oscar fish

[L.West]

Buddha - wow your tanks are awesome. I know this thread is old but I just found it since I recently got back into fish keeping. I got out of keeping snakes entirely and decided to do the fish thing again.

I have two Oscar tanks (75 gallon and a 55 gallon) each with one Oscar in them.

I'm really enjoying being back in the fish hobby and relearning all the correct ways of doing things again. Its amazing how you forget all this stuff once you leave the hobby for 5 years like I did.

Well, just wanted to compliment you on your tanks and gorgeous collection of fish.

[jclaiborne]

This is my tiger oscar...he has the most personality out of all my SA Cichlids...I can't stress enough about proper filtration...they are no dirtier than any of my other fish. It's just like caring for any other animal, you just need to know how to properly maintain their tank. In this one tank I am running two canister filters a power head with a venturi and a second one without, to keep circulation going.

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[Boanerges]

I love oscars and have kept a bunch of them. They are messy cichlids in my opinion. They grow big. Eat a lot. And are very messy. Any other smaller fish in the tank will eat the food that comes out of your oscars gills when it's eating. They also poop a lot from eating a lot. If you don't keep you water parameters spot on they are very prone to hith and lle. I still have a red albino oscar now. Love them to death!!! They are awesome SA Cichlids!!! But they are still messy fish any way you look at it IMO.

[Boanerges]

They are very personable though which is awesome!!! They don't hide much. And will come up to greet you and such :when feeding or coming near the tank gj:

[alucard0822]

have a 135 with a pair of 3 year old Tiger Oscars right at 12", 5 silver dollars and a pair of Rafael Cats. My Oscars are big fish with big appetites, but all the other fish were chosen to help eat their scraps, I vac/change 25% water weekly, and run a FX5 filter, so the tank stays clean and the fish stay happy. Between the fast moving school of dollars, big lumbering Oscars, and sneaky armored cats there is about as much variety as I could while keeping the bioload acceptable, trying my best not to get anyone eaten, and setting up a tank requiring little maintenance.