How to Take Care of an Oscar Fish
Oscar fish are monster fish have a reputation of not only growing to a huge size, but also some say they have even had their Oscars to let them be petted. They can be a very interesting and beautiful addition to your home aquarium.
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Instructions
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Keep your tank the correct temperature. Your tank should remain between 75 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit. Getting your tank anywhere above 80 degrees can be very harmful to your Oscar, so be sure to buy both a heater and a thermometer.
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Buy the correct amount of aquarium space. Oscars can grow to sixteen inches which is a huge fish for a home aquarium. Be sure to have at least 40 gallons of water per every Oscar that you have in your aquarium.
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Keep your tank clean. You need to replace at least 20 percent of your tank water every week to keep you tank clean. Unfortunately the Oscar fish is quite the defecator, so you may also want to invest in a few tank cleaner fish to help with your tank cleaning duties.
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Feed your Oscars correctly. Oscars seem to love blood worms. If you keep your fish well fed it will also be less likely to attack and bite at any other cichlids you have in your tank. As long as provide your Oscar with a high protein diet, they will grow just fine.
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Manage with other fish in your tank. Oscars are a cichlid. This means that they are an aggressive and territorial fish. They do get along with some other types of cichlids, but they will need to be raised together in the same tank, or moved into a new tank together where neither has claimed a territory. Remember that for every fish you need to recalculate the tank size needed. You can also invest in bottom dwellers and eels without too much worry about your Oscar beating them up.
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Tips & Warnings
Oscars are more like a pet than a fish. They require more expensive food, large areas to roam around in and plenty of places to hide. Be sure to daily take care of them to keep your Oscar healthy, strong, and growing.
Oscars are aggressive fish. They will pick on and even eat many types of non-aggressive fish.
- Photo Credit ratemyfish.com
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Comments
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josh wat do u feed your fish it just maybe sick make sure to not feed it wild fish out of a lake cause if the fish u feed it is wild it maybe sick or have something and that will kill your fish.
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I have two oscars, but I'm beginning to worry that there's something wrong, all they do is lie around and do nothing, sometimes on their side. Any advice?
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I have a ten inch oscar thts ten years oldin a 55 gallions tank along with a blue gill an a 6 inch catfish thts 1 year old.
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I have a 6 inch tiger oscar in 55 gallon with 3 smaller chichilds they are just fine......and 10 gallon with 3 babies who are all from same tank doin just fine.
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I love my Oscors.
