Are oscars Hard to keep?

Question

ii want to buy one but i have no experience

Answer 1

hey man email me at [e-mail] ill tell you everything you need to know

1-First rule about buying an oscar, you want to buy a young one around 3-4 inches so that you can put him with other fish before he becomes too aggressive
2-you should never buy an oscar or any other fish from petco or petsmart, go a little out of your way to find a fish store that is privately owned

Oscars are tropical Cichlids and need a 82 degrees Fahrenheit temperature and need to be kept in atleast a 55 gallon tank. You need to feed an oscar 3 times a day in small amounts. Their diet should consist of blood worms, shrimp, pellets, vegetables, and goldfish once a month.

Oscars will grow up to an inch a month when they are juvenile but when they are full grown and mature they will grow about an inch every 2 months.

You can put an oscar with tough plants like Bamboo but anything else you put it with will be eaten.

If an oscar is young when you get it you can put other fish with it like Assorted Cichlids or Pacus but it will eat anything small enough to fit in its mouth.

Oscars are extremely territorial and like to have a spot like a cave where they can stay and guard

Oscars reach maturity at 4 inches. To sex an oscar you must look underneath him. If the little tube coming out is a V shape it is a male if it is a U shape it is a female. If it the oscar has a horn it is most likely male and if it does not its probably a female but some exceptions exist.

If the temperature drops below 75 there is a chance your oscar could catch ick which you will need medicine for.

Oscars like very soft water but can tolerate harder water.

Oscars like atleast a teaspoon of aquarium salt in their tank (if you have a 55 gallon)

Answer 2

55gal is minimum for an Oscar and would take greater artwork to maintain, yet you may desire to come to a decision why this is going cloudy. green cloudy? it somewhat is algae and is brought about with the aid of too a lot easy (plus the waste from the fish performing as fertiliser) gray cloudy? probably bacterial or diatom bloom brought about with the aid of extra waste in the water. you may choose greater organic and organic filtering to break down that waste. recommend for Oscars is which you slot double the stated filtering, quite if the tank is somewhat small. Feeding - Oscars do eat a lot, yet verify you at the instant are not overfeeding. in the event that they're spitting out food as a results of fact they're finished, which will pollute the water immediately. Water adjustments would desire to basically be partial, and don't mess with the filters any greater than mandatory. in basic terms rinse out the media if it gets gunged up. changing filter out media will throw the tank back right into a mini-cycle. Water adjustments as much as 50% could be executed as frequently as mandatory, yet you may desire to artwork on getting a robust tank environment working, not keeping the tank spotlessly sparkling. Ian

Answer 3

You will certainly want to read up on them before you try to keep Oscars. They aren't hard to keep, but do have a few special requirements, mostly a good filter and a large tank! They also need a few special considerations to keep them happy and healthy. Here's a few links to some really good information on Oscar keeping.

http://www.oscarfishlover.com/
http://www.theoscarspot.com/
http://www.firsttankguide.net/oscar.php
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/oscar/oscar.html


a good forum for asking questions about Oscars:
http://www.oscarfish.com/

Hope those help!

MM

Answer 4

you will need a reeeally big tank. if you cannot afford to get one or don't have the room, do NOT get an oscar.

if you can afford it and have the room, research them online, if you know a good petstore (not like petsmart or petco, a mom and pop kinda thing), you can ask them for advice. if they try to sell you a tiny tank for the oscar, they are bad. I guess library might work for info, but does anyone use those anymore?