I Think I Saved A Oscar

[grimmy]

i went to the petstore and they had an adult oscar in a 10 gallon so i bought it. now it in a 29 gallon. i know a 29 gallon is to small but its better than a ten plus im planing on getting a 50 or 46 bowfront.

 

[Dorkhedeos]

Uhhh, that wasnt really saving it. The fish in the petstores usually dont stay longer than a month, and a month in a 10 gallon is better than 1+ months in a 29 gallon.

 

[nunchucks]

Uhhh, that wasnt really saving it. The fish in the petstores usually dont stay longer than a month, and a month in a 10 gallon is better than 1+ months in a 29 gallon.

i'm sure grimmy had the best intentions in mind, but unfortunately chances are that would of only been a temporary tank for the oscar, which surely would have been sold soon or relocated to another tank with more space. but now you have a fish that needs a minimum to 55 gallons to even survive. good luck you may have to return it.

 

[Dorkhedeos]

Hopefully you get your bigger tank soon Goodluck

 

[GuppyDude]

Oscars are cool fish, get him in a 55+ soon. But even then he'll quickly outgrow that too. The local zoo here has an oscar exhibited that is easily over 16 inches long, i was stunned.

 

[helterskelter]

I keep asking my self why rescue these fish, if the shop cant sell them then they will not buy more of them...... same with betta's

People keep buying poor betta's to save them so then the shop gets more for the same to happen. If they did not sell then they get fewer and hopefully treat them better!!!!! (i know a poor pun)

Is this me being just narrow minded?

 

[Dorkhedeos]

I keep asking my self why rescue these fish, if the shop cant sell them then they will not buy more of them...... same with betta's

People keep buying poor betta's to save them so then the shop gets more for the same to happen. If they did not sell then they get fewer and hopefully treat them better!!!!! (i know a poor pun)

Is this me being just narrow minded?

No because its true. Many people do not realize this, and even if they realize its true, they dont want to accept it so they just push it aside and say, at least this one is being saved. If nobody bought betta that were in the shelves, do you think stores would still stock them?

 

[paul_219]

U need at least a 75 gal tank for an oscar.

 

[sezra]

I keep asking my self why rescue these fish, if the shop cant sell them then they will not buy more of them...... same with betta's

People keep buying poor betta's to save them so then the shop gets more for the same to happen. If they did not sell then they get fewer and hopefully treat them better!!!!! (i know a poor pun)

Is this me being just narrow minded?

No because its true. Many people do not realize this, and even if they realize its true, they dont want to accept it so they just push it aside and say, at least this one is being saved. If nobody bought betta that were in the shelves, do you think stores would still stock them?

supply and demand... my friends dont understand it when i try to explain, thats why im a veggie.

 

[Squid]

I keep asking my self why rescue these fish, if the shop cant sell them then they will not buy more of them...... same with betta's

People keep buying poor betta's to save them so then the shop gets more for the same to happen. If they did not sell then they get fewer and hopefully treat them better!!!!! (i know a poor pun)

Is this me being just narrow minded?

I agree too.. The last time i brought this up a number of people also agreed. It's a bit of a short sighted approach which ends up feeding the problem.. As you have said, this is commo within betta circles

Squid

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

I keep asking my self why rescue these fish, if the shop cant sell them then they will not buy more of them...... same with betta's

People keep buying poor betta's to save them so then the shop gets more for the same to happen. If they did not sell then they get fewer and hopefully treat them better!!!!! (i know a poor pun)

Is this me being just narrow minded?

I agree too.. The last time i brought this up a number of people also agreed. It's a bit of a short sighted approach which ends up feeding the problem.. As you have said, this is commo within betta circles

Squid

I agree as well. The way i see it, if i don't agree with a petshops practices they i won't buy stuff from it, including fish, and thus i won't financially support it with my money- its not gonna make any profit off me to fuel its bad practices if i don't buy anything from it.
People are always going on about how horrible walmart is and how they've just saved a betta from it, but this is just so stupid/ignorant (no intended offense to anyone in particular here who's done this, its just my opinion)- yeah they might have saved one measely betta, but the profit the petshop makes off the sale of the betta will only put another 10 new betta's in its place living in the same bad conditions etc. A kind hearted action leads to an ill thought out action which only fuels the misery of the bad situation as a whole etc.

Which then goes onto;

i went to the petstore and they had an adult oscar in a 10 gallon so i bought it. now it in a 29 gallon. i know a 29 gallon is to small but its better than a ten plus im planing on getting a 50 or 46 bowfront.

