Don't Buy An Oscar Fish Unless You Watch This First! 10 Things You Should Know About Oscar Fish!

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[@Amerille]

my Oscar spits water at my husband every time he opens the tank. Bites him if he goes any further. He rubs up against me and lets me do whatever I need to do. His name is killer and he's 15 inches long and 11 years old. We measured him during our last water change.

[@ibrahimwadood5995]

ayyyy my big girl is 14 inches

[@sanskarsinha8197]

Update us

[@cedricwade926]

What u doin to that Oscar that he not?? 🤔 😝

[@ez-d7296]

How’s this oscar

[@Yash-bn3iv]

He died

[@anthonyboey9931]

My Oscar hates my wife cat. The cat jumped up on tank, lifted the feeding lid and the Oscar jumped up and bit the cat on his nose.

[@dahmie5107]

Huh

[@TUBESPECIFIC1]

LOL your cat is your wife? Lots of people are having pets instead of being involved in a relationship with one another. Where I live, most people have doggies, but don't socially engage with others keeping a distance. It's just so dangerous to get into a relationship you can't control. My computer is my significant other. lol

[@TUBESPECIFIC1]

@Formortiis Warhawk he he he LOL.

[@lolsurprise7185]

@@TUBESPECIFIC1 Awh I was gonna say that

[@teguhharyadi7741]

good job oscar

[@flipit27]

One thing you should know about oscars is they are drama queen/king. They will sometimes act as if they are ill or sometimes dead.

[@rohanmallick9207]

I agree with you

[@ashleyshinezhuka]

agree

[@moonchild9364]

😂😂😂😂😂this is so true...

[@will9603]

All drains lead into the ocean

[@jakemitchell9332]

😂😂😂 I thought it was just mine

[@constantinoramos3286]

My first Oscar when i was in highschool... it liked wait for me everytime i go home... and i cried when it died...

[@alyssacharland8689]

Constantino Ramos I’m soo sorry! I feel u! 😣

[@T4TorrAnce]

How come you didnt come home that day?

[@ericsanchez5763]

I am so sad to hear this. I love mine so much it's sick. Not sure what to do.

[@jecky1772]

So sorry for you Bruh

[@sarahmartinezDOGMAN]

We did when ours did too. They were like our kids and we had them for years.

[@FAKE-NAME]

One thing not mentioned about feeding Oscars feeder goldfish is that if the oscar decides not to eat it you could wind up with a fish that's going to grow even bigger than the oscar

[@lladnekekalb9373]

My first fish was an Oscar and he’s still with me, he’s gone through a lot of abuse but it’s helped me Become a much better hobbyists it’s given me a whole arsenal of medications and foods. It truly is the best experience I’ve had in the hobby, but you really need to make sure you know what you are doing and be ready for a pet that typically lives longer than a dog lol

[@yellowdabestcolorplusblue6113]

i have some ram snails with me and one is moving on water like jesus

[@Southside757Virginia]

​@@yellowdabestcolorplusblue6113I heard snails make your tank smell stinking an fishy smelling be careful

[@stephanielim4120]

This made me miss mine. He was 4.5years old when he died. He was a very peaceful Oscar, I could put my hand in the tank and feed him but cleaning his tank was a pain, he would get the shits and play dead when I moved his things ha

[@JIMMYHIMALAYA]

Me: I used to have an oscar Serious fish guy: Be honest with me bro did you name him oscar? Me:...yeah Serious fish guy: *shakes head in disappointment*

[@gfghhhghh1699]

lmaol we named our Jack Dempsey "Jack Dempsey" and our Rafael Catfish "Catfish"

[@chrisr4482]

Mine was named jeff

[@chrisr4482]

I'll add, he was racist/sexist, cause my Hispanic roommate tapped on the tank when he was young as did my GF at the time. He would only be friendly to white males. Tried to hide very unsuccessfully from anyone else. When I get my tank back up, getting another one. Name ideas?

[@fairygodtrucker263]

Mine is named Jax and I'm worried about him today. He's been been breathing hard for 2 days. 8 years old. :-(

[@chrisr4482]

@@fairygodtrucker263 gulping air at the top of the tank? Check the water levels/temp. My jeff did that around 9 1/2 y/o then he seemed to get better. Died just past 10 y/o

[@dutchk9833]

Had a oscar when I was younger which liked to drag the floating piece of driftwood I had in the aquarium around for fun. They are very smart fish.

