oscar keeping q's ??

from what i have read an ideal ph for oscars is anywhere from 6.0 to 7.5. i saw another place that said 7.2 is ideal. so basically my african cichlid set up would work. 7.5 ph.


im getting burned out on the africans and want to go to some oscars. looks like all i have to do is swap the fish out.

 

75 gal.

i had a jack dempsy and a gar in it before then went to the africans for there colors. but now im looking for a more interactive fish and i have always enjoyed oscars.

 

my dad always had oscars when i was growing up and they always were a fascinating fish.

i have two right now in a 75gal with some fake plants and a few sticks on the bottom and thats about it. im feeding them hikari cichlid gold and there colors are starting to get alot nicer from when i brought them home and there growing quick.

i do have a question tho, i have a 10gal feeder tank set up. i stocked it with 15 or so fish hoping they would breed. after a while i figured out they were minnows and well there getting big but i dont think they are reproducing. i have heard guppies reproduce easy and well do i need to remove the minnows before i put guppies in there and or is there easier feeder fish for the oscars to try and grow and mate in my 10gal???

 

i wish they were 12 cents a piece like the minnows :/

ill just start feeding the minnows out and give the guppies a try.

 

i gotta go and check it out, most of the feeders i see are minnows or gold fish.

guppies have the bigger tails dont they??

 

i looked up endlers on yahoo. some of them look like minnows, some look like fancy guppies.


ill have to browse around and see what i find.

 

i checked out aquabid for picture refreshes, there is so many different kinds tho its hard to get an idea.

ill check out the local stores later on today. looking to keep the price down since there just going to get eatin anyways.

 

a little video i have. im trying to get rid of all the minows, thats why so many are in the tank. i found some feeder guppies for 25 cents a peice (did not make it to petsmart)

anyways, 2 oscars (still pretty small, adding another one t/m) one pleco, two small algae eaters (surprised they have not been eaten yet, they kinda act like tank mates, does not mess with them) 1200gph sump going thru a 5gal bucket of filtration, 300gph filter just churning the water.

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how many kinds of oscars are there?? i think im gonna end up with about 4 in all and am trying to get one of a different kind each time.

hope you enjoy, any feed back is appreciated.

 

i know they get pretty big, i was just thinking with a health well filtered tank i could keep 4. i had a jack dempsey that was about 8in and with nothing in the tank i think it might have accommodated 4. well see, if i gotta take them out then i got to take some out.

 

btw thanks for the compliment. after looking at it, im gonna keep it at 3. i got another one today that was larger and it put it more into perspective.

they all huddled in the corner when i let it in, and then they started rubbing next to each other and flitering there fins. i have not seen the other two do this.

 

i like the look of this, but its also twice the size of my tank.

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i want to add another pump in the sump, 1000gph. and run two overflows into 2 different 5 gal buckets. then i had some ideas for my hang on back filter for up in the tank. what can i say, i like clean water.