just got one he/she is about 20cm long and has instantly became my fav fish it came from a small tank and is now in a 6 footer and hes luvin it they just have personalities like no oter fish iv come accross his fav game seems to be swiming into the power head as hard as he can then letting the current push him back to the other end of the tank i am now seriosly thinkin bout turnin my 6 footer into a full o settup at the mo there is a large green sev ,lionheads, and perl eartheaters in there how many of you keep these awsome fish :bounce:

ive got to oscars , ones a red and the others a tiger both of them are over 20cm

there showing sighns of breeding at the moment , there always togeather and there diging a large pit in the gravel and getting very teritorial with the other fish in the tank

i cant be 100% sure on sex but hoprfuly ther a breeding pair

good luck wot you 0 there awsum fish!

yeah i have two as well i love them, i have just setup my new 835l tank for them and plan on getting a couple more. i have a red o and a albino o but he has black tips on his fins.

they are my fav fish at the mo, its like keeping small puppys in the tank

heres my albino o, sorry dont have any of my black one.

i dont know how to sex them but there is quite alot of differences between my two. the shape of the head and fins are quite different

yea mine are very diffrnt shapes aswel but thers no sure way to sex oscars

nice color on that o u got there quack never seen one quit like it

This is Jimmy, Helen's Oscar, still only young, coming up to 9 inches now, shares his tank with a red devil (whom he keeps in line). Soon to get a 300L tank of his own. Had 15 or so neons for lunch today.

Planning on getting another pair next weekend if all goes to plan.

yeah he wasnt like that when i got him as a baby. the bigger he gets the more black comes through. i just want to get a albino tiger and black tiger now

im a bit of an oscar nut myself :oops: (more than a bit most would say)

quack- be wary of adding new oscars or making up to uneven numbers, often oscars over 6" or so wont allow new fish into their established territories and odd numbers will create 'third wheel syndrome'

sexing is pretty unreliable unless you vent them or see them laying, oscars dont display differences in looks when it comes to sexing sadly. there is a theory about the size of their vent, i think the female is Oo and the male looks like oo but it would be a 50/50 chance youd get it right like that :-?

general rule for keeping O's is 55gal per O and then an additional 25gal but i always like to aim for at least 250L for one O and 360L (90gal) for two. when they hit puberty they often need all the room you can provide and most people get young O's.

O's are deffiantly my fav fish, my Frank lost a tooth two nights ago from digging and i managed to get it out and keep it! heres a post i made on an O site- http://www.theoscarspot.com/smf/index.p ... 725.0.html

im a bit of an oscar nut myself :oops: (more than a bit most would say)

:-? :-? not me aye ??

oh no rogan, not you at all :lol:

hey im just wondering if some of you can post some pics of your o setups.

im trying to figure out how im going to lay out the tank decor and what im going to use and could do with some fresh ideas

i have 2 os at the mo and plan on getting 2 more. my two are only small at the mo so i think they be ok with new entries. my mate has 3 os and i know what you mean about '3rd wheel syndrome' :lol:

my tank (as many know) is boring as, plain dark gravel, some fake plants and a piece of driftwood with a blue background. my O is a bit different from most and i have to kiddy proof his tank more than normal cause at night time he will often have 'night terrors' (not too sure what it would be called) and will just go nuts, its really scary to hear (never seen it cause he only does it in the dark) and hes managed to stun himself a few times but now he has a special night light which has stopped that.

maybe make some terraces out of smooth rocks siliconed together with your regular gravel as the filler, youd wana silicone them cause youll most likely find them redecorated or smashed over if ya dont :lol: perhaps if your O's are 'plant friendly' try for some anubis or jave fern in some hard to reach places for a more natural look?

haha thats exatly the same as my mates o and yeah he had to get a nightlight too.