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 Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 2:18 pm
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 4:40 pm
oscars get BIG...They can be between 10 inches to a foot xp
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 4:50 pm
they can get a little biger if you give them room to grow, the ones at the zoo are over a foot, but most stay around that and will eat anything smaller than them. Also, I read that Oscars put in a fully decorated tank will completely destroy it breaking your heaters eating plants moving rocks and can even shatter the tank. Do some research if you want to get this fish.
PS: moving this to advice because I think thats where it belongs sweatdrop hope you dont mind
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Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 8:14 pm
just read something interesting about oscars in an artical for beggining aquarists, sometimes if you keep an oscar in too small of a tank (like 20 gallons or something) instead of just getting really huge they're growth is stunted and they become deformed
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Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:10 am
They get about a foot long, maximum. They need AT LEAST a 55-gallon to be happy, and they produce a lot of waste, so be sure to get a very poweful filter system and do very regular water changes. One cool thing about them is that they can be trained to eat out of your hand!
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Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 12:19 pm
Fallen_flowers They get about a foot long, maximum. They need AT LEAST a 55-gallon to be happy, and they produce a lot of waste, so be sure to get a very poweful filter system and do very regular water changes. One cool thing about them is that they can be trained to eat out of your hand! YOu can also train them to jump for food and you can pet them XD
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Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 4:16 pm
i have two oscars in a 47 gallon tank, one albino and one brown, they do jump for food, and they do eat out of my hand, they are more petfish than showfish i luff them very much so.
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Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 7:23 am
kristen-chan i have two oscars in a 47 gallon tank, one albino and one brown, they do jump for food, and they do eat out of my hand, they are more petfish than showfish i luff them very much so. wow, are they full grown yet? even a 55 is a little small for 2 oscars. And I've also read that you have to clean the tank every time they eat because of how messy they are x.x
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Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 2:11 pm
Oe_Mizunagi kristen-chan i have two oscars in a 47 gallon tank, one albino and one brown, they do jump for food, and they do eat out of my hand, they are more petfish than showfish i luff them very much so. wow, are they full grown yet? even a 55 is a little small for 2 oscars. And I've also read that you have to clean the tank every time they eat because of how messy they are x.x ive got to measure them somtime, they have more room because the tank is so bare do to thier ruining of decorations. ill post a picture as soon as can get my camera going, i feed them sticks and good size goldfish and i keep a goodsize pleco to help cleanup but vacuuming of the gravel is a weekly task with them
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:33 pm
kristen-chan Oe_Mizunagi kristen-chan i have two oscars in a 47 gallon tank, one albino and one brown, they do jump for food, and they do eat out of my hand, they are more petfish than showfish i luff them very much so. wow, are they full grown yet? even a 55 is a little small for 2 oscars. And I've also read that you have to clean the tank every time they eat because of how messy they are x.x ive got to measure them somtime, they have more room because the tank is so bare do to thier ruining of decorations. ill post a picture as soon as can get my camera going, i feed them sticks and good size goldfish and i keep a goodsize pleco to help cleanup but vacuuming of the gravel is a weekly task with them well, vacuming the gravel is a weekly task in ALL of my tanks lol but i've heard that oscars leave chuncks of food behind. by the way unless you have algae I might move the pleco, they actualy produce more waste than they comsume
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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:44 pm
Oe_Mizunagi kristen-chan Oe_Mizunagi kristen-chan i have two oscars in a 47 gallon tank, one albino and one brown, they do jump for food, and they do eat out of my hand, they are more petfish than showfish i luff them very much so. wow, are they full grown yet? even a 55 is a little small for 2 oscars. And I've also read that you have to clean the tank every time they eat because of how messy they are x.x ive got to measure them somtime, they have more room because the tank is so bare do to thier ruining of decorations. ill post a picture as soon as can get my camera going, i feed them sticks and good size goldfish and i keep a goodsize pleco to help cleanup but vacuuming of the gravel is a weekly task with them well, vacuming the gravel is a weekly task in ALL of my tanks lol but i've heard that oscars leave chuncks of food behind. by the way unless you have algae I might move the pleco, they actualy produce more waste than they comsume well the plece is triving and happy in there so ill leave him be, they dont really leave that much food in the tank but when i feed them live scales glitter all over the tank but they dont really make a mess with sticks... maybe im just used to them heart even though i get bitten
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:18 am
kristen-chan Oe_Mizunagi kristen-chan Oe_Mizunagi kristen-chan i have two oscars in a 47 gallon tank, one albino and one brown, they do jump for food, and they do eat out of my hand, they are more petfish than showfish i luff them very much so. wow, are they full grown yet? even a 55 is a little small for 2 oscars. And I've also read that you have to clean the tank every time they eat because of how messy they are x.x ive got to measure them somtime, they have more room because the tank is so bare do to thier ruining of decorations. ill post a picture as soon as can get my camera going, i feed them sticks and good size goldfish and i keep a goodsize pleco to help cleanup but vacuuming of the gravel is a weekly task with them well, vacuming the gravel is a weekly task in ALL of my tanks lol but i've heard that oscars leave chuncks of food behind. by the way unless you have algae I might move the pleco, they actualy produce more waste than they comsume well the plece is triving and happy in there so ill leave him be, they dont really leave that much food in the tank but when i feed them live scales glitter all over the tank but they dont really make a mess with sticks... maybe im just used to them heart even though i get bitten lol my friends dad has a red devil that acts more like an oscar than his oscars do, plus he attacks the front of the tank every time my friend walks by its hilarious
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Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 8:29 pm
I read that they like to beg for food, but should only be fed at maximum twice a day.
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Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 8:33 pm
Gerald the Mouse I read that they like to beg for food, but should only be fed at maximum twice a day. it depends, when they're young you can feed them smaller ammounts of food 3 times a day. But, a full grown oscar will eat 3 large meals a week.
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Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 12:23 pm
My iuscar is around a foot and...three inches ror so. And he's 5 years old smile
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