Oscars are one of the fish I see most commonly bought by ignorant people so this is definitely a video that is important. So thanks Blake even though u never plan to get an oscar I am definitely going to show this to the next person trying to keep them improperly.

Great video. Great information about these. Keep up the great work

Good informative vid Blake 👍

Great video and information mate. Never used to like oscars. I think it was there reputation back in the day, but there growing on me more and more. Thanks for the upload

Great video, thanks for sharing these beautiful fish. My all time favorite fish in the hobby! 👍🏽

Good balanced discussion with all the points covered bud. 👍

Love the vid Blake truly love oscars and have a pair in my 6ft tank.

I like the Oscars. The Lakes and Canal Systems around here are full of them. They have been an invasive species over here for a long time. Great Video. 👍🐟

Thank you. I love them.

Another excellent video my friend , I have 3 in the 1400 gallon / 5600lt ? . We cant have kids so our fish are our kids , the 3 Oscars are the biggest personalities . We run the pond 6 inches down with no lids but you are right about lids because I've had them jump as well !

@BlakesAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

That sounds like an awesome pond! Thanks

@doylethomason6015

3 жыл бұрын

@@BlakesAquatics lots of videos on my channel if you wanna see it buddy!

No way any plants with my Oscars I can’t even have a sponge filter mine rips them apart . Great vid thanks Blake

@BlakesAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

🤣 classic cichlid behaviour there

Love my oscars, absolute aqua dogs

I have 2 tiger oscars one albino and 5 turtles in a 300 gallon stock pond in my garage they all get along quite well .

Thank u! Underrated

@BlakesAquatics

9 ай бұрын

Thank you too

I got a couple of wc Oscars in Melbourne a couple of years back .... still have them to this day ..... the biggest one is pushing pass 40cm

@BlakesAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

I got 2 oscars, a gold saum and a marble convict. My 8.5 inch red tiger is the boss and fight splitter of the tank. My other Oscar is a 4.5" true original oscar, a 4" gold saum, and a 4" calico convict. I also have 2 jaguar cichlid fry born in March of 2021 that I am growing out in a 30 gallon until they hit 4" and then 1 will go in my brothers 120 and the other will go in my 115 gallon. Both our triple digit tanks are 5x1.5 ft/18.5" (Length x Depth), but mine is 24"/2ft/60cm tall, his is 26" tall August 7, 2021 writing this comment. Cant wait to see how big the gang gets. I kept a few goldfish with my big red tiger for a few months and she went on a rage spree when I upgraded the tanks and looked so guilty when I found faceless goldfish like when u catch your labrador retriever or pitbull or rottie doing something it shouldn't do. She looked so sad that she killed her friends.

My Oscar was certainly a learning experience. Luckily i had a glass lid and a hood. Came home one day to shattered glass in the bottom of the aquarium. 😮 Somehow the Oscar wasn't injured but cleaning up that glass was hell!

@BlakesAquatics

5 ай бұрын

I had a remarkably similar situation

Great broll man, do love Oscars just don't have the room, but do love these fish

@BlakesAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

Make the room 🤣 get that pond going for the comets etc

@cheveburkinshaw860

3 жыл бұрын

@@BlakesAquatics haha exactly what I was going to say . I’ve seen ur garage u have plenty room hahah 😂

@BlakesAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

@@cheveburkinshaw860 if you can walk around in it you aren't having a crack

great video blake .you made all the pertinent points without sounding like a whiney fish cop lol. everybody should have an oscar sell a kidney if you need to to pay for a big tank just do it. they are my favourite fish by far temperamental emotional and personable. they are the only fish ive owned that truly interacts with me beyond simple food drive.my biggest one wont let my wife near the tank without putting on an agro show but loves to sit and talk to me. visitors like to look at my salt display tank but almost always spend more time at the oscar tank playing with them and talking about them due to their shining personality.

@BlakesAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

Great to hear thanks so much. I really hate those judgemental videos so i thought this way was better

If you still have any oscars can you make a video on how to train them, e.g. how to hand feed and how to make them do tricks

@BlakesAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

i do have oscars still, will definitely consider cheers

Love my Oscars ❤️

I got 11 2inch Oscars in a 55tank now going 2yrs all are fine but moved to a 75tank after 1yr. I've never seen any aggression, maybe aggression is due to getting adult Oscars mixed together.

Could you make a video talking about piranhas please🙏?

@BlakesAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

They are illegal here so i dont have any experience with them sorry

Hi! I have a tank that is a bit bigger than 90 gallons (51'' x 24'' x 24''). Can i have in this tank 1 Oscar, 2 Electric Blue Acara, 1 Blood Parrot, 1 Green Terror, 1 Geophagus Tapajus and 1 Senegal Bichir? The Geophagus and Bichir I want so that they can clean whatever food falls to the substrate.

@BlakesAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Bichir wont clean that well, better off with more geos. It would be a little overstocked with that mix and I think the acara would be bullied a lot.

@susaz7694

2 жыл бұрын

@@BlakesAquatics thank you for the answer! is the oscar the one over stocking the tank or do you think it's the mixture of the fish selected? It's only 6 fish :( yeah the oscar grows really big but i thought i'd be ok with just one. Also, I added the acara because several people on youtube keep them with oscars without problem. or will the other fish bully the acara?

Oscars are an awesome fish. Best part is they live for decades!!!!

Hi I need some ideas for my oscar tank. I want a sand substrate but don't know how to make a nice looking tank

@BlakesAquatics

3 жыл бұрын

Some sand, river pebbles and bogwood is a nice riverbed scape that is smooth and safe

@nobvirusplayz5520

3 жыл бұрын

@@BlakesAquatics 👍

@nobvirusplayz5520

3 жыл бұрын

@@BlakesAquatics I can't find any cheap sand safe for aquarium, is there any sand that's safe for aquarium use in Bunnings warehouse?

Can pothos be kept in oscar fish tank ( only roots ) wouldnt oscar fish destroy the pothos roots ?

@BlakesAquatics

10 ай бұрын

Ive done it before no worries

hey mate... im from Brisbane.. the water temp here goes over 30c every summer... can i still keep Oscars in such high temps? cheers mate.

@BlakesAquatics

Жыл бұрын

Hey mate, i am using a couple of the dymax fans on my axolotl tank to keep it cool and they work quite well. Youll get a lot more evaporation but itll bring the temp down to a betyer space

@danielgfrost

Жыл бұрын

@@BlakesAquatics Will my Oscar fish hurt or die if i leave the water at 30c + temperatures though?

@BlakesAquatics

Жыл бұрын

@@danielgfrost yeah itll deplete the oxygen in the water

@danielgfrost

Жыл бұрын

@@BlakesAquatics Thanks for the responses.. i have a lot of air in my tank.. i have a filter blowing out air, as well as a air bubble wall... oxygen shouldn't be an issue... is that the only reason why high temps hurt the fish??

I’ve heard albino oscar is less aggressive than tiger oscar. Is this true based on your experience?

@BlakesAquatics

10 ай бұрын

No, all fish have different personalities based on a variety of things. Albino or not isnt going to impact that

@RH_01779

10 ай бұрын

@@BlakesAquatics cheers mate

You are such a great cute Oscar guy

@BlakesAquatics

4 ай бұрын

😅

Why do my Oscar swims upside down

@BlakesAquatics

8 ай бұрын

Swim bladder issue usually

@GTA-uc1yf

8 ай бұрын

Ok thanks

@GTA-uc1yf

8 ай бұрын

How do I fix that