How many oscars?
- Thread starter Isaiah Shipp
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Look at the bigger picture, these guys will hit 12". Imagine the bio load of 5 or 6 of them in a 125. I'd say 2. Fully grown they'll fill that size tank nicely and you won't be chasing your arse with water changes every other day.
Imma stick with 3 being the most but 4 bring doable probably. All depends on how you'll be setting the tank up really. Besides that we can all only throw out guesses really lol.
Imma stick with 3 being the most but 4 bring doable probably. All depends on how you'll be setting the tank up really. Besides that we can all only throw out guesses really lol.
I'd say 1 or 2.
You can physically put more in the tank. Heck, you can stick 15 in there. In many cases, they'll thrash each other around, the weakest ones will die, their immune systems will decline, ammonia levels will sky rocket, and when it's all sorted out, there will be 0, 1 or 2 left.
So 1 or 2 is a good safe number.
OTOH I have seen a whole shoal of them happily swimming around together like a day care full of toddlers. But that was in a public pond that looked like it was in the 10,000+ gallon range.
You can physically put more in the tank. Heck, you can stick 15 in there. In many cases, they'll thrash each other around, the weakest ones will die, their immune systems will decline, ammonia levels will sky rocket, and when it's all sorted out, there will be 0, 1 or 2 left.
So 1 or 2 is a good safe number.
OTOH I have seen a whole shoal of them happily swimming around together like a day care full of toddlers. But that was in a public pond that looked like it was in the 10,000+ gallon range.