[@JosephMartin]

I’ve always felt that ocsars were some of the most mistreated fish just like plecos! They’re so cool but nobody takes the time to research them. Great video as always!

[@lunes-1]

The answer is very easy:usually the ones getting responsibility jobs making the decisions on municipalitys are connected and not very bright mentally..

[@SebastianBlackwell94]

Oscars, goldfish, plecos,and bettas are the most mistreated fish. I have a pleco but its the one that doesn't get really big, I want a big one but i'm gonna wait until I get a bigger tank

[@Shadowspets]

FishNerdVlogs knowing the conditions most of our fish are coming from for the aquarium trade, a lot more species are mistreated! Especially fish that are still collected from the wild. It is up to people to inform themself before they start keeping fish. If i see some youtube channels or facebookgroups, too many fish end up dead, mistreated, abused and even in the toilet 😔 But you are right > research is a must, but for every species 💪

[@JensengTea]

Betta fish, goldfish, and glofish. All commonly sold in pet store chains and all SOOOO mistreated :(

[@cheriechantele1753]

I really like caring for my boyfriends pleco who I named Georgy Pants. He has alot of personality and I love seeing him come out and say hi every day. Bf also has 2 barbs (I had to also name of course😉) "Lefty" and " Righty". They look like they are playing hide and seek with me sometimes. Lol. Now that they are very familiar w me and probably cuz I'm the one who feeds and talks to them.

[@pats768]

I came home one day from a walk and my Oscar was on the living room floor. He busted a while out of his tank by head butting it. I don’t know how long he was on the floor but I put him back in the tank he was dead. I didn’t want to believe he was dead I left him in there for about an hour and he came back to life. That was a while ago he lived to 10 years old but he’s gone now

[@kairax848]

Had my first Oscar for a long time. Was told they usually live around 5 years...well, 10 years later, he finally pass away. Best pet ever, very easy to maintain and care for.

[@ericpitre4031]

😀but😞 at the same time

[@gemmapons6307]

What do they eat

[@jarrett8071]

Dude the span is like 15-20 years lol

[@mortemracoon]

JA MACD who knows it could’ve been a petco fish they’re bred in unhealthy mills knocking down their lifespans

[@kerrypitt9789]

Hey great video! I agree 100%. Actually I have often thought some species of fish we keep should not be available in less than 50% of their natural size. Simply because they are so cute at two or three inches that people buy them for the wrong reason. My first exposure to Cichlids was Tiger Oscars. A fellow I met was starting an aquarium shop back in the late 70's. He had a 280 gallon tank and a few Oscars who were so crazy! I had never seen anything like them. Thank you for making this, I hope everyone who wants Oscars will see this. I would really like to see a few more species, but I know it is a lot of work to put them together. One other thing in this crazy long winded comment. Many folks do not understand that nature is not mean, it just is. You are right we are mean but the cure for that is education, thanks again.

[@CraftyFatboy]

I have kept fish for years but am still a noob with a lot of things. So looking to change a few things I had some questions, and have found your channel. In 2 days I have watched about 5or 6 of your clips(old ones) and have answered every question( African cichlids, substrate,Oscars, cycling etc, etc.) heaps of stuff I THOUGHT I knew and got a heap of different ideas I never would have had! Love this channel. Massive Help even over in Australia 🇦🇺

[@5610winston]

In my experience, most cichlids respond to their people, and recognize who feeds them. My Callichithys catfish were like that, too.

[@sarahthompson5082]

My Oscar only responds to me and my fiance.

[@tradeka4206]

5610winston I have a cichlid (I don’t remember which variety) that I’ve had in my 20 gallon tank for 6 or 7 years now. He’s long since killed all his tank mates, so he’s just living in his own tank and he’s the most responsive fish I’ve ever had. He follows my finger around the glass of the tank and if I put my hand in he swims up and bumps me with his nose. He’s not afraid of me at all and actually comes out of hiding places to see me when I come near the tank

[@mrssubhasridharanvlog15]

How much we can buy these gaint type Oscar 10 inch

[@men-o-mayhem1840]

The Oscar I had use to roll its eyes at me when I fed it cichlid pellets

[@NamNguyen-ek9hl]

Men-O-Mayhem18 that’s what my betta do

[@NamNguyen-ek9hl]

Mine does to

[@men-o-mayhem1840]

Kyle S my flowerhorn jumps at the lid when it sees I have the bag of food I feed him

[@deegibbs3471]

thx Ive had my albino Oscars for a week so I don't kno how old they really are but they hate those pellets got them some fried worms and yum yum..... plz tell me some go goods for them thx.

