hi guys im pretty new to the community nd i have owned an oscar for 5 years... i will admit i havent taken care of it the best i can i had it in a 30 gallon and couldnt clean it properly but it has been upgraded to a much larger tank and i now know how to clean it test for water and taking care of it right but i do want to know how big of a tank i need and what i need to prepare (food, medicines, water conditioner,etc) for 6 or maybe even 8 little oscar for i will try to grow them to adults and what kind of scenery should i have any reponse will is apreciated and will be helpul thank you

if your plans are to house 6-8 oscars until they reach maturity then im afraid you will need a rather large tank. and by large i mean something in the 300-400 gallon range. along with that you will need filtration to go along with it.

how about just keep one? that would require 55 gallon (US) minimum- bigger is always better:) you'll find lots of useful info on this site on how to best care for your little finned friend

planning the tank is part of the fun

6-8 oscar is monsterfishkeeping and will indeed need a very big tank.
If yo are ready for the big league, i say go for it!
But please consider that keeping a monstertank running will be costfull and will need a big dedication.
I was planning for a 600Gl but after doing the research i decided it was too much for me..

6 to 8 oscars will require huge tank with matching filtration.
a 2 x 4 x 1 tank will do (in meter). with that size and good
filtration, you will have buffer for water change...

i say if u have the resources to have such a big tank, an it will have to MASSIVE then go 4 it, wish i had enough space 4 8!

ty for the comment and im curently housing 2 oscars but i gues i was overestimating on how big 6-8 oscar is

how much food and water changes do you think i will need?

try this
www.aqadvisor.com/AqAdvisor.php

Rocter wrote:

That's why research is essential.
Glad you reconsider!

I, too did the mistake of buying oscars prior to reasearch. I bought two oscars and housed them in a 10 gal tank. I upgraded to 50 gal tank (because that's all I could afford at that time) and get them to grow up to 6 inches. But they started fighting and long story short, I end up rehoming one and he is now alone but happy in my 50gal tank. He is now 7".