with all the different kinds of fish in the aquarium trade im a little curious as to why people keep oscars.

for me it happenned when i was young. i went out with my older brother on night to one of his friends house for a party. in his living room there was a aquarium and in it were 2 tiger oscars. he had moonlighting on in the tank and i fell in love the gracefull oscars swimming around the tank. since then i always wanted oscars of my own and many years later i got my wish. now i have many different varieties of fish in my house in many tanks but one thing is a certainty and that is i will always have an oscar tank.

when i was young my granpa called me and said he just picked up two big tiger oscars. so, the next day he came by, and we dumped them in a 55. they didn't last long (i had no idea how to keep them), but i admit i fell in love with them... i picked up a juvie a year later and have since always had an oscar in my tanks one way or another

ha ha ha... i started oscar by accident. i grew up in the
fish pond... when i started my city life, i missed having
fish around... so i started with tilapia... accidentally,
i got oscar thinking it was grouper in fresh water. i like
them because they grwo fast and taste good (sorry to all
oscar fish lover) i started this hobby as experiment for
backyard food production.

when i fall in love with my lemon oscar... i did not allow
any of my brothers to cooked them.... from there on... i
always ahve an oscar. i lost the next batch due to strong
storm... but i keep on getting another one.

I have always had tropical community fish..my older daughter came home one day and said mom you've got to help!!this Oscar is going to die if you don't go get him..it was love at first sight:kiss: he is my fish puppy, and he dances when he sees me.

I started off with a community tank which was what i was used to when i was at home with my mother, but after visiting the pet shop a number of times and seeing their show tank with 2 amazing oscars in it, i fell in love and decided this is for me.
so in time i managed to sell the community tank and get myself oscars, and im so glad i did, in my eyes theirs the best fish a man can have.
you seem to be able to get a bond with oscars, unlike most other fish.

Mine were a gift, hubby came home grinning so we put the tiny little things in the 30 gallon tank with the black skirts, needless to say that didn't last long. I did some reading and was shocked at how big they get so off to craigslist we went and found a big tank. So I guess they went from a gift to a decades long commitment.