What is the growth rate of a tiger oscar.

[HorrorShowRot]

Allright I am going to be getting a tiger oscar an albino one gf doesnt like the black one. I find it odd that the albino is cheaper then the regular? It was wierd. But there healthy. Anyways back to the topic. How fast do they grow. I dont want the fish to freak out because he will be the only fish in a 75g except for a bottom feeder if the oscar will allow it. I dont want to get 2 oscars just for the fact the tank will be to small. And for some fish such as my ID shark he was happier with a tank mate. Any suggestions?

[Northernguy]

Roughly 1" per month but slowing down a wee bit after 8 months.
Mine grew just over ten inches and were about 1 1/2" when I got them.

[HorrorShowRot]

Very nicexD Also what should i feed him I am thinking a high protein diet because I want him to be a show off fish. Just a nice large fish healthy and I hear there smart, like will know who i am.

[MCHRKiller]

Feed them a good base pellet food, throw in some Hikari massivore when it grows large enough, and chop up some fresh seafood for it. You should see no less than your fish hitting a nice solid 10-11" within a years time. Oscars grow like crazy till they hit 8-9"...and then it slows down quite a bit. My pair is right at 13" and about 2 years old. They hit 11" in their first year...so as you see the growth does slow quite a bit. Keep up good water quality and you should defiantly see some nice results. For a companion fish, I would probably get a female convict.

[HorrorShowRot]

I dunno my female is more violent then my male :hmm3grin2orange: of my pair of cons. The female actually beats the male up. I am going to big als tomorow just to browse. Gonna look at the best food I can get for him

[octoxpuss]

same here my female beat up my male haahaha she seems depressed today is the day i seperated the fry from ehr. she is all :(

[HorrorShowRot]

Yea your the person I was replying to ur thread The female will be down for a couple days. But then soon there will be more fry. I would give em a week and there will be more. Happened to me. How are the fry handling? You would be more worried about the fry. The smaller fish when there stress tend to pass on easier then the adult sized. But if you stuck with my advice I am sure it all went well I hope for you.thumbs2:

[octoxpuss]

yeah everything went pretty well. All fry are about a 1/4 - 1/2 " in length with the stripes and things goin on. Swimming i dont even have to crush the flakes they eat them themselves just keep picking at them 22 days old and i decided to change out the substrate and stuff. Ha i am really peaved at myself tho so yeah everything is good

[Northernguy]

I found Hikari floating pellts to be best for my oscars.They crap half as much which really keeps the tank a lot cleaner looking.thumbs2:

[Ark6ie]

FAST!!!!!!
a convict would be a good companion for the oscar.. i had mine grow up together and their was no aggression at all. :hmm3grin2orange:

[chronic]

Yeah they grow fast! I didn't even realize how big mine were until i measured them... I've been telling people "yeah, they're big... like 7-8inches"

No, they're almost 10" lol See them everyday, I've become used to their size

[HorrorShowRot]

Awesome stuff. I cant wait to get mine.