[@Rometiklan]

I love Oscars. Such big fish with big personalities. I know I can never keep them simply because I don't have a tank big enough. Maybe someday when I get that 225 I've always wanted....hinted like crazy and still didn't get that 225 under the Christmas tree. Thanks for posting!

[@audreyflores9089]

Another awesome video! I have really enjoyed, and look forward to watching your 10 things videos on sundays. I'm so glad you decided to do this series. Plus.... I really like that you started incorporating special guests. Sunday mornings are now my coffee and Kgtropical mornings ❤ keep up the great work!

[@lyrahanson9475]

Thank you for the video! There’s an Oscar at my local animal shelter, and I immediately fell in love with him. I’ve been fish keeping for a few months now and have a 30 gallon aquarium and I really want to adopt this Oscar and I was sure you would have a video on Oscars since you guys love them so much. I think I’ll get 100 gallon for him that a good size.

[@farabi0013]

undoubtedly one of the best and well organized oscar related informative video on youtube. please keep making these type videos for other fish also. (y)

[@chadcrotts870]

Knocked it out of the park again. I hope y’all are having as much fun producing these videos as I am watching Till the next one!!

[@kuceracm]

"Gentle giants." My mom was big into the fish hobby and she had a 75 gallon long aquarium with two MONSTER 11 inch oscars and a 14 inch long common pleco. All that you said is so true. She had one large focal point decorative rock and a few fake plants that the fish would throw about like they were playing with a beach ball lol. And one of them was so aggressive and territorial that if I got close enough to the glass he would get momentum and charge mouth open toward my face. Mom used to get a laugh out of watching this fish attack her daughter lol. I definitely inherited her love of fish keeping. I have 4 large comet goldfish and two large butterfly koi in an outdoor pond, a 29 gallon guppy/molly tank, a pea puffer nano setup, a 10 gallon betta sorority tank, and a five gallon blackwater betta tank. My next project is setting up a tank for axolotls and maybe I might jump back into keeping cichlids once I have the space.

[@7m.l_]

ok

[@pups55555]

Mine recognized me within a week! Wags his tail everytime he sees me! Has even jumped out, onto me. Rubs himself against my fingers..shows actual affection..so sweet

[@apiatek89]

Remember to get cooling system for axolotl tank!! And good luck with it :) they are very rewarding pets

[@blephegor]

I used to have a 12 inch red oscar. I threw in some colored stones into his tank for decorations and the next morning I found them in a pile at one end of the tank. I spread them out again only to watch him pile them back up in the same spot. I let him have his pile after that. Also mine enjoyed swimming to the top and let me pet him. Awesome fish.

[@captaina.9719]

"most fish keepers will have 20-29gallon tank" Me: (looks at my 10 gallon tank) Seems legit

[@virgoviking2331]

Lol

[@marcgabrielagustin8561]

Mine is 20 haha and I did look at it the moment he said that

[@brabbit3134]

Same

[@fishman5]

Mine is a 90 gallon

[@thesacredlobo]

I don't even keep fish and I have a 10, 20, and 90 Gallon tank in my room.

[@VK4VO]

My big ol girl shares a 220 with an RT shark and a gold spot Pleco,, what a life !! What a great educational video!

[@kashinadhan3435]

8:37 when the guy said hunting other fish the fish in the background spit out what he ate before

[@adelynnahlm6483]

Today I was in petco and came across one baby lemon Oscar and one baby tiger Oscar and decided to buy them. I love them soooooo much. I know a lot about them I just wanted to watch this for extra research. I have them in a 75 now. Ever since this video I have am going to be looking for some pool ponds for them so that they love the best life that they can under my care

[@grinchy57]

Just started watching your videos. I must say your stuff makes the most sense out of a lit of others on KZbin. About Oscar's love em, grew up raising Oscar's for 15 yrs. Lost my tank with a major 4 day power outage in our city. Your video wants me to raise them again!!!

[@billrowlett4676]

Great video, I love the 10 things series. Please keep it up!! I have had oscars in the past but currently do not have any. I may go and by a pair this week for my 125 cichlid tank. Oh, and I love the movie snips, "that's what she said". Classic.

[@downbelowfishing3203]

You have no idea how happy this vid made me feel. I have mine and he’s a beaut

[@michelleclement2065]

Thank you for all your info! I love watching you and Lisa. Imma newbie and I'm obsessed!

