hello everybody

[diabloNtash]

You have very pretty oscars and thanks for the advice

 

[LogansMomma]

No problem. If u have any questions feel free to ask. I've been raising Oscars for a total of about 4 years.

 

[diabloNtash]

What's the biggest oscar you have? Mine only 3 inches you don't think he be fine until I can upgrade in a couple months?

 

[LogansMomma]

Yeah I think he'll be fine, as long as u actually do get him a larger tank, have good filtration, and reg water changes.

I'm kind of doing the same thing with mine. I have my two largest (4.5inch) in the 90 and two smaller in my 20. I can't quit buying them :blushes: lol ,so I'm going to have to get about a 200 gal :/ or larger just to keep the four I have now. Don't know exactly where I'm going to put it either. Might just have to rehome some. I don't want to.

I'm sad to say I didn't used to be the greatest fish keeper. I was ignorant. The best advice I can give to u is research everything you can about your fish. Wikipedia is my best friend. Lol.

 

[diabloNtash]

Yea I Google quite a bit on my fish

 

[LogansMomma]

Me too.

 

[diabloNtash]

Where you get your albino I never seen one so white

 

[LogansMomma]

I think I got him at PETCO. I don't normally by fish from lfs stores though. They don't know much about the fish/ plants they sell.

Last week they sold me plants that weren't aquatic at all. :hand to head:They were pseudo or false aquatic plants. My fault for not researching before I went.

 

[diabloNtash]

Yea Walmart is only place I have but I like saving fish from there. Walmarts fish are usually really bad with fin rot and ick I feel bad for all the fish there

 

[LogansMomma]

Yeah, as bad as you feel for them, you should probably stop buying from Walmart. I don't buy from there beacause I don't want to infect my tank. :-/

 

[jetajockey]

It may seem like a good deed to save fish from those places but if you look at the big picture its a different story. Buying from those places just dooms even more fish to those deplorable conditions, plus it supports the company who chooses to treat them that way. It's a form of indirect approval for their behavior.

Anyway, ill get off that soapbox. I like Oscars a lot also, I plan to put a albino longfin tiger oscar in a display one day.

 

[LogansMomma]

It may seem like a good deed to save fish from those places but if you look at the big picture its a different story. Buying from those places just dooms even more fish to those deplorable conditions, plus it supports the company who chooses to treat them that way. It's a form of indirect approval for their behavior.

Anyway, ill get off that soapbox. I like Oscars a lot also, I plan to put a albino longfin tiger oscar in a display one day.

I totally agree with you.^

I would love To get a albino longfin, but I'm pretty sure he'll get tore up with the guys I have now. Longfins are beautiful but I think they are bred to look that way... And are susceptible to more disease.

 

[diabloNtash]

Yea only place I have to buy fish though and plus I have few diffrent kinds of medicine so I just quartine them then if the are sick treat them and then stick them in our tank and that's work for me so far

 

[diabloNtash]

And reguardless I'm only one and me not buying there fish is not gonna do anything and there still gonna sell fish I just like that I know I can help the ones I do buy ya know? And I've saved many so that's a good deed in my book. Lol

 

[LogansMomma]

Look and order from the internet.

Liveaquaria.com
Thepetplace.com
Fishdirect.com
Just to name a few.

Most have a great selection and are pretty cheap.

Oh and yes that is a good deed

 

[diabloNtash]

Yea but those places want an arm and leg just to ship.

 

[LogansMomma]

Very true. But sometimes worth it. That might be your only option unfortunately unless you plan on taking a road trip.