So what gives? I notice a lot of people here don't like oscars but I cannot figure out why. I don't believe they are overhyped...they are great fish to own. They are a large cichlid and I know a lot of you keep large cichlids. Is it the kind of people they attract? How common they are? I just don't get it, I mean...I know there are other cichlids out there that are just as great but that does not mean oscars are not worth owning or even likeing.
The deal with oscars
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When I was much younger I bought one after being told that it would be fine in a tank of small community fish. The results were predictable. It was fine, the other fish were snacks. I was about ten and very upset. I have not liked them since.
oscars are cool but they are often percieved to be very common fish and thus not
very exciting. If i have space i will keep an oscar or 2 again.
very exciting. If i have space i will keep an oscar or 2 again.
I like some of them and some small ones to, I tend to like the more enlongate ones like pike cichlids.
As far as I'm concerned, Oscars are the "dogs" of the water. They each have their own different personality, just like a puppy 