Oscars

[Nik]

I bought a small 3" Oscar and have now seen him grow to a healthy looking 5" fish. He is so interactive! He will eat from my hands and crunches pellats like a 3 year with a blocked up nose - lots of noise!

He loves to eat worms, mussles and Hikari large pellats.

Only problem is he won't share his tank with anybody.

 

[mostanks]

i love oscars,they'r like puppys...what size tank do you have'em in..?

 

[Nik]

I only have 1 currently in 40g tank with Fluval external and a fluval internal running. He has 20% water changes every week but is very good at letting me know when the water quality has dropped as he goes slightly grey.

He is very much a pet - unlike most other fish.

 

[cichlidmaster]

Up the water changes to 50% every week.

water quality is one of the main reasons for HITH and by providing good quality now you can avoid HITH althogther!!

Sounds like a good diet. Go easy on the mussels as they can qucikly foul the water.

I fed some of those to my large (11" goldie plecos last night and they devoured them in short order.

Gave a few leftovers to my red terrors and oscars as well. They loved em!!

CM

 

[mostanks]

Yeah 50% per week would be alot better esp w/all the good food you're feeding,and in that size tank you don't have many options as far as tankmates what are the dimensions..?is it a 40 breeder...?

 

[AndrewRenard]

whats the minimum size tank you could put an oscar in?

 

[smb]

whats the minimum size tank you could put an oscar in?

"I" say a minimum of 75g but the "experts" say a 55g.

I think 55g's should be outlawed for large cichlids. I would rather use a 40g breeder than a 55g.

Either way, you either want to do twice weekly water changes or like CM said, do a 50% once a week, and have great filtration.

I bought a small 3" Oscar and have now seen him grow to a healthy looking 5" fish. He is so interactive! He will eat from my hands and crunches pellats like a 3 year with a blocked up nose - lots of noise!

He loves to eat worms, mussles and Hikari large pellats.

Only problem is he won't share his tank with anybody.

This goes for almost any of the larger cichlids whether it be SA or CA. That's exactly the reason I like them so much because they have personality and are a lot smarter than community fish. (imo)