hello again,

my oscar fis has a way to small tank i got him he was about 9 cm, i put him into a 34 liter tank ( VERY BAD IDEA I REALIZED) he grew up to 10 cm, i need a bigger tank, i got no money, i really dont know what to do, i love my fish, i dont wanna him to die

i was wondering if any of you had a tank that they dont use that is medium i really would need it, but i need to know as well, when do i have to get him into a bigga tank,
i know when there full size they need 2000 liter tanks, i got no idea where ill get that or if ill be able to buy it, please anyone, help.

hey man i think that is about 8 gallons and 2.5 inches so i would say get a like trash can or something til you get money take a loan out the bank get sum money from ur parents go on craigslist or something like that i would say by the time he is four inches he will die or suffer in there and wat are your water conditions and wat kinda filtration do u have

my temperature is 29 degrees celcius, water perfecly clean, i change the water 100% per 2 weeks,

i dont know what to do

wow man 100 percent every two weeks is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy tooo much even fifty percetn is to much if i were u i would change 15 percent every day and 1/3 once a week 100 percent is to much and lke i said get like a trash can or something

tigathecool wrote:


Ok, man... relax...no need to panic,

first thing....you just gotta read up the articles on the website. so you have a general understanding of what you're dealing with having an oscar.

1. You are gonna need to get a bigger tank, and fast. 55 gallon at a minimum. If you can't manage that you might need to give him up for the time being. Keeping him in a garbage can really isn't a good idea if you were to do so for any significant period of time (i.e. if it wasn't an emergency like a tank breaking or something).

I know that's not what you want to hear but he's not going to survive long in such a small tank. You might not think you can afford a bigger tank but depending on where you live there are a lot of options available in most cases...very inexpensive ones. That being said if you are short on cash keeping an oscar is not the hobby for you. It's not cheap. At all. Even once you have all the equipment you're still paying significantly more electricity, replacement parts for the filter, chemicals, and food. And that's assuming nothing goes wrong...which it will. Oscar's live for years and years if they're healthy so you can expect to be paying a good deal of money for years and years if you truly want to get the best out of the hobby and enjoy a healthy fish.


2. do you use water conditioner when you do water changes?

3. Why do you change the water 100% every 2 weeks?

4. What kind of filtration do you have?

The way I see it is that you have two choices and you have got to act now. Either you get an appropriate size tank with matching filtration, or you find a new home for your fish.

Let me put it another way, what would you do if you bought a dog that got really big, you weren't able to feed it properly or take it out, its health started deteriorating and it was very obvious it was suffering? Would you keep it hoping things would get better, or would you find a new home for it? I'm afraid I really can't put it any blunter.

where do you live? If your in north america, you can go online to sites like kijiji.com or craigslist.com and find used tanks.

Got both my 40 gallon for 75$ which included everything even the stand and my 110 gallon for $100 with stand from kijiji.ca. the only problem was the size and weight of the 110G tank. Took me and three other friends to move that tank because Its a old one that has 1/2" plate glass and weighed 200 pounds empty.

There is always a way!

im sorry bud you might be atached to him but theres only two ways to go if u get rid of ur oscar and still want fish get a goldfiish till you get enough money to house an oscar i wish the best of luck to you and i know its hard giving up a fishi had to do it and it hurt but thats what i had to do and it got done the day i knew it had to be done

Hey mate, its pretty easy to come across big tanks, I've jus been offered a 120gallon tank for nothing, unfortunatley it doesn't come with any filtration or heating its jus the tank, bt if you find something like this I'm sure u will beable to get a decent canister filter and heater cheap enough. In the short term thoough why dont you pop into a fish store (perhaps the 1 where u bought the oscar) and ask them to look after him 4 u until u can get a bigger tank, perhaps advertise in the local papers etc in the wanted section.
My only other advice is that you should really listen to the people on this site they are really helpful and are a mass of knowlege and helpful experience. good luck mate.

ok i am feelin better now,

im gonna ask the petshop to take care of him, thx mate, oh and the 120 gallon how much you got it for? cause i am really poor can you send me details at :

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thx all for youre supplie ( i like this site!)

Hey I've not actually got it yet but it was free, through a friend of a friend. where are u from? jus i'm in england so it won't really be much use me sending u the details if ur on the other side of the world. Best thing 2do like i say is 2 advertise a wanted in alot of local papers and mags, even on social networking sites like facebook and twitter etc. best of luck keep us informed of how it goes. kie

my oscar is on the bottom of the tank an is breathing heavy but I noticed it looks like a film or a bubble in his mouth when he opens it can some one plz reply