Tank #6 in my fish room is on order right now, but the stocking is set, it’s a 120g (4’x2’x2’) and I have an FX6 with some pre cycled media in it waiting. I’m putting a single Oscar in there in honor of my late family member who bred them for decades.
There are so many varying statements out there on Oscars and their maximum size, but consistently I see “18 inch max size in the wild, 12-13 inch max in captivity”. My question is simply, are all tank bred Oscars just naturally going to be smaller, or does this come from generally poor husbandry and barely-big-enough tanks?
Given that the Oscar is going to have a whole 120 gallons to himself (seems double what most people put them in), will it be possible to truly get his wild size out of him?
There are so many varying statements out there on Oscars and their maximum size, but consistently I see “18 inch max size in the wild, 12-13 inch max in captivity”. My question is simply, are all tank bred Oscars just naturally going to be smaller, or does this come from generally poor husbandry and barely-big-enough tanks?
Given that the Oscar is going to have a whole 120 gallons to himself (seems double what most people put them in), will it be possible to truly get his wild size out of him?