Re: Figure 8 going full SW?
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 7:04 am
Thank you =]Flutter wrote:Great answer Nuclear_Glitter
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Figure 8 going full SW?
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Re: Figure 8 going full SW?
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 3:15 pm
Just imagine a 10" Oscar in a 10g tank & you'll see how absurd that rule is! It only pertains to slender, 1-2" fish.
Re: Figure 8 going full SW?
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 9:12 am
But of course many stores do sell Oscars for 10-gallon tanks...
Re: Figure 8 going full SW?
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 11:12 am
My dad always kept one in the 15g tank that was under his 20g. One jumped out & the cat ate it.Re: Figure 8 going full SW?
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 12:23 pm
Good Grief! It must have been pretty small/stunted. My breders were too big for a 75 - Had to give them a biggish sump (I don't remember the size) and two veggie filters (either 15s or 20Hs) to increase the water volume and control the parameters at all within normal limits.
Re: Figure 8 going full SW?
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 12:36 pm
I'm sure he was looking for a bigger pond when he jumped.
Re: Figure 8 going full SW?
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 1:42 pm
Ya that 1in per gallon is a joke
Heck I wanna put 2 oscars in a 75 but know that is to small
Heck I wanna put 2 oscars in a 75 but know that is to small
Re: Figure 8 going full SW?
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 2:38 pm
seriously?? wtf? so how do they feel about keeping a dog in a crate its whole life? its the same deal.RTR wrote:But of course many stores do sell Oscars for 10-gallon tanks...
id love an oscar. theyre such personable fish.
Re: Figure 8 going full SW?
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 12:52 am
hadla wrote:seriously?? wtf? so how do they feel about keeping a dog in a crate its whole life? its the same deal.RTR wrote:But of course many stores do sell Oscars for 10-gallon tanks...
id love an oscar. theyre such personable fish.
Not really. The LFS is just a temporary stop over before the fish reaches its final home. Keeping fish permanently in LFS conditions is usually wrong
Re: Figure 8 going full SW?
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 1:50 am
What RTR is saying is the LFS sells them FOR 10g tanks--for life.
Re: Figure 8 going full SW?
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 10:39 am
Re: Figure 8 going full SW?
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 10:40 am
Do you really think Petco has tankfulls of them & tells everyone they need 75g ea? How about all the pacus I see FS?
Re: Figure 8 going full SW?
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 11:11 am
no, bit I didn't know they were saying a 10g is fine. Even when I was a kid (under 12) we had an oscar that I wouldn't even consider housing (not holding) in a 10g.
Obviously I can't say what petco is saying or not... even http://www.thatpetplace.com is saying a 55 is minimum. I realize LFS' info can be wrong .. I didn't know that they were THAT wrong.
Obviously I can't say what petco is saying or not... even http://www.thatpetplace.com is saying a 55 is minimum. I realize LFS' info can be wrong .. I didn't know that they were THAT wrong.
Re: Figure 8 going full SW?
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 12:36 pm
The local chains will sell baby Oscars as part of a community for a ten. They would probably sell a Pacu for the same if they had any fry in stock.
Re: Figure 8 going full SW?
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 12:41 pm
and then the customers wonder why the cute little oscar has eaten all their other fishRTR wrote:The local chains will sell baby Oscars as part of a community for a ten. They would probably sell a Pacu for the same if they had any fry in stock.