Freakin Insane Growth

[markandhisfish]

well ive had ronnie and reggie for 4 days now , and they have both grown easily half an inch and noticably filled out !! if they keep that up they will be bruisers before i know it

 

[jmkgreen]

I'd like an Oscar but with only a 4x2x2 tank I am just not going to go down that road!

 

[markandhisfish]

4x2x2 is fine for an oscar

 

[forby3]

i agree a 4x2x2 is fine i had my 2 breeding pair in that size but back to topic how many times you feeding these guys a day mark
( and i hope its not greggs pastys)

 

[jmkgreen]

Seriously? I went to Maidenhead @ Peterborough a few weeks ago and their sales note for the oscar tank essentially said "not without a six-foot (minimum) tank you don't".

I'd love one (the tank and the Oscar) but I'm not going to justify anything larger than my current tank.

 

[markandhisfish]

forby they get hikari cichlid staple pellets in the morning , mealworms at lunch and prawn in the evening with peas every couple of days too. sounds a lot i know but its only in baby fish sized portions . gonna order them some hikari gold sinking pellets tomorrow too and maybe some tetra doramin or spirulina sticks too so i can vary the pellets a bit .

jmkgreen 75g for 1 oscar or for 2 120g upwards . at 4x2x2 your tank is the same size as mine . 100 ukg/118usg so with no tankmates , assuming that when they mature they dont turn on each other you could with good filtration and maintainence hous a pair of oscars with no tankmates for life .

obviously for 2 oscars a 6 footer will be better as the fish will appreciate the extra space and it will make keeping good water easier , but 4x2x2 is perfectly ok

 

[forby3]

forby they get hikari cichlid staple pellets in the morning , mealworms at lunch and prawn in the evening with peas every couple of days too. sounds a lot i know but its only in baby fish sized portions . gonna order them some hikari gold sinking pellets tomorrow too and maybe some tetra doramin or spirulina sticks too so i can vary the pellets a bit . ]

mine get just the same but minus the mealworm but i do give them doramin

 

[markandhisfish]

when they get a bit more size on , il give em crickets every now and then as a treat. you wanna see an oscar go crazy drop a couple of crickets in. they love em!! but i have to draw the line at my greggs pasties, theyre mine

 

[chrisrm]

Seriously? I went to Maidenhead @ Peterborough a few weeks ago and their sales note for the oscar tank essentially said "not without a six-foot (minimum) tank you don't".

Haha they should put that on tanks at P@H!

 

[markandhisfish]

lol chris . altho to be fair il go out on a limb and say that my local p@h is actually good . in fact so good i was happy to buy ronnie and reggie there .

 

[snowflake311]

So you have 4 oscars? Cheech and chong now these 2 ?

 

[markandhisfish]

no i swapped cheech and chong for these 2 because cheech and chong were an impulse buy because the shop didnt have any tigers . but it started to bug me that id spend years looking at the tank not having quite the right fish , so i swapped cheech and chong for 2 little tigers which i named ronnie and reggie after the krays

 

[snowflake311]

Oh I see. I think the tigers are better looking too. I'm not a fan of Albino animals myself.