Fish In A Jar?

[furry catfish]

Hello everyone I have heard that you can keep a fish in a jar.a friend of a friend of mine kept an oscar in a jar and it lived for a good age,she did daily 100% water changes.I was wondering if it is possible to repeat this with a cold water fish like a hill stream loach or something.Sorry if the answer is obvious,I am just curious





chris

 

[onebto]

Hello everyone I have heard that you can keep a fish in a jar.a friend of a friend of mine kept an oscar in a jar and it lived for a good age,she did daily 100% water changes.I was wondering if it is possible to repeat this with a cold water fish like a hill stream loach or something.Sorry if the answer is obvious,I am just curious





chris

100% water change ? how do you do one of those really quickly I guess. personally I would condone anyone keeping a fish in a jar but that is my opinion

 

[furry catfish]

I used to do 100% water changes with my baby newts untill they grew up,yes very quickly

 

[Big_eyes]

Whats the point?

 

[mr130gallon]

cant they not move in a jar? and how old is a good age, oscars live really long usually

 

[Knox213]

OH no!

Not an oscar!!

I would NEVER put a fish in a jar!!

One big No No! even with 100% water changes!

 

[furry catfish]

cant they not move in a jar? and how old is a good age, oscars live really long usually

I didn't ask,all he said in the post was

I have a friend who knew someone who kept a full grown Oscar in a jar on her kitchen table. 100% water changes everyday. Lived for quite some time. It can be done. Nothing I would want to do.

 

[mr130gallon]

i would... if i had one big jar, like maybe a 5 gallon jar for a betta or something

 

[indigoj]

An Oscar in a jar? This has got to be a wind up. If not, and you really think that this is acceptable, then I simply suggest you have a very serious rethink about keeping fish at all.

 

[furry catfish]

sory,I don't know anything about oscars....

 

[shelaghfishface]

an oscar in a jar???

gotta be a windup right!!

 

[Tolak]

Live, perhaps. Thrive, no. Larger fish need room to move, they do have muscles, these muscles need to be used. This is not possible in a small container.

Let's remember to watch our language here, this is a family forum.

 

[mr130gallon]

sory,I don't know anything about oscars....

heres some info so you do know stuff about oscars

-they live around 10-15 years
-they grow to 14 inches sometimes bigger
-they need bare minimum of 75? gallons for one
-they are messy eaters and need large water changes and awesome filtration in a 75 gallon tank


edit:sorry bout the language tolak, i forgot.

 

[furry catfish]

14 inches?! wow ok I guess the person who kept the fish had a big jar or was winding my friend up

 

[shelaghfishface]

oscars get to about 16 inches in the wild and 12 inches in captivity....so unless its an enormous jar.. i wouldnt recomend it have a read about the rest of the forum and the picture part..you`ll see what we mean