tiger oscar???

Question

any info ontiger oscars? from experience.

Answer 1

It depends on what sort of info you want. They get very large, require a variety of food, and better filtration than most fish. They will eat anything small enough to fit in their mouth. If you want to maintain a nice coloration, feed them foods that will help with this, such as goldfish, cichlid gold pellets, blood worms, etc. You will need to do more frequent water changes on their tank because of increased waste and the fact that they are messy eaters. Anything else, just ask.

Answer 2

oscars prefer a variety of foods. pellets, live fish and fozen or refrigerated. Best not to feed them hamburger as it is very fatty and not good for their digestion. They like their tank set a certain way so when you clean the tank and set things different, do not be surprized if it rearranges the objects. They (believe it or not) have individual personalities and become attatched to certain people and have been known to pout when their human is away.
make certain that you do not put feeder fish in the tank that may be too big for it's mouth because they get stuck.

Answer 3

Don't get any other fish after the oscar. My oscar is huge and has killed everyfish I've ought except suprisingly a gourami and a red devil. He ripped off the head of my turtle. Killed a Jack Dempsey tons of chiclids. He can eat 6 feeder comets in one bite. They are carnivorous and have teeth

Answer 4

bettachris can help you here
http://fishroom.rapidboards.com

but just some general expeince: they need a tank of at least 75 gallons. They are very messy fish so a canister filter or 2 HOB filters are best. They arent picky on feeding, but remember that the more live fish you feed them the great er the chances of sickness.

for more info please become apart of bettachris fish forum where other members can give you more oscar info.

Answer 5

They are very likable fish with tons of personality. They beg for food, will feed from your hand, or often jump out of the water to grab krill out of your hand. They're probably the single best "pet" fish you can get because of their owner responsiveness.

They love to kill & eat smaller fish. Mine could go through 40 feeders a day. They love to kill in general.

1 oscar requires about a 75 gallon tank (anything bigger than a 55 will do, NOT A 55). They grow very very fast. They eat like total pigs, both in quantity, and in messiness. They require fairly frequent water changes and increased filtration in order to stave off hole in the head disease which comes from too messy of water. Reccommended filter flow rate for oscars is about 10x the tank's volume in gallons per hour, as opposed to the standard 5x. Hole in the head is the main disease that oscars are prone to, and what many succumb to.

They're very durable fish. I had mine break his jaw after eating an ottocinclus backwards, and he managed to eat with a broken jaw for about 3 weeks before it started to really heal.

They are moody fish. They will sulk when they're bored or sad. They will waggle when you come near.

Many people report that they throw temper tantrums & attack inanimate objects like decorations & the filter. Mine don't do this though. Guess I lucked out.

Their personality changes as they age. At youth, they're very playful, innocent creatures. When they approach sexual maturity, they turn to the dark side & become fairly evil creatures. Many people make the mistake of keeping tank-mates with them because they seem so harmless when they're young. Then one day they come home to a tank of corpse parts & a happy oscar.

They have teeth in their throat & not up front. They chew with the opening to their throat, which makes for a heck of a mess.

Favorite foods are just about anything. Mine love freeze dried krill (dry & straight from the bottle), frozen bloodworms, frozen mysis shrimp, tetra rich mix, feeder guppies, feeder minnows, feeder shrimp.