Understanding Stock Tank Filtration- Need a lil help here

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SOAP said:
My neighbor has had a 13" oscar in a 10 gallon tank for 3 years with no problems
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No offense but an oscar in a 10 gallon tank is brutal. I have my Oscar in a 60g alone and I won't put him in a tank smaller than that. Not everyone is putting a pair of oscar in a 55, some people are keeping fish for "fun" or because it's "cool" and they don't love the fish just like the one who puts an O in a 10g. It's up to you what you will do with your pet but you came here to learn so please appreciate what others will tell you because they are just helping you to do what is right. And even if you have a lot of filtration that doesn't mean you can heavily overstock a tank and will have no problems.
 
K my bad sorry for asking. Ill figure it out with a professionals help. thanks
 
If you don't want to listen to our advise then don't ask for it. Go ahead and jam a ton of oscars into your tank and see how it goes. Just don't be surprised when you end up with problems.
 
Im sure the "professional" help he is referring to is the guy at the lfs making money off every fish he sells(and kills)

But hey good news is he hasnt built a tank yet, to house the rays he doesnt have, so he wont need food for them yet. Oh and 3 breeding pairs of oscars is less than the 8 tilapia he wanted
 
No where does it say that is 300 gallons. And even if it was 300 gallons that is a heck of a lot bigger than 2 125 gallon tanks. Especially figuring that pond has a lot of floor space with its size by the looks of it. Long and skinny tank will get trumped by wide front to back tank anyday. If you want to play with a mass of Oscars like this get a Rubbermaid 300 gallon stock tank. Then keep a 125 tank to breed Oscars in. Even though the stores are full or Oscar and people are usually happy to give them away. Still they are good fish though. A 55 gallon can house 2 but not well. You could setup a really over stocked Oscar system with an auto water change system a big bio reactor and large filter socks changed weekly. Would not be hard to do and they would be healthy just not much room to move.


SOAP said:
FOR EXAMPLE 18 oscars 300 gallons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOyyr_hGRNM just because your lacking information doesnt mean it cannot be done but thanks for your help anyways.
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Also those 18 oscars are juveniles and look to be around the 6" mark, certainly not mature full grown breeders. Love how he can tell the size of the pond from just seeing a corner. Wish I had that superpower
 
SOAP said:
K my bad sorry for asking. Ill figure it out with a professionals help. thanks
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What would makes the "professionals" you speak of more knowledgeable than the people on this site ? The advice you get hear isn't biased by turning a profit. It may be fun to have more than a couple of oscars but if ypu consider your fish a pet like most of us do then why not provide this pet with the best environment possible? I have a six inch o in a 55 gal which will be moving to a 150 soon and I don't feel that the 55 will even suit one o for life again just my two cents

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Back in tha day my first fishwas an Oscar in a 25 gallon...' lots of room for life' I was told at lfs as a teen. This was before google, youtube etc. and Oscar books gave me average info on how big to house a pair. well my friend, his head, forehead rather looked chromagnum and died at 5 years old ;( I had no fishfriends so none the wiser that what I was doing was wrong or cruel. As for over filtration, this is a misconception as it has nothing to do with over filtration being okay for overstocked fish but surface area for gas exchange, waterchanges and horomones etc...elements that overfiltering will do absolutely nothing for those critical issues.
 
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