[@aprilheck1308]

so excited because I went to a local small fish store that I haven't been to since I would probably a kid and I've been looking for an Oscarand when I asked the lady she took me right over to the Oscar tank and what do you knowthey had several lemons and it's a good thing I watch this video before because I was like woah I just got lucky so now you could say I'm super stoked with my new member of the family! Thanks you guys for everything you do love your videos

[@jonahrosenberg4880]

I have 2 oscars in my tank now and i absolutely love them. I bought them for my tank along with 2 other gouramis and as of now, theyre doing fine. the oscars are probably 3-4 times the size of the gouramis, but they seem to coexist pretty well! I probably just got lucky haha.

[@mohamedabdirahmanmohamed1513]

You channel is awsome I love how you have other fish hobbies involved. You should Bring more fish keepers on your show

[@tylerbarton2617]

Oscars rock we've had many I love watching our 2 beasts (Jr.-tiger & Ably-Albino Tiger) tear into their feeder fish we feed ours a variety of food but they show you very obviously they prefer their feeders...just like she said when our Oscars see us get our net ready to dip out some feeders for them they LITTERLY start wagging their tails & I swear ours even smile....some may argue but I swear I can see ours when they smile... We own 2 tanks of fish, we have a miniature yorkie & a chinchilla & most of the time I'll tell you that my Oscars are my favorite.... just on the days when they're throwing a temper tantrum would I say my yorkie or chinchilla is my favorite lol... very informative video for new fish owners at least... we've been at it for several yrs though so just a fun watch for us! Thanks either way though!

[@sarahferguson0]

I loved my Oscars. They were a joy. We used to love watching them redecorate their tank. We only had rocks and they were forever moving them around their 125. I miss them so much.

[@Lumpydog]

Great information on Oscar fish. Thanks for sharing. My favorite fish in the world are 2" juvenile Oscars, unfortunately they don't stay that size or that energetic for long. Cheers.

[@dennisruedel]

Hi John, Lisa, and Zenzo, I really enjoyed this video. I found it very interesting. I never knew there was such a sub species as a Lemon Oscar. Thanks very much for sharing 👍.

[@Shadowspets]

I am not sure of the lemon oscar is a subspecies of the all known “oscar” For as far as i know it is a colourmorph, a result from selective breeding on colour, same as how they got the albino, red, longfin,...

[@frybellevue]

Love Oscars! My parents bought Ike and Mike when the fish were about the size of a thumbnail. Ike and Mike grew to 12 inches and lived 15 years! Daily feedings were fish pellets, except Fridays....feeder fish Friday. :) My dad created a toy, a ping pong ball, a sinker, some fishing line, and silicone,..the fish LOVED batting that thing from one end of the aquarium to the other.

[@karencropper7744]

Your videos are so fun and informative!! I’m hooked no pun intended!

[@petermaz701]

I’ve had Oscars in the past and they have been bullied by other cichlids. They are definitely gentle giants. I had a pair of mating angelfish that bullied the Oscar into the corner of the tank I’ve had convicts they kept the Oscar at the other end of the tank away from them and they were less than a quarter of the size.

[@CJBlack265]

Loving the guest spots😎 Another great "10 things" video 💕👍

[@chuckelator]

Quickly realized when I had Oscars years ago...the 50g tank we had them in wasn't sufficient, and quickly upgraded to a 120g one. They're super fun fish to watch and keep, but I agree...don't get into them without fully knowing how big they get, and how big of an appetite they have!

[@jpgmmg09]

Loved it!! One of My bucket list wet friends! Those Lemon Oscar's are striking!🤗

[@grublinux202]

