A few Q's before I start..

I have decided to get an Oscar (although I dont know which kind yet) but I need to know a few things before i buy.

1: A friend of mine has a tank that she is willing to give me but she only knows the measurements in inches. they are 36,12,20. Anybody know how to calculate the gallons??..if this isnt big enough i will go with the LFS tank.

2: I was looking at baby Oscars in Walmart and they had a black and white mixed colouration...will they have this when they get to be full size, or will they grow out of it? I havent seen any pics of adult Oscars with this colouring so far...

3: Which would be better in an Oscar tank..sand or graval? I really like the look of sand but do oscars?

Thanks for any help you can give.

 

Sorry, I cannot help with many of your questions. But I do know that a tank of those dimensions is not big enough for one oscar. I estimate it to be about 30 gallons.

 

1. The tank is 37.5 gallons which isn't large enough for an oscar. To figure volume: (length x width x height)/231 = gallons.

2. Coloration tends to change a lot as the fish grows. I believe juveniles that are black with silver looking stripes will end up being tigers (the silver stripes will turn orange).

3. Sand is perfectly find with oscars.

-Chelle

 

baby oscars are great. they get dull colors when they get older. unless u get like an albino, a red and a tiger in the same tank.

 

im not sure but it sounds like a 37 gallon and p.s dont buy fish from walmart at my walmart they have like 50 bala sharks in like a little 10-15 gallon try to find a petco,petsmart,superpet,petcetera,petvalu,or aqurium services my favourite neways good luck with the dropsy thing ive never seen it got pic?

 

I only have walmart and an individual pet and plant store near me which doesnt carry much in the way of Oscars. The closest Petsmart is 45-60 mins away. Its not okay to have a fish in a bag that long is it? last time my fish were in a bag for long, they got ich. (and i was a real newbie then, so i didnt recognise it and they died. Definitly dont want that to happen again...)

 

actually 45-60 minutes would be fine....and the fish u had before didnt get ich from being the bag that long...ich is a parasite and is spread by being in the infected water...they probably got it from the tank they were in before you bought them.