hi i'm new to the site ... just got registred..... (hello everyone)

i'm doing the samething i saw on the videos you posted on the site since march 2007... i got 5 tiger oscars and an albino veiltail in an 75 gallon tank... water quality is awesome... i make a 15% water change twice a week.... they all are vary helthy.... first question.... if the only male (or female) is the albino will one tiger of the opposite sex pair with him(her) and other question ... the first tiger i got him back in august 2008... the 2nd one i got him mid october.... and the other three i got them yesterday.... and they are all from the same store and back in august they were all the same size.... but now the first one ( which i named chacolate is almost double the size as the ones i got yesterday... will the little one catch up with him fast ... or will there always be this difference in size... cuz the owner of the store says they are all brothers (sisters:P) ... thank you for all the help!!!

PLEASE KEEP THE HELP COMING!!!!

if you are planning on keeping 5 oscars until they pair off and start breeding you will need a larger tank than 75 gallons. oscars become sexually mature at about 1.5 years of age and are about 10 inches or so by then. 5 10 inch oscars will never be able to be kept in a 75. you should look for a 180 us gallon tank to so this.

now all oscars will breed together reguardless of colour or patterns. ie an alibono will breed with a red ect..

as far as how fast your new oscar will grow depends on diet water conditions space and of course genetics. no one will be able to say with certainty that one fish will grow as fast or as big as another. only time will tell.

no if all your oscars are siblings are you sure you want to breed them together. the broader the gene pool the better the results for strong healthy fry.

just a few thing to think about good luck in your endevors


btw welcome to the site

welcome on board!

first, having more that two oscar in 75 gal tank
is overstocking already. you are prone to a lot of
problem later on because oscar is a fast growing huge
fish.

difference in sizes is not much of an issue. juvenile
size eat as much as they can every day. grown up, once
full do not take much foods in a day or two. time will
come that the small one will catch up with the big one.

i was told lately by a breeder in my place that female
usually out grown the male and two or more female with one
male is not an issue. however, if you happen to have two or
more male, you will be in trouble. they will fight for supremacy.
i have not experience something like that because i always buy
in tandem. lucky enough, i always end up with pair.

i just want to keep a pair... so that's why i'm waiting... first sign of them being together i'll take the chances and take 4 out

where do i put the fish i have??

like you did ... 2 oscar... and so on and on??

There is no easy answer as to what to do with them.you need more tanks, or a much larger tank. the only other option is to return them to your local shop and hope they take them back. most shops will if your fish are healthy. some fish pair off together even if they are the same sex so an till very much later you just will not know for sure and may end up wasting time and money. But all said, that's the only way to have a good chance of a pair. as your fish grow your water conditions will become unmanageable and this I think will be your down full. the fish just will not reach an age to pair off before your tank size becomes a issue.