Maximum Oscar Size?!

[rallysman]

Thinking oscars in aquariums are the biggest specimens you can get is laughable, There would certainly be specimens in the wild that would dwarf any kept in tanks

I'm not sure about that. You can give a fish perfect conditions in a controlled environment.

 

[EpiC]

how do u know what perfect conditions are for maximum growth?

 

[rallysman]

how do u know what perfect conditions are for maximum growth?

I don't. I'm just saying we have the ability to control it.

 

[EpiC]

yeah.. I think my point is that we know about fish in captivity but actually not that much when they are in the wild, there are so many more things variables which could influence their growth.

 

[Opiate]

largest oscar ive owned was 13" biggest ive ever seen was roughly 16", 22" i find hard to believe!

 

[Toby_H]

Oscars have been my favorite fish since I was a young boy and I’ve raised several of them to adulthood, mostly in large tanks…

The largest I’ve ever raised is 13.5” (TL). This fish was around 2 years old and 12” when I received her. She was raised in a 90 gallon and has been in my under stocked 300 gal for the 5 years I’ve had her.

The largest I’ve ever seen was 14” and was 10+ years old kept in a 500 gal display tank at Critter Pet Shot in Allen Park Michigan… but this was many years ago…

If you play on Google you will not find any verified records of an Oscar any where near 22”… nor even 18”… If anyone truly has a fish this large then you have the largest Oscar in recorded history… verify your claim and have your fish noted…

I personally do not believe that an Oscar will exceed 16”, and even that is exceptionally unlikely…

 

[Keeper of Chunga]

Max size in the wild I have heard can be up to and around 24".

Obviously smaller in domestication and within whatever parameters the owner has as far as tank size and feeding habits.