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ziyaadb

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Growing like crazy.

I've been thinking of getting a extra bigger tank. Having fooshies in the house is nice.....
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Yup oscars do grow very fast if u can take pics on a month to month basis u will be amazed at how big they grow

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HAHHAH it is starting man you have the beginning symptoms of MFTS(multiple fish tank syndrome) and its a great feeling until u decide to go marine. I had 5 running tanks at one stage. I recomend you visit the following sites:

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/ - best international cichlid site imo (bass are cichlids as well)

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/ - lotsa guys here keep bass as fish pets

Local sites:
http://www.apsa.co.za/board/index.php
http://www.fishforum.co.za/
http://ratemytank.co.za/smf/

and once u decide to go marine which will eventually happen should u get full blown MFTS:

http://reefcentral.com/forums/index.php?s=
http://www.sareefkeeping.com/
http://www.marineaquariumsa.com/


Happy browsing and I am crossing fingers that you get full blown MFTS::S
 
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Few pics of my "water dogs". I've been feeding them freshwater shrimps and earthworms.
 

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I buy the shrimps from a petshop in Vanderbijlpark. They also sell live blood worms in bags aswell. They put a few hundred (it looks more like thousands) tiny shrimps in bags filled with water and pure o2. I should actually take a video clip when feeding them to the fooofshies. When you put the shrimps in ,the whole tank is filled with small pink spots, but within minutes they are all gone.

I've been thinking of getting another small tank and breed my own shrimp, then I can fatten them up a little bit.... hahahaha!!!

I like this pic, check the shadows on the wall of those Bala sharks. I was quite suprized to see the Oscars accept them as tank mates. They are extremely active, it looks like they are on steriods the whole time.

I put them in after someone told me that they are good to have in the tank as they will show early signs if parasites are breaking out in the tank. Then you will know to start treating the tank before it gets worse.

The Oscars are actually amazing fish, well mine are, each one has its own personality. Bad luck, if they decide to eat the tankmates later on. Thats why I bought preditor fish instead if gold fish!!!!!  
 

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BucknutZ

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I was the proud owner of a tiger oscar few years back, it didn't except any other fish not even it's on kind. He killed other oscars 2 and a half times his size.

He would swim up next to them and start vibrating with his tail......dan begin die fight.

Sadly i lost him and shortly after decided no more fishtank.
 
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Scrat

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The problem here was that your fish was not the same size. If you put fish together, they must still be very very young and the same age/size! My brother-in-law insisted that I add his fish into my tank last week. They f*ck it up over night by ripping out its fins and then it probably died because it could not swim. I told him it would happen!!!!

Oscars are actually known for protecting other tank mates against new preditor IF they have grown up together. I also have 2 silver dollars in the tank with them since day one, and they even feed together. I added one Silver Dollar about 2 and half weeks ago as I read they need to be 3 or more to school! It only lived for 2 days and was killed by the Oscars!

Unfornuantly this is the way we learn, by trail and error.
 

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BucknutZ

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yip, you probally right but i put new oscars in the tank because the one's he grew up with he also killed.

I lost him due to jumping out the tank after not replacing the tank lid. (not me)
 
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Scrat

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They do jump like crazy. The old Oscar you had was probably just protecting its area, just like a bass would do. Oscars get more agreesive if you dont feed them enough, don't have enough space and if there is too much light in the tank for too long. They are also more agressive for a while after eating live bait.
 
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Scrat

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As ek 'n klein een kan kry, sal ek defnitief. Dit is eintlik die oorsprnklike doel van die tank! Maar ek het baie lank terug gaan bass vang. Dinge is maar besig en rof.
 
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Scrat

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No ways, a bass mouth is much larger than the Oscars per body size. Both speci has the same type of "teeth" structure. It also depends on who is more stressed out. But if you put one bass in with all four my Oscars, it will surely die if it is the same size or even a little bit bigger. Both Oscars and Bass are very lazy when it comes to swimming after pray. Thats the reason the dollars survive, they are extremly fast and energetic.

I think you are under estimating Bass's ability to swallow things 2 thirds of its size.

........ This post is becomming saddist .... LOL!!!! Almost like a dog fight or cock fight forum..... hahaha!!!
 
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Loams

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So uhm, the solution is simple...........

Get ready to rumbleeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

Who wants to donate a Bass and an Oscar?? :lol:1
 
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ziyaadb

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hmm i would love to get hold of them shrimps (illegal) anyways tank is looking splendid looks like the bass are not coming anytime soon.
 
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