I would like to disagree with a couple of points. 1. Oscars can get aggressive, it usually happens in phases. 2. Keep them in large 125G or more tanks, the more space you provide the better. 3. Keep them in even numbers or pairs, if you keep Odd numbers they do tend to single out on weaker ones. They will beat up the weak ones till they can stand their own or till they hurt them real bad. 4. Oscars are Piscivores, contrary to what's being said in the video, they do enjoy hunting smaller fish like Guppies. I do not recommend that you feed them Guppies since sometimes feeder fish will carry pathogens unless they have been quarantined first. Oscars that feed on other fish do grow faster than the ones that are fed on pellets. They have a very strong prey drive and will chase and eat other smaller fish till they stuff themselves. That being said, its a cruel practice and also if an individual fish eats more than the others it grows faster and becomes more dominant. Ive noticed that oscars fed on feeder fish do tend to be more aggressive than ones that are exclusively fed on pellets and other feed. 5. Oscars enjoy high concentrations of fish protein in their diets. They also eat shrimp, muscles, mealworms, crickets and earthworms with gusto. Feeding your oscar live feed occasionally is good idea, live feed contains all the natural goodness of minerals and other missing constituents that may be absent in your pellet feeds. 6. I've owned many pairs of Oscars over the years and found that their personalities vary. Some Oscars are mellow fellows while others are just mean and will beat the snot out of their tankmates just because they can, so beware. 7. doesn't matter what you feed and how good you feed, Oscars like to fight, they fight when they are stressed, they fight for territory, they fight for mates, and they fight just because it feels good, it comes in phases. 8. Oscars are some of the hardiest fish that can survive ich, fungus, velvet and whole many other nasties. That being said, please do not neglect your fish, just because they are not as demanding as a discus. 9. You can never over filter an Oscar tank. Are they worth the time? Yes, yes and yes... If you are new to South American cichlids and have a large enough tank, you definitely should get your hands on a pair or two.

[@bobbyhempel1513]

My experience as well.

[@merqava]

Thank you for this information.

[@Reyfox1]

Really agree with your #4!

[@tylerbarton2617]

I agree with everything you just said for the most part, cept maybe the part about them fighting maybe....or at least in our experience that is... we've had at least a dozen, or maybe slightly more, Oscars over the years & I guess the only thing we'd be able to agree on regarding the fighting is the few times we happened to have odd #'s of them, just as u mentioned, in those circumstances, they would constantly try singling out the weakest of the bunch that is until we'd get another one so that they'd be in pairs again & after that they were immediately cool with one another again...for the most part pretty much all of ours have been extremely lazy & laid back fish....& to your point of how hardy & resilient these fish are that is no understatement we had 1 of ours get some sickness that I've never even seen before nor have I since then, I have an idea that it was from a batch of feeders that we got once that were contaminated, but our poor Oscar began to show more & more severe symptoms of what appeared to be a mixture of a variety of illnesses from ich clear to what almost looked like hole in the head even it was insane I cleaned out our old 1st tank a 10gl. & put brand new treated water in it & quarantined him from the rest & kept a close eye on him....i would have put every dime to my name that the poor guy was doomed but not even 2 days & he went from an Oscar that practically looked to be in the early stages of decomposition to looking healthier than he did when 1st purchased him! I was blown away & super pumped cuz at the time he was my largest & favorite Oscar so that was how we learned how truly tough these fish are... that & the fact that in the multiple years in which we've owned these types of fish, that incident was actually the ONLY 1 that has ever even come down with an illness & that's amazing considering that we've had many of their other tank mates get sick many different times yet the Oscars it doesn't ever even seem to effect them....All goes to show how amazing these fish are to own

[@chrisi8397]

Tyler Barton I agree with everything except over Filtering

[@maxwell2177]

a year ago i bought a 40 gallon tall and threw a baby tiger oscar in it. he looked so tiny my tank seemed empty for a couple months. moral of the story. my oscar was 8 inches in only 5 months. thanks to the folks at my local petsmart that told me i could keep 3 full grown oscars in that 40 gallon i figured my one oscar could live his entire life in it. i bought a 75 2 months later and already want a 125

[@phiillzzz807]

started the same way m8.. gonna look at a 150 gallon next week for my oscars. it needs to be resealed but i can get it for 300$ CAD.

[@williamporche4799]

@@phiillzzz807 i

[@michaelwilkening8542]

2 oscars in a 55 is going to be crowded to say the least. 3 in a 40 would be cruel to say the least.

[@maxwell2177]

Michael Wilkening yeah thats what i was saying

[@NotSure876]

Never ask the people at petco or petsmart for advice.

[@Minunmaani]

Great vid! I had a Oscar over 8 years, who was gentle giant. It did not eat plants or other fishes. Not smaller nor anything else. It wanted to eat from my hand only. I made the food myself. I miss it a lot :-( I have Pacu in 442 gallon tank and I dream to have some Oscars there...

[@hello.123hello]

Thank you for the informative video 😊 hope you all are well.

