Should I Get an Oscar Fish? - How to Keep Oscar Cichlids
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Hey all,
Today I thought I would cover off on a long debated topic, and one that is often asked by beginners; Should I keep an Oscar Fish.
Oscar fish are great beginner fish, and make excellent pets, but there are a few things you need to know first.
Hope this helps.
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i feed hikari cichlid gold, tetra bits complete, dried bloodworms and dried mealworms daily, just that 4, nothing more 😊
i got 4 of them, a tiger, an albino, a chilli red and a copper. 😊
i enjoy to watch their behavior /character 😊
Oscars are one of the fish I see most commonly bought by ignorant people so this is definitely a video that is important. So thanks Blake even though u never plan to get an oscar I am definitely going to show this to the next person trying to keep them improperly.
Love my oscars, absolute aqua dogs
I got a couple of wc Oscars in Melbourne a couple of years back .... still have them to this day ..... the biggest one is pushing pass 40cm
Awesome!
Another excellent video my friend , I have 3 in the 1400 gallon / 5600lt ? .
We cant have kids so our fish are our kids , the 3 Oscars are the biggest personalities .
We run the pond 6 inches down with no lids but you are right about lids because I've had them jump as well !
That sounds like an awesome pond! Thanks
@@BlakesAquatics lots of videos on my channel if you wanna see it buddy!
I got 2 oscars, a gold saum and a marble convict. My 8.5 inch red tiger is the boss and fight splitter of the tank. My other Oscar is a 4.5" true original oscar, a 4" gold saum, and a 4" calico convict.
I also have 2 jaguar cichlid fry born in March of 2021 that I am growing out in a 30 gallon until they hit 4" and then 1 will go in my brothers 120 and the other will go in my 115 gallon. Both our triple digit tanks are 5x1.5 ft/18.5" (Length x Depth), but mine is 24"/2ft/60cm tall, his is 26" tall
August 7, 2021 writing this comment. Cant wait to see how big the gang gets.
I kept a few goldfish with my big red tiger for a few months and she went on a rage spree when I upgraded the tanks and looked so guilty when I found faceless goldfish like when u catch your labrador retriever or pitbull or rottie doing something it shouldn't do. She looked so sad that she killed her friends.
No way any plants with my Oscars I can’t even have a sponge filter mine rips them apart . Great vid thanks Blake
🤣 classic cichlid behaviour there
Nice video
Thank you. I love them.
Cool
Oscars are an awesome fish. Best part is they live for decades!!!!
Great video, thanks for sharing these beautiful fish. My all time favorite fish in the hobby! 👍🏽
Can pothos be kept in oscar fish tank ( only roots ) wouldnt oscar fish destroy the pothos roots ?
Ive done it before no worries
I like the Oscars. The Lakes and Canal Systems around here are full of them. They have been an invasive species over here for a long time. Great Video. 👍🐟
Good informative vid Blake 👍
I have 2 tiger oscars one albino and 5 turtles in a 300 gallon stock pond in my garage they all get along quite well .
My Oscar was certainly a learning experience. Luckily i had a glass lid and a hood. Came home one day to shattered glass in the bottom of the aquarium. 😮
Somehow the Oscar wasn't injured but cleaning up that glass was hell!
I had a remarkably similar situation
Good balanced discussion with all the points covered bud. 👍
Great video. Great information about these. Keep up the great work
Great video and information mate. Never used to like oscars. I think it was there reputation back in the day, but there growing on me more and more. Thanks for the upload
Love the vid Blake truly love oscars and have a pair in my 6ft tank.
I’ve heard albino oscar is less aggressive than tiger oscar. Is this true based on your experience?
No, all fish have different personalities based on a variety of things. Albino or not isnt going to impact that
@@BlakesAquatics cheers mate
If you still have any oscars can you make a video on how to train them, e.g. how to hand feed and how to make them do tricks
i do have oscars still, will definitely consider cheers
Hi! I have a tank that is a bit bigger than 90 gallons (51'' x 24'' x 24''). Can i have in this tank 1 Oscar, 2 Electric Blue Acara, 1 Blood Parrot, 1 Green Terror, 1 Geophagus Tapajus and 1 Senegal Bichir?
The Geophagus and Bichir I want so that they can clean whatever food falls to the substrate.
Bichir wont clean that well, better off with more geos. It would be a little overstocked with that mix and I think the acara would be bullied a lot.
@@BlakesAquatics thank you for the answer! is the oscar the one over stocking the tank or do you think it's the mixture of the fish selected? It's only 6 fish :( yeah the oscar grows really big but i thought i'd be ok with just one. Also, I added the acara because several people on youtube keep them with oscars without problem. or will the other fish bully the acara?
great video blake .you made all the pertinent points without sounding like a whiney fish cop lol. everybody should have an oscar sell a kidney if you need to to pay for a big tank just do it. they are my favourite fish by far temperamental emotional and personable. they are the only fish ive owned that truly interacts with me beyond simple food drive.my biggest one wont let my wife near the tank without putting on an agro show but loves to sit and talk to me. visitors like to look at my salt display tank but almost always spend more time at the oscar tank playing with them and talking about them due to their shining personality.
Great to hear thanks so much. I really hate those judgemental videos so i thought this way was better
I got 11 2inch Oscars in a 55tank now going 2yrs all are fine but moved to a 75tank after 1yr.
I've never seen any aggression, maybe aggression is due to getting adult Oscars mixed together.
Love my Oscars ❤️
You are such a great cute Oscar guy
😅
Great broll man, do love Oscars just don't have the room, but do love these fish
Make the room 🤣 get that pond going for the comets etc
@@BlakesAquatics haha exactly what I was going to say . I’ve seen ur garage u have plenty room hahah 😂
@@cheveburkinshaw860 if you can walk around in it you aren't having a crack
Why do my Oscar swims upside down
Swim bladder issue usually
Ok thanks
How do I fix that
Thank u! Underrated
Thank you too
Could you make a video talking about piranhas please🙏?
They are illegal here so i dont have any experience with them sorry
hey mate... im from Brisbane.. the water temp here goes over 30c every summer...
can i still keep Oscars in such high temps?
cheers mate.
Hey mate, i am using a couple of the dymax fans on my axolotl tank to keep it cool and they work quite well. Youll get a lot more evaporation but itll bring the temp down to a betyer space
@@BlakesAquatics Will my Oscar fish hurt or die if i leave the water at 30c + temperatures though?
@@danielgfrost yeah itll deplete the oxygen in the water
@@BlakesAquatics Thanks for the responses..
i have a lot of air in my tank.. i have a filter blowing out air, as well as a air bubble wall...
oxygen shouldn't be an issue... is that the only reason why high temps hurt the fish??
Hi I need some ideas for my oscar tank. I want a sand substrate but don't know how to make a nice looking tank
Some sand, river pebbles and bogwood is a nice riverbed scape that is smooth and safe
@@BlakesAquatics 👍
@@BlakesAquatics I can't find any cheap sand safe for aquarium, is there any sand that's safe for aquarium use in Bunnings warehouse?