Oscar Care

[jclyde13]

6G

Well there's your problem. At their current size (I'm guessing no larger than 3-4" if they all even fit in a 6 gallon), they need to be in at least a 30 gallon tank (which will last about 3-4 months before a larger tank will be needed). Your final tank would have to be at least 125 gallons for 3 oscars (they grow to about 14" on average, although yours are probably stunted to some degree, depending on how long they have been in your tank). So unless you have the space/money to upgrade, you should probably take them back and get some more appropriate fish for that tank size (I guarantee you they'll all be dead in a a couple months if you keep them in that tank).

 

[oscarkid99]

eels like to eat in the dark, away from you until they get used to you

 

[oscarkid99]

for your oscars provide small thin and high plants for them to make their own swimming patterns while young, and when larger with a very large tank put a cluster of plants/rocks in the corner in case one gets singled out

 

[oscarkid99]

ps. some people say tht you can keep plecos with oscars, even injured oscars of mine have ripped the heads off of plecos.

 

[MTBjake]

ps. some people say tht you can keep plecos with oscars, even injured oscars of mine have ripped the heads off of plecos.

Wow those must be some pretty ferocious Oscars! I've had quite a few O's and never seen aggression toward plecos.


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[MTBjake]

I call shenanigans


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Definitely!


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[OscarMan0315]

ps. some people say tht you can keep plecos with oscars, even injured oscars of mine have ripped the heads off of plecos.

You have some mean O's then. I keep two plecos with my big O and 1 with my little oscar and no one has died yet.

 

[OscarMan0315]

for your oscars provide small thin and high plants for them to make their own swimming patterns while young, and when larger with a very large tank put a cluster of plants/rocks in the corner in case one gets singled out

Do the above once you get a bigger tank. Fake plants only as oscar will probably tear the real plants apart. Also provide caves and such for hiding.

 

[PDRed302]

Fresh water fish keeping is actually pretty damn easy. Do a little homework on the fish you want to keep and stay on the ball with tank husbandry. I mean really come on; all a responsible fish keeper has to do is read and follow some pretty simple directions. Put in a few hours of reading towards something that is going to be in your house for years.

After you know what fish you want, buy an appropriate sized aquarium and filtration system, cycle your tank and go from there.

For the Oscar's sake I hope that this is really just a joke/troll thread. If not, then I suggest taking the fish back to the store and putting your tank away until you feel like you are responsible enough to do a little homework.

This isn't rocket science.

 

[darippa]

Pick up the book Oscars by TFH. Should be less than ten bucks but it's pretty good for anything you're asking. Should be able to find it in any LFS.