Grimmy did you not consider that the only reason why the petshop had this oscar is because someone had brought it in just days ago and that the 10gal was the largest tank the petshop could spare to put it in? Its not like the 10gallon was going to be a permanent residence for the oscar, the majority of fish get sold within a month of being in the petshop, if you hadn't bought it someone with a large enough tank and who really wanted to keep oscars might have actually bought this fish.

You need at least a 75gallon long tank to house a single adult oscar. Oscars are high maintance fish due to being quite messy fish to look after, not only that but they can also live for decades and have quite limited tankmate choices due to their predatory personality etc- have you actually thought this whole oscar thing through properly? Did you go to the petshop wanting to buy an oscar, or did you just go there for other reasons and just bought this fish on the spur of the moment? Where are you going to get the money for a 75gallon long tank for this fish and do you even have the space and time for such a tank?

Fair enough and well done if you are going to get a 75gallon long tank and get it cycled within the next month (via cloning process) and you are actually very into oscars and dedicated/motivated to looking after this one properly for the many years it will live for, but at the end of the day even if you do this you can't really say you saved it because you don't know who else was going to buy it- IMHO it doesn't really matter what size tank fish are kept in at petshops as long as the tank is kept very clean and the fish can turn around and move around properly in it, the fish are not put with the wrong tankmates and the fish in question is sold within a month etc .

 

[freshwaterfishlover]

55 Gallons for one.

 

[helterskelter]

I keep asking my self why rescue these fish, if the shop cant sell them then they will not buy more of them...... same with betta's

People keep buying poor betta's to save them so then the shop gets more for the same to happen. If they did not sell then they get fewer and hopefully treat them better!!!!! (i know a poor pun)

Is this me being just narrow minded?

I agree too.. The last time i brought this up a number of people also agreed. It's a bit of a short sighted approach which ends up feeding the problem.. As you have said, this is commo within betta circles

Squid

I agree as well. The way i see it, if i don't agree with a petshops practices they i won't buy stuff from it, including fish, and thus i won't financially support it with my money- its not gonna make any profit off me to fuel its bad practices if i don't buy anything from it.
People are always going on about how horrible walmart is and how they've just saved a betta from it, but this is just so stupid/ignorant (no intended offense to anyone in particular here who's done this, its just my opinion)- yeah they might have saved one measely betta, but the profit the petshop makes off the sale of the betta will only put another 10 new betta's in its place living in the same bad conditions etc. A kind hearted action leads to an ill thought out action which only fuels the misery of the bad situation as a whole etc.

Which then goes onto;

Exactly my point, now who gonna post this in the betta section and don't look at me i don't want the hate mail!!!!!!!

 

[cheesy feet]

I keep asking my self why rescue these fish, if the shop cant sell them then they will not buy more of them...... same with betta's

People keep buying poor betta's to save them so then the shop gets more for the same to happen. If they did not sell then they get fewer and hopefully treat them better!!!!! (i know a poor pun)

Is this me being just narrow minded?

I agree too.. The last time i brought this up a number of people also agreed. It's a bit of a short sighted approach which ends up feeding the problem.. As you have said, this is commo within betta circles

Squid

I agree as well. The way i see it, if i don't agree with a petshops practices they i won't buy stuff from it, including fish, and thus i won't financially support it with my money- its not gonna make any profit off me to fuel its bad practices if i don't buy anything from it.
People are always going on about how horrible walmart is and how they've just saved a betta from it, but this is just so stupid/ignorant (no intended offense to anyone in particular here who's done this, its just my opinion)- yeah they might have saved one measely betta, but the profit the petshop makes off the sale of the betta will only put another 10 new betta's in its place living in the same bad conditions etc. A kind hearted action leads to an ill thought out action which only fuels the misery of the bad situation as a whole etc.

Which then goes onto;

Exactly my point, now who gonna post this in the betta section and don't look at me i don't want the hate mail!!!!!!!

Lol
Grimmy if I were you i would of left it, as others have explained its just not worth it, and promotes the pet shop to do the same thing again It could of been sold to a proper hobbyist and only stayed in the small tank for a short amount of time (even if it stayed longer the aquariums might of been run on sumps or system of some sort?), the shop might of even moved it to a bigger tank?
Do you have an idea on how big it is and when do you plan to get your 40-50 gallon bowfront?He will be the ONLY fish you would be able to put in there when older, although I definetely wouldn't put him in there atall...Be prepared for the extra maintenance and fast growth.

 

[grimmy]

im getting a 120 gal soon