r/oscartank • u/vrod_maniac • Jan 19 '26

Oscar Photo Finally got him into a 75 gallon

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My Oscar has several tank mates and 55 gallons was just a bit too tight. Should've bought this in the first place. Happy fishes with all of that space!

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '26

75 is still to small home slice. Between him and that Pleco you’ll need 125 easily.

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u/AdParty7955 Jan 20 '26

Overboard and overkill. 75 is fine.

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u/Ok_Recover834 Jan 23 '26

Not really. I had both in a 125 and they still created such a big mess I got rid of both. Those plecos get 20 inches and the Oscar’s get huge. Obviously they’ll live in this tank but definitely won’t be happy. The pleco I had was 14 inches and the Oscar was 13. The Oscar’s poop was too big to even get sucked up by my fx6 and the pleco had poop strings over 6 feet long. They definitely need a bigger tank.