[@monsterfishgal]

Love Oscars. Love their personality. Had them for years. Great video keep em coming

[@TheTradesmanLU2001]

My albino red (ruby) would encourage me to pet him/her. The fish would go up to the surface and basically lay on its side and let me touch him . I had 4 in my 125 at one point. Kept them for over a decade. I will always have a certain feeling about them as they were the first big cichlids I ever kept

[@monjen]

I'm a beginner .....thank you for this video ❣️

[@wbl5649]

I had two in a 50 gallon tank many years ago. Loved them. I feed them nightcrawlers, spinach, baby frogs and of course feeder fish

[@jesusandcoffee7964]

C Logan I have a 55 gallon and want to get one. How long did yours live in the 50g?

[@wbl5649]

@@jesusandcoffee7964 many many years...

[@rubyweapn8312]

I raised 3 oscars. Jupiter Io and Ganymede. I had those fish for almost ten years. They were huge before they passed. They were smart and somewhat trained. They ate one at a time. Biggest to smallest and had to do something before they ate. They were huge. Jupiter was as wide as a football. So big it had to be hand cleaned. Watching this on my feed has inspired me to raise another again. I still have the three hundred gallon inch thick tank. It was hard when they passed and fed them to the community cats and refused to take on another fish. Thanks for this video. I miss my fish.

[@jachymtrojanek6673]

Great video 👍 Would you do a flowerhorn one please? 😁

[@michaelvickers89]

I love watching your videos!! So much good info!! 👍👍

[@ziggyriley]

Very informative. Thank you.

[@jazzadventures123]

I have a 9 year old Oscar that is 10 inches in a 35 gallon tank. I told my dad to sell him to someone who loves fish and can take of him in a much bigger tank but my dad won’t listen to me.

[@kawaiicute3448]

Your dad don't listen to you?

[@xArchxAngelx18]

I have 6 oscars and they’re currently in a massive tank with a green terror, Bala shark, a turtle, lobster, 2 arowanas, tinfoil barb and a pleck. I also have an peacock Malawi in there and they’re fine with fish that grow very large or around their size and haven’t attacked each other.

[@vlocash1180]

I would like to see that tank

[@mariasmith1725]

This man I love he is right to the point, I wish there was a way I can talk or text him with other questions

[@bonnitaclaus2286]

If I can get and have the space for a 200 gallon tank minimum I would definitely get another Oscar. Anything smaller and I would not get another Oscar. I love my Oscar, I did the best I could for it. It taught me a lesson that I’ve never forgotten, and made me a better and aquarium Enthusiast sending me to join an aquarium club to learn everything I can about tropical fish. What they don’t tell you on the pet shops, would you are telling people now. And you are telling them the truth and you are very honest about it . PS, mine was full-grown. Are used to have a picture of it with a tape measure across a 10 gallon tank I put it in for the picture. It fills the tank. There is no way possible I could’ve kept them in that tank. I must’ve been feeding him right because he grew in the first year by the third year I was getting afraid he would get even bigger.

[@timesl]

omg this is the most hilarious thing with my Oscar, so when i’m cleaning my fish tank (i have 2 Oscar fish) my biggest one huddles up and cuddles the smallest Oscar,their name is bonnie and Clyde. if this just me or is it just cute!!

[@worldofapps_1420]

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[@gianfri7640]

Loved your video, and subscribed. Just a little thing: if you can, please express the measure units in centimetres/litres/celsius too, for us non americans. Would be nice!

[@vivetuvidaliveyourlife794]

Thank you for the information.

[@kevino4155]

Hermoso video, gracias por las recomendaciones, voy a divulgar está información ❤

[@Widquatics]

Awesome info! Love the personality of oscars!👍

[@MELODYMUNRO]

My oscar loves earthworms and I feed mine fruit (He likes grapes and mango) once a week as amazonian fish need Vit C (the lack of which, I believe, is why it is amazonian fish that are so susceptible to hole in the head) ..I keep mine with a severum and 5 silver dollars. Tank is 180 gallon. I found that chocolate cichlids also make good tank mates.

[@jamie91995]

Never heard of feeding them fruit, I always thought pellets would provide that. I didn’t know an oscar would eat fruits either, I’ll have to try that

[@wayne3340]

My Oscar get's along great with my Green Severum.

[@kkeiaa]

They're carnivores and shouldn't eat fruit.

[@johnmarks227]

I've heard they eat seeds in the wild.

