Hello and welcome.
Before answering all of your questions let me tell you this:
Your tank is 22,5Gl and that will not be enough for a single oscar.
We advice getting a 55Gl tank at the least.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but the wise thing to do ,is getting a bigger tank running first.
Allways willing to answer any other questions but an Oscar in a 22,5Gl tank will not be happy and will not survive for very long.
Adult O's reach a foot in lenght and they need large tanks.
Hope you'll stick around though!