can kill them. Now we add another type of very messy fish, the pleco, and things can easily get even worse. Personally, I would say just stick to the oscar, but your best bet is the bristlenose, they are very tough yet not aggressive or huge.



Two good reasons why NOT to get a pleco aside from water quality:

1) they will not keep the tank clean for you and can't be expected to do so. They need to be fed

2) they are not exactly a lively fish that will bring out your tank. With an oscar in there you can expect it to spend most time hiding anyway, so why increase bioload?





A 55 is the absolute bare minimum for an Oscars. While you won't see an 18 inch one very often, you can expect any Oscar to reach 10-14 inches. To add more fish you really need a bigger tank like the others recommend.
your betta is saying that it needs to breed with a female betta

if you do not want the burden of breeding betta...... get a mirror and place it in front of the tank in plane site of the betta so that it will flare up and think that another betta is in front of it...............this will arouse the betta and hopefully bring it back to happiness



p.s do not leave the mirror in the tank for too long .................

it worked for 5out of 6 of my betta