[@jasonmorgan1473]

Oscars are alot of fun i had two in a 4x2x2 feet tank that grow to 28 - 30cm 1.8kg female 2.1kg male and lived 8yrs the only fish doc in Melbourne was very impressed with the health of my Oscars and how they where trained to be handled by hand. feed on snails, worms, yabbies (small crays) and small feeder fish

[@Loved5499]

Wow, this is a lot of information. I’m glad I found your channel now. I have some decisions to make wanting one doesn’t mean you should

[@eliegbert8121]

"do plenty of research before getting an oscar" well duh kinda why im watching the video

[@milagronieves2613]

Common sense isnt common. They are beautiful fish but people are blinded by how cool they look and get it without understanding that they are living being.

[@DavidBrown-pv8dr]

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[@royvercite5578]

they are very frendly when they see their food in my hand

[@tinkuyadav9309]

I have oscars and blood parrot in my aquarium with 2 sharks, mostly the parrots dominates others but do not harm or chase each other but actually those parrots try to resolve quarells that occurs between the oscars. I have seen the parrots rearranging the decors very often, they also try to dig through the substrate.

[@eldorisgardner]

Hey sir, I have been keeping fish for a while, but mostly smaller stuff. I decided it was time for a larger aquarium for myself, finally. So I upgraded to a modest 75 gallon. I'm running 2 Aqueon quiet flow 75s and a 250gph powerhead near the surface just for agitation and current. I've got a fairly open setup, one robust piece of decoration and a small corner one where the current seems to clear out my sand. I'm currently housing 1 oscar, 1 long tailed/fan tailed/really odd male convict cichlid, 1 striped raphael cat, 1 red tail shark (not cat), a bristle nose pleco, 3 pictus cats, and 3 tiger barbs, was 5..but they often "go missing". 1, am I over stocked with these guys at an adult size as they are growing fast, and 2, I got the 75 as I thought that was large enough for the oscar, now I'm hearing 90-100 gallons min. Did I make an error? Thanks in advance!

[@abrahamspets6048]

Thank you for these informations you shared i also have 2 oscar

[@sharanbagga8341]

Hey wann say Oscar's are a real member of family...just not a fish...may it be flower horn may it be an arona or Oscar or a family one is red parrot these become a family...

[@WiL_M87]

I have a albino red Oscar it always watches me walk around the house lol

[@jtfalkner]

I totally agree with the gentle giant description. My 10 inch Oscar just cruises the tank bothering nothing. I've thought of trying my H Carpintis male as a tank mate but I worry for the much larger Oscar. They are not mean fish or any I've kept haven't been.

[@bigdoba317]

Had an Oscar that lived solo many years in a 55gal tank. He was a beautiful fish, I’ve only seen a handful with that same vibrant color and personality. I fed that Oscar almost anything that crawled, jumped, flew, buzzed or croaked on top of flakes and beef. He loved the morning time feeding and music. In fact he recognized me and would swim into my hand and sit, almost as if he was resting. Great fish and 35 yrs later I can still picture him dancing at the front of the tank waiting for meal time.

[@Nyc4u247]

I have a 16 inch Oscar in my 300 gallon .

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

*I would play the "Jaws" theme, right before I drop Baby Ducks in there.*

[@richardlutes9585]

Dam I thought my 13 in was big

[@ericpitre4031]

I wish I have a 5 gallon with a two or three inch Oscar

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

*If your tanks could be sealed and you could introduce double the Atmospheric Pressure and 50% more oxygen, I wouldn't be afraid to say you could end up with a 22-25" Oscar.*

[@imcrazy695]

MAGGOT VOMIT 😂😂

[@QueAquatics]

This was awesome! Love your new series!!

[@charlesreeves8177]

All of your 10 things videos are always hopeful👍👍👍😀😀😀😁😁😁😁😁

[@timothyharrison5338]

I have a 100 gallon tank it's got one Oscar in it and hes freaking huge! A lot larger than 16 inches, of course I have a couple of bottom feeders! But I also clean the tank once a week, feed him a dry food every day expect for fridays and then I give him live feeders ( good fish) and he just loses his mind!! I've had him for 4 years now!! His name is timmy and hes part of the family!! And Oscar's are pretty smart for fish!! When he sees somebody he doesn't know he'll just sit there and stare at them (kinda freaks people out)

[@will2dmax1]

My first fish were Oscars,with snakeheads,this was in the 90's when you can still buy snakeheads,it was a beautiful combo,they were both small when I put them in,and got big together,the fought on occasion, but mostly got along,and honestly,my snakeheads could have easily killed those oscars when they got big,but they never went there,I miss snakeheads a lot...

[@RatfromNadeaust]

I'm getting into fish but can you spit knowledge on snakeheads... You can't get them anymore ? Is it illegal in your area ?

