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Posted	oscars
08-06-2007 09:46 by nemo1000	please can someone give me some advice on oscers as some were dumped on my door step yesterday
08-06-2007 10:12 by telboy	very hardy fish, get quite big, + CAN become aggressive, how many ya got what type etc they will need a big tank, eat like pigs + make quite a lotta mess...good luck with em
08-06-2007 10:38 by nemo1000	3 albinos only young by the looks they are in a 48 x 15 x 15 with a aqua pro 3 exturnal filter what food should i give i am use to guppys ect so these are new to me
08-06-2007 11:39 by jagman	Just FYI, the name is: Oscars, with an 'a'(Latin name: Astronotus Ocellatus). Quite easy to keep, but NOT community fish, except in with other fairly aggressive cichlids. I keep mine with South Americans cichlids, such as the Cuban (cich. tetracanthus) and Green terror (Aeqidens Rivulatus), as well as cich. Dovii, cich. Festae, Red Devils, Texas, etc. Your previously kept fish (ie guppys) will make good food for Oscars - sorry, no offence intended, as all these types of cichlasoma are piscivores (ie eat fish; live or dead) as well as being generally omnivores - meaning they'll eat just about anything! Check with your local Aquarium store for food and upkeep. They generally require a bit of room, no direct sunlight, around 22-25 degrees C and no aprticular tank decoration, apart from gravel, some rocks and perhpas some driftwood.
08-06-2007 14:09 by Kribman	you will proabably want to get a bigger tank pretty soon once they reach about 5''. they create a massive bioload and the sooner you can get them into large tank with driftwood and other typical new world cichlid decor, then you will be able to fully appreciate their intellegence and beauty
08-06-2007 16:53 by nemo1000	thanks for the info
09-06-2007 11:32 by curviceps	Jagman, how did your oscars get on with the tets, dow, festae, rds and texas? I've found oscars try to be aggressive, but not seen one yet that would stand up to them, esp the dow, festa and rds?

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