has anyone had any success in keeping an oscar in a 29 gallon tank by hisself. i have a heater and a 40 gallon filter. and if i put in rocks from my yard that i washed off really well, will the rocks affect my water parameters?
2007-03-22 09:11:24 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
Can use yard rocks just scrub them off will with a brush and plain water. As for the Oscar in a 29 gallon tank, why not. Is it a young one? No matter. It should be fine. Keep the water on the cool side and feed sparingly. My kids have successfully kept a pair of Oscars in their 50 gallon tank for l3 years. They are now really big! They have Red Oscars. Have had them since they were small. Feed them minnows once in awhile and watch the feeding frenzy..Enjoy your fish.
2007-03-22 10:06:24 · answer #1 · answered by peach 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Go take a close look at your 29 gallon tank and then strongly consider whether a 14 inch fish is appropriate for a tank only 24" long. The answer should be obvious.
The only true answer here is no. It is irreponsible to keep an Oscar in this tank and those who do should not be keeping fish because they lack any common sense. Oscars are not only long, but also bulky, strong, and very messy. It's not even a good idea to do it with plans of a bigger tank because of how fast they grow - they can reach 8 to 10" in the first year!
And then I ask you this - even if you can keep him going in this tank, what is the point of having a big fish floating around a tiny cell of a tank? Wouldn't it be nicer to look at and more charitable to the well being of livestock to turn that 29 gallon into a little paradise for small fish, rather then a confined prison for a large one?
2007-03-22 11:20:07 · answer #2 · answered by Ghapy 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The rocks should be fine but test them first. One, leave them in water over night and make sure no ioly film forms on the top of the water, if it does don't use that rock. Also test them by putting a few drops on vinegar on them. If they foam at all, don't use that rock. Any that pass both test should be just fine.
As for the Oscar, he needs far more room than a 29. A 40 - 55 would be a bit tight, but probably ok as long as he was alone. You want a cool, mean acting fish for a 29? Check out a two spot pike cichlid. About as bad as it gets and really cool when you feed them :)
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2007-03-22 09:21:43 · answer #3 · answered by magicman116 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Depends on what type of rock you are using. Generally, rocks with lines or veins of metal in them are unsuitable as they affect water chemistry.
I do not recommend keeping an Oscar in a 29 gallon, it will probaly be stunted and it needs alot bigger tank. Probaly around 55 gallons, just for 1.
2007-03-22 10:43:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Your chum's Oscar will finally end up stunted and dieing youthful, and that it will not be over night potential not something. they don't 'advance to their ecosystem' like some prefer to think of. Your chum is preserving a fish which could advance sixteen" long in a 20" tank, and that's meant to be ok? to boot, what's the ingredient of preserving a fish in a tiny cellular of a tank whether you could shop it alive, the place it could do not something yet flow around without room to flow all its existence? the respond is sure, you could... till it dies. that is not a solid abode, he won't in any respect attain his 10-15 3 hundred and sixty 5 days ability, and all people who stuffs large fish into small fish are thoroughly lacking the ingredient of fish preserving.
2016-10-19 08:55:14 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An Oscar is a 29 is good until he reaches about 4", half way to full maturity. Filtration is not enough this is a big active fish.
2007-03-22 10:03:39 · answer #6 · answered by something_fishy 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