[@will2dmax1]

I can't in my area, I live in Illinois@@RatfromNadeaust

[@RatfromNadeaust]

@@will2dmax1 thanks for the update. I just did some research after asking you and wow I didn't know how invasive snakeheads were

[@galwije]

Yeah.i got my first oscar today. I love Oscar's

[@Shadowspets]

Nice informational video! Also fun to watch. For the biggest part i agree with everything that has been said. I didnt like the big tank with all the mixed cichlids though. Oscars are from South America, keep em with fish from that same region. It is not because they can handle various waterparameters, that it is also the best for them. For me Central American cichlids and African Lake cichlids shouldnt go in the same tank. And 100% agree! If u dont have a big enough tank, dont keep oscars. Greetings from Belgium

[@ToraTouchstone]

I have 2 oscars ( as well as 5 other fish tanks of various sizes) in my 75 gallon. They have to be my favorites as far as overall personalities. And boy does my albino have an attitude. When she's in a mood my other girl who's a lot more mellow(and bigger) just stays on the opposite side of the tank. Both were bought as babies and my abino lived with my goldfish till she was almost 5 inches long. My tank has 150 gallons of filtration on it.

[@PrimeTimeAquatics]

In the right sized tank Oscars are awesome!

[@lunarskies4803]

I saw an Oscar fish at the pet store...such personality

[@anthonywiegert8980]

Like your videos, subbed finally. I want oscars and didn’t impulse buy at my local fish store and need more info. So naturally I came here. Then I was like I’ve seen and liked a lot of videos I should just sub. Great content, thanks for the enlightenment !

[@uniquelytalented9492]

Thank you for giving such an amazing info

[@stonigee7997]

I'm actually looking into Oscar fish because I was at my LFS and they had an oscar tank. So I went to check them out and there was a STUNNING Oscar swimming around with a peice of food in its mouth teasing the other fish lmfao Beautiful AND funny? I was sold. I'm going to learn everything about them 😉👌

[@j.l.fletcher8804]

I owned an albino lemon oscar and it was very rare. I was a beginner and I kept it from when it was a baby in a 50 gallon tank. It seemed to get along just fine in that tank for years but I got lazy and started only feeding it feeder guppies then it got hole in the head and stopped getting excited to see me

[@LazyNightShredder19]

Thats sad bro, is the fish still alive?

[@Someone-ep8rh]

2:44 my betta have a big personality like what you are saying it look she get so happy when I feed her or walk by her

[@Trains-With-Shane]

I inherited an albino tiger oscar named Chucky from my older brother years ago. He was forced to cull him out because he was beating up on the other, larger, oscars. I kept him solo in my tank. I don't know how old he was when I got him but he lived ~8 years or so in my tank and was the most interactive and fun fish I've ever owned. And since then I have always had a special love for oscars.

[@fishermanpat1]

Gonna go play with and feed my Oscar(Rascal) right now.

[@egeozcan5050]

Is it still alive

[@anovemberstar]

my goldfish are like this - they know me, come up to me, follow me around thr room (going from one end of the tank to the other)

[@RaQuelSparks21]

Thank you so much this is such a big help.

[@sugarbabie1681]

Adopting a 10 inch long fin this week for my 125G had to come watch to make sure on food am set there too! He will have to stick out for a 30g quarantine tank for a few weeks first. Oddly his tank mates are arowana so glad I heard you say it could be done. But so did my husband who was about to go buy another 125g. 🤣 so we will see if he needs his own tank or if he is chill an vice versa first.

[@fatherdcm]

Cichlids are the best fish! Great video!

[@bettaenmiacuario768]

Ahhhh, one of my favorite fish. Oscar are stunning; To this day I can't resist those eyes.

[@jermanuel5976]

Where did you buy?

[@bonecc4061]

I got 4 full grown Oscars with a frontosa and a florwerhorn and 2 18 inch plecos in a 20 gallon. They are thriving. Every time I take off the lid they try to jump out the tank for a hug. That’s how I know they love me.

[@jenniehaycock]

We had a couple of goldfish and an Oscar. When the goldfish died the oscar was pouting at the bottom of the tank. We got some silver dollars and he perked back up. Recently our oscar died, we think he ruptured his swim bladder. We were very sad, we loved him as much as our dogs. We had some convicts with him as well, we put them in as babies hoping he would eat them. Instead he took care of them, it was so cute. We plan on getting more oscars now that we have a larger tank. I just hope that the new one will be as loving and friendly as the one we lost.