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11-28-2007, 01:49 AM #1
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oscar housing
hi i have 2 baby oscars they are just under 2 inches each. i have them in a 10 gallon. how long can they live in that? i have a 55 gallon tank that will be open for them to use in a year or probably less. in the 55 currently i have a savanna monitor lizard that will be about 4 feet long in a year (tooooooooo big).
but my main question is how long can the baby oscars live in the 10 gallon
and can they live for the rest of their lives in the 55 gallon
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11-28-2007, 01:54 AM #2
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2 need a bare minimum 75g, and only for another month not even can they live in a 10g
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11-28-2007, 01:59 AM #3
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They can stay in the 10 while you get the 55 ready for them asap. The 55 will be fine until they are 8-10", then they need a 75 minimum. This could be in about a year.
How big is the savanna monitor now?
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12-12-2007, 02:21 AM #4
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I would give them a month maybe 2. and I reccomend a 90 for 2
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12-22-2007, 05:59 PM #5
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My bro Aquabison's oscar is about 6" long he's got the hole in the head disease and it's in a 55g tank. In the tank is the oscar and 1 pleco. We need more fish. But is his tank to small or is it fine?
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46g(hex) - 1 African Ciclids
50g - 2 snake skin gouramies, 2 black neon tetras, 4 blue tetras, 3 blood fin tetras, 5 serpae tetras,2 other tetras I don't know the name of, 3 black skirt tetras, and 3 cory cats
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12-22-2007, 06:15 PM #6
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Too small. Bad water quality=HITH.
Originally Posted by SpaceBison
8 tanks running now:
1x 220 gallon, 2x55 gallon, 1x40 gallon long, 1x29 gallon, 1x20 gallon long, 1x5.5 gallon, 1x2 gallon
Gouramis, barbs, rasboras, plecos, corys, tetras, fancy guppies, swordtails, ottos, rainbow shark, upside-down catfish, snails, and Max and Sparkles the bettas.
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12-22-2007, 06:50 PM #7
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Too small plus insufficient diet = HITH, gm. Bad water quality doesn't help, but isn't the root cause of HITH. Originally Posted by gm72
Proof is a properly varied diet eliminates the HITH unless it is left too long.
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12-22-2007, 07:30 PM #8
so JDM
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dave is right, too little needed vitamins in the oscars died leads to HITH too. thats why some people say that carbon can lead to HITH, because carbon absorbs good minerals
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12-22-2007, 08:24 PM #9
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What do you think we should feed him? We feed him Cichlids pellets right now and for his hole in the head were giving him tetracilin along with the cichlid pellets.
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10g - Planted, a betta, 3 baby rainbows, and 3 high fin cory cats
29g - Angelfish, 2 ottos, 4 cory cats, 6 cardinal tetras, 1 snail, 2 rainbows, and 4 gold tetras
46g(hex) - 1 African Ciclids
50g - 2 snake skin gouramies, 2 black neon tetras, 4 blue tetras, 3 blood fin tetras, 5 serpae tetras,2 other tetras I don't know the name of, 3 black skirt tetras, and 3 cory cats
2.5g(hex) - Planted, no fish
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12-22-2007, 10:33 PM #10
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