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Post by SmithSchee on Aug 3, 2011 0:07:38 GMT -5
This is my Oscar, it's one of my few babies. It will be 16 inches long when grown. It will have to live in 100 gallon lidded tank when it's grown. He jumps up and gets his food from my hand when feeding it. So his tank has to be covered at all times. Attachments:
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Post by papa on Aug 3, 2011 10:29:37 GMT -5
Just make sure he don't get your finger by mistake. lol
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Post by SmithSchee on Aug 3, 2011 13:31:11 GMT -5
Just make sure he don't get your finger by mistake. lol He has but it's like a wet spot hitting your finger. When he gets older maybe be a totally different story. |
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Post by dsmith on Aug 3, 2011 13:35:52 GMT -5
Years ago when we had an aquarium, we had an Oscar. They are neat fish.
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Post by SmithSchee on Aug 3, 2011 14:00:58 GMT -5
This one is really spoiled.
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Post by daveedka on Aug 3, 2011 20:15:08 GMT -5
Oscars are one of my favorites, I've raised several and kept them for years. Thjey are a really smart, really awesome fish. I'm getting ready to sell my 115gallon tank and my 67. May sell everything but a couple of 20's I just don't have time for them anymore. I do still have a few live plants if you want some, but can tell you there isn't much that will survive an oscar, maybe some Java Moss or Fern. nothing planted on the bottom does well with those brutes.
Dave
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Post by SmithSchee on Aug 3, 2011 21:31:49 GMT -5
I know Oscars are rough on plants. The one that was in his tank in the photo is no longer in there. I got tired of seeing it floating around. About how long do the Oscars live?
I have guppies, goldfish, and an African frog in the fish department.
I would love to have some plants. I have to go to Texas or Hot Springs to get any fish and etc. now. The shop I was going to closed.
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Post by daveedka on Aug 4, 2011 23:37:35 GMT -5
If fed properly (not overfed, not fed un nutritious foods) and kept in a well maintained tank you should see them live about 14 years in captivity. Their lifespan in the wild is usually around 10 years. but being a psicivore by nature they do not get as good of nutrition in the wild as they can get in captivity. Live foods are fine for them, but be cautious about what types of live foods and how much. Don't let them train you to feed them only live food, keep them on a decent prepared fish food. I always raised my own feeder guppies for treats so I wasn't risking the introduction of disease, never fed goldfish for any reason (mostly cartiledge and fat) and fed a lot of Shrimp, and snails and things like that. But their daily food was a prepared pellet food so they got a good balance in their Diet.
The 14 inch claim is often made but trust me, it's hard to get one to grow that big without over feeding. Mine were always between 9 and 11 inches max, If you get a big male (impossible to sex Oscars) you might get a 14 inch fish.
One neat tip, when you get an empty fish food can, clean it up good put some rocks in it and fill it with water and put the lid on so it sinks to the bottom of the tank. Your Oscar will roll it and push it around the tank for a toy.
Dave
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Post by SmithSchee on Aug 8, 2011 0:07:58 GMT -5
We feed my (that's becoming our) Oscar prepared pellets, he/it gets night crawlers and insects every once in a while.
This Oscar see a shadow go across the lid on it's tank and it hits the lid, thinking it's food. It's learned if it does that when the kids are in the room one of them is going to try to feed it. They are very smart fish indeed.
There will always have to be a lid on it's tank, because it'll jump out if not. It's like a torpedo when it goes after it's food.
By the way Dave, how much to you want for some of your plants? I need some to go in my Guppy tank.
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Post by daveedka on Aug 8, 2011 9:51:34 GMT -5
Whatever I have left I'll send you for the price of shipping, I always did give away a lot of Plants when I had the tanks running well, and now that I'm taking down the tanks, anything I don't give away will end up begin pitched. I can get an idea of what I have at the end of the week when I get back to the house, Should have some annubias and crypts as well as Bolbitus, Java Fern, and Java Moss, All of these are great low light low maintenance plants.
Dave
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Post by SmithSchee on Aug 8, 2011 12:29:01 GMT -5
OK, just let me know.
Did you get just tried of your tanks? Tanks are the most relaxing thing I know of. Even more so than listening to running water. You get in your on little world when you are watching fish tanks.
I wish I had a spare room just to set up tanks in and my house plants. It would be so peaceful there.
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