Hello !
I have a query regarding my Oscar and would welcome your opinions - Our Common Oscar "buster" is currently 5 inches long and in a 2.5" tank by himself which I know is too small.. In our search for a new tank we managed to get hold of a larger tank - 4' long 12" wide and 18" deep. It works out at about 130 litres. As our fish is a messy bugger we have gone for an external filter and now have a tetra tech 1200 (courtesy of a very good friend)which turns over 1200 litres an hour which I think will cope quite nicely!
Thr tank is set up and I intend to run it for a week or so to make sure everything is ok and that the water quality etc will be compatible with what Buster has already. I am thinking about another Oscar for company and a plec which we have in another tank (about 5" long) and I would put in them in the tank at the same time to reduce squabbling. Our local dealer is on the lookout for a compatible oscar, but reckons the tank will cope with three in total, saying that there max growth would be 12". I'm not convinced and think another Oscar and a plec would be the max or do we let our existing oscar have the tank to himself? any comments for other oscar keepers would be most welcome - I'm also on the lookout for a decent book on oscars, again your comments are more than welcome!
thanks
Bill
I have a query regarding my Oscar and would welcome your opinions - Our Common Oscar "buster" is currently 5 inches long and in a 2.5" tank by himself which I know is too small.. In our search for a new tank we managed to get hold of a larger tank - 4' long 12" wide and 18" deep. It works out at about 130 litres. As our fish is a messy bugger we have gone for an external filter and now have a tetra tech 1200 (courtesy of a very good friend)which turns over 1200 litres an hour which I think will cope quite nicely!
Thr tank is set up and I intend to run it for a week or so to make sure everything is ok and that the water quality etc will be compatible with what Buster has already. I am thinking about another Oscar for company and a plec which we have in another tank (about 5" long) and I would put in them in the tank at the same time to reduce squabbling. Our local dealer is on the lookout for a compatible oscar, but reckons the tank will cope with three in total, saying that there max growth would be 12". I'm not convinced and think another Oscar and a plec would be the max or do we let our existing oscar have the tank to himself? any comments for other oscar keepers would be most welcome - I'm also on the lookout for a decent book on oscars, again your comments are more than welcome!
thanks
Bill