My oscar eats like big like every oscar but my oscar only eats the food if i drop it in when he sees it if he dont see me drop it in he leaves it alone. Also i have cichild sticks that i give him after they float to the bottom he just looks at them lol. Maybe he eats what he thinks is live fresh food lol do you guys observe this?

Mine hardly let any food float down.
they grab it allmost before it hits the water.

Btw if there were a ranking for most started threads, you would be ranked pretty high, with 30 threads within 3 weeks, mr. senior boarder...

omg yay i didnt see that lol and DAMNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN 30 threads i didnt realize sorry if its caused any mishap. But i am so proud of myself about the rank ima go eat a muffin.........maybe i have a candel. Lol its all about my fish not me so everything i do on this site is revolved around my fish and its because of them that i found you all and this wonderful community. But ya maybe ill feed my oscar some superworms to celibrate with me.

Add a spell checker to your web browser Just a thought...

+1 for spell checker

what do you mean about spell check?

Matt E. fish lover wrote:


Matt, making posts simply to raise 'rank' isn't really an 'accomplishment,' and it's kind of defeating the purpose. Most people take at least year or so before posting that much, so newcomers are assuming you've been around that long.

The problem with that is you have to be careful when offering advice to newcomers now because they might see that 'Senior Boarder' title and assume you're an advanced fishkeeper. I'm not saying you're running around doing that or anything, just be aware. You're true 'status' on the site is judged by the experience you have, and the knowledge you demonstrate by giving sound, credible, helpful advice. That starts by establishing a successful, healthy tank YOURSELF, first.

maybe it may sound like im being reckeless with my posts but its not like these are my fist fish if i had a 75 no one would say anything about my random stuff am i right?

Yes we would... Because a 75 is NOT big enough for your stock!

woah i think im talkin about the right lake here but the lake my hybrids come from the tanks there in they like to be close togother almost overstocked but i might be talkn bout the wrong fish i forgot it was something i read a while ago

That doesn't mean them being in an overstocked lake is right!!!

You need roughly 100 gallons to correctly house the fish you ALREADY have!

Matt E. fish lover wrote:


Alright,(sigh). Heeeere we go...bear with me...


Having a larger tank in itself doesn't mean you know what you're doing, necessarily, if that's what you're inferring. I'm sure there are plenty of people with larger tanks who don't. All that really takes is having the cash to plunk down and buying it...something anyone can do, and it's not like you have to take a 'fish test' to buy them. I've seen posts with people with tanks 75-120 gallons with 4 oscars in 'em, and more. And everyone makes mistakes, to me that's the most essential part of becoming experienced. But how you address those mistakes and deal with them is really the most crucial part of it all.

What is important here is a couple of things:

1. You have a seriously overstocked tank. We've been over this, and you are well aware. Kudos to you to make the effort to join the site and get advice, alot of people don't even do that much, and at your age you have the opportunity to become a seriously experienced and knowledgeable fishkeeper down the road if you keep up with it. You might even choose to pursue it further as a career choice if you are so inclined...something that sounds great.

2. Despite knowing this; You do not have the means (regardless of whether its your parents or the money) to put your fish in a healthy environment for the near future., and time is something you do not have alot of.

3. Despite knowing this; you refuse to do what can be considered the only responsible choice of an experienced fish keeper...rehoming them; either temporarily, or permanently. Part of being an experienced keeper of any living thing is making really tough decisions like this, or say, for example, knowing when to euthanize humanely and doing so. You put the quality of life of the thing you care for over your wants and desires. That shows true concern, experience, and perspective. (and, I might add, your 'rank', around this board would improve astronomically faster than simple 'posting' if you chose to do so).

4. Despite knowing this; you post about wanting to add living things to your tank, and about purchasing additional equipment--equipment that is essentially unnecessary and ineffectual in addressing your most basic problem. A problem that should be of paramount importance. Just asking, talking, and learning about equipment and such is fine, but you've indicated an intent to actually buy them and use them right now. To me this is kind of an 'ostrich' strategy. You want to impulsively add things to the tank and get cool equipment right now, and focus on feeding them 'cool' things like feeders and superworms, but you don't want to hear or address the main issue that would involve losing some fish or putting absolutely every last penny (and I mean every last penny), into the most essential things. I got my tank for 30 bucks. Yep, 30 bucks. It's possible to get a much larger tank for very, very cheap, so buying a 20 dollar 'powerhead' or whatever right now is taking crucial time and money away from your fish's health.


And no one minds the posting...that's fine...post away. But it's extremely frustrating when we've gone back and forth about your main issue and just when we seem to have reached some common ground... the next day you pop up with a 'la-de-frickin'-da, I think I'm going to add crabs and a turtle dock and some powerheads, and start a feeder tank' post. Or a post about how much time and effort you've been putting into raising your 'rank' on the forum. I can't tell you how many times you've prefaced a new thread or post with 'yeah, yeah yeah I know I gotta do 'sumthin' about a new tank or rehome but I've been 'thinkn' about gettin a _________ (insert useless/harmful waste of time, effort, and money here)' And then you get all 'pissy' when someone infers that you're not exactly knowledgeable in the fish department, and so you start spamming posts to get the title of 'Expert Boarder' so we alllll see that 'hey, it says he's an 'expert' boarder, so we should make sure and think of him like an 'expert.' It doesn't work that way. I'm by no means an expert, not even close, but if you're an expert then I'm friggin' Jaques Cousteau.

FFS It's like...'Are you not getting this?!? Are you not understanding your fish are going to DIE, D-I-E, and pretty soon?!? No matter what 'odds-n-ends' you put in there, or what you feed them, or whatever your forum rank is?!' It's impossible to have any 'rank' of any real value on a fish board when you have no fish because they're DEAD. Make sense? If you don't want to hear it, and don't want advice, then don't keep asking for it....cause you're gonna get it, and it's gonna be the same thing. And it should be. So don't get all 'huffy' and defensive when you keep getting called out on it like we're 'nagging' you, or giving you a 'hard time.' That "I don't mean to be harsh and i know you're young" disclaimer is over and done with right about...ummmm....NOW.

My main concern is a couple of weeks or months down the road we're gonna see a new thread entitled "NEW OSCAR FISH YAY" that begins... "Well, I've been thinking about getting a tiger oscar this time b/c my other fish died b/c they weren't healthy from the fish store..." (or something to that effect). Thus absolving yourself of any real responsibility, and the cycle continues, and we head on down the saaame road to the inevitable saaame conclusion...Don't be like that. Don't be that guy.