180 gallon tank with 10 year old oscar

[twhittle]

Here is my 180 gallon tank with my nearly 10-year-old tiger Oscar. His tank mates are a green terror, a juvenile cichlid, and a pleco. He’s about 14 inches long, but he is super thick. One of the interesting things about him, is he will not, and has never eaten smaller fish. I can put 1 inch grow outs with him and he leaves them alone.

 

[Gourami Swami]

Very nice O, looks like a thick one

 

[danotaylor]

Sweet looking Oscar. Looks like he has recovered great care. No scarring on the forehead/face or evidence of lateral line disease. Nicely done mate!

 

[newworld]

Great looking oscar…

 

[Milingu]

What a chunk!

 

[ken31cay]

Nicely done. Kudos to you. What's your water KH, GH, and pH like, and your water change schedule frequency & amount. Curious to know what got you this far with such a great looking 10yr old Oscar.

 

[cockroach]

I hope I don't come across negatively, but I am going to ask you the same question I have asked other members in the past when posting "14 inch" or more oscars.

I am genuinely interested in seeing a properly measured and recorded 14"+ oscar. I have read and heard about them but to date have not seen a single claim validated with evidence. I understand we all look at our own fish with bias. But for the sake of accuracy, are you able to measure the oscar, even if it is flat against the glass?
I ask this as again, I have gone rudimentary (see image below) in guesstimating the size of your fish and it does not appear to be 14".

I repeat, I hope I am wrong as I want to see and believe oscars get 14 inches or more.

Your fish does excel in 'girthiness'. So if you could weigh him as well that would be awesome.

 

[danotaylor]

If the OP original image was truly lateral, and if the nose tip to tail didn’t overlap badly on 6 of the 7 images, I’d guesstimate closer to 12”, which is “about” 14” as the OP mentioned
The largest oscar recorded line caught in Florida was 3lb 8oz Unfortunately there was no length recorded, but that’s a big oscar!