Still the Oscar Situation!

[Fish Guy]

I have been feeding them pellets since i got them, i have started with the the worms and crictets just 5 days ago, and there so no left over food on the bottom. But anyway about the tank size, i'm going away to work so i can get money for school, insurence and a 130 gallon etc........but how big will you think they will be in 6 months? Because a person I know from here, Daivd Tutton who also writes to you has a 13" oscar in a 33 gallon and its doing fine. The two i have now are about 5" or so, and have the tank to themselves. I know oscars get big i just thought that a 55 would do them for a while thats all.

[Pam Chin]

Hi Matt,

Well, I really don't want to get in to keeping a 13" oscar in 33 gallon tank. It just doesn't seem to me like that is fair for the oscar. I know that pellets are not as messy as flakes, perhaps I should clarify, that I really do feed my dovii, "sticks", by Tetra, which are really just pellets that are in a long and narrow form rather than round, but maybe that has something to do with they way they are eaten.

Although keeping one oscar in 55 gal tank is not really good, keeping 2 in a 55 is asking for trouble in my opinion since as they get bigger and older one is going to become dominate and probably reek havoc on the other. Then again maybe nothing will happen.... I can only share with you what has been my experiences in the past, and what I have heard from other fishkeepers. And that consensus is; it is not a good thing.