oscars growth rate?

[jason n]

i have a oscar i bought at 2 inches 5 months ago he is now 8 inches he was growing like a bad weed and now he has seemed to have stopped has he reached his limet? how long of time does a oscar grow?

 

[Tayler]

Well I have 2 oscars, 1 red and 1 tiger. They went from 1 inch to about 5 inches in 1 month! They usually average at about 1 inch of growth a month from what I was told. But it really depends on alot of variables, like diet, water, tank size and many other. If I were you I would check my water and do some research online, I also read they usually slow down at around that size. What size tank is your O in?

 

[jason n]

120 gallon

 

[Tayler]

Well just watch the growth an make sure you feed your O a good diet of pellets an frozen food, I fern mine hikari cichlid gold an frozen bloodworms as a normal diet.

 

[k0y0te]

On the average an Oscar grows an inch a month untill around 8-10 inches then slow down. There can be alot of thing that can change this rate. Also some O's like Lutino Oscar (commonly labeled as albinos) will grow in spirts.

 

[Sarah88]

as long as your water is clean and your feeding a good pellet your O is definitely NOT done growing, they usually slow down a bit at this size and bulk out a bit more but Oscars can easily reach 12-14in with some reported getting as big as 16in