i got an oscar!!!

[spike06]

they are some of the coolest fish in my opinion. i was hopiing to get one around 3" or so, so i called the pet store, who has a very very very good reptile and fish department, and they said they had 2 oscard, about 4", they were fairly new, so no price. i go in today and they were more like 6" give or take, but i didnt care. i bought the bigger of the 2, only bigger by 1/2" or so. very beautiful tiger oscar. he only cost me $20!!!!!! it was a steal. i will try to get pics soon. and once he settles in, i will try to get a video of him eating some small feeder fish

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[mpgt]

They are cool fish. $20 is a lot though, and I wouldn't feed live feeders. They carry a lot of parasites. Some people have taught them to ring a bell for their food. Trouble is they're always hungry. Is he in a tank by himself?

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[spike06]

i know most feeders have parasites. i wont feed goldfish. ill feed guppies or minnow, only 2 or 3 at a time, once or twice a week.and i wouldnt feed just fish. i would throw in earth worms, superworms, crickets, shrimp, and stuff like that. i would give a varied diet. he is in a tank with a few small(3" or less) plecos and a peacock eel. a 55 gal tank. plenty of filteration. a penguin 350 with 2 biowheels and an emperor 400, 2 bio wheels, together i have about 750-800 gph of filteration. and im looking to get a powerhead soon. $20 would be a lot for a small one, but is it really that much for a decent sized one?

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[luker3232]

i have a leopard puffer it loves pinhead crix!

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Originally Posted by mpgt

Some people have taught them to ring a bell for their food. Trouble is they're always hungry.

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[mpgt]

Originally Posted by spike06

$20 would be a lot for a small one, but is it really that much for a decent sized one?

Maybe not. I was thinking 4". It's been many years since I had one. The last one I had my hands on, was one I caught twice in the Panama Canal, two weekends in a row. I had one that spawned with a red devil once. They killed everything else in the tank. The eggs never hatched. A Jack Dempsey might make a nice tank mate.

[Reptile freak]

I love oscars... had loads in the past... but never ever fed live food... Mine were on a diet of ox heart and earth worms that was blended and frozen... Also gave them blood worm and stuff but never another fish...

The only fish i fed other fish to was my piranha, but thats a different story and also 2 totally different fish...

Hope you Oscar brings you as much joy as mine did me...

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[Ekke]

I have had oscars in a community ( chichlet sp???) tank as long as you make sure all the fish are the same size they don't make to much trouble. Till off course a pair decides to breed then all hades breaks lose.

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[spike06]

i would put in more fish, but u should really only have the oscar has your fish in a 55 gal(except for my bottom feeders) i have 4 zebra danios in there also, but i kno he is gonna eat them. hes been in the tank for like 14 hours and hes already chasing them around the tank.

is there a way to get a naccurate measurement of how big he is without taking him out of the water?

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[RioBravoReptiles]

These are great fish, you will enjoy that for a long time.
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BTW.. the title of your thread is fab..

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[spike06]

BTW.. the title of your thread is fab..

i kno, its so original so far i am enjoying him. its funny watching him chase the danios and then give up once they swim away

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[Ekke]

Danios might even survive if they are fast enought he'll pick them off if they fall ill and slow down. We had trouble with them getting TB.

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[Malachi]

pics? id be keen to see the lill critter

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[spike06]

Originally Posted by Ekke

Danios might even survive if they are fast enought he'll pick them off if they fall ill and slow down. We had trouble with them getting TB.

whats TB? he has already picked off 3 of the 4 danios

i have a couple pics of him, im gonna take a few more and have them up here today or tomorow

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[luker3232]

Tuberculosis?!?!

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TB......To breed.....

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[WVW]

haha, when I saw the title of the thread I was like "what, there's a big name actor on here?"

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[Chubbz]

Originally Posted by Kobi Baby

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Originally Posted by Chubbz

do you have enough time on your hands???

Copy and paste, my dear. Copy and paste.

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[-=krissi=-]

There's actually a really good article about all the various things you should feed oscars in the June 2007 Tropical Fish Hobbyist mag. I was just reading it in my store the other day and it was actually a good little piece.
One thing the guy (Brian Scott) mentioned is frozen peas.
I'm a big fan of feeding peas as a treat.

Good luck with your oscar! As I'm sure you know, they're wonderful fish if you can keep up with them haha.

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