THE OSCAR AQUARIUM

How to set up and care for an oscar fish aquarium.

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[thekingofdiy]

The oscar! My random thoughts on them... What are your's?

[pistachoo.]

My mom had an Oscar that refused to die! Despite several instances of hole-in-the-head, and house-sitters who over fed, under fed, and lapsed with water changes when she traveled, she always came home to find him still swimming around! He finally died at 18 or 19 years of age. He was huge, probably about 14" long, and hilariously picky about the decorations in his tank. There was one little flower pot he absolutely HATED, and would always bury with gravel every time my mom dug it out and repositioned it. His best bud was a large common pleco... he'd let the pleco come and "groom" his sides and float aimlessly adrift while he enjoyed his massage. My mom lasted less than a year before getting a new one because they are such entertaining roommates! The new one is doing very well and has a beautiful smooth face; no hole-in-the-head! He also does the thing with his pleco pal, now, though it took him a while to decide they could be friends.

[Engifarting]

"Oscar is the most abused fish in the Hobby"
Goldfish: hold my beer

[randfam]

You definitely inspired us to get a fish tank after 20 years of being out of the Hobby. Now I am introducing it to my six-year-old daughter

[michaelvalentine]

So cool to finally see you with an Oscar. It’s the fish I’ve been keeping since I started in the hobby back in 1995. Greatest fish in the hobby if you can provide the proper conditions!

[abbystevens]

Interesting.I m not a Oscar keeper.But I love species profiles just to learn about other fish species and why people love them.
Thanks again for another great teaching video Joey.I now kind of understand why you love Oscars.

[bread-guy]

How to care for flowerhorns next. I think a large amount of people would really like that.

[PhilMahooters]

Hook is one of the best looking Oscars, and a perfect example for this video. Good job Joe

[kingiking]

I had 2 red Oscars for many years and they were like a couple of little dogs to me because they were so intelligent and friendly. I could handle them and they enjoyed it. They used to love bulldozing all the gravel in the tank from one end to the other. Sometimes when they were naughty they would smash the tank lights .
I ended up with 16 tanks with many different species just like yourself. I love your red discuss also and appreciate all your work and vids mate.
Take care.😆
Regards. ....Kingi

[Littlewings]

I really enjoyed having a species specific video, that was really cool.
When he changed colour so fast it looked like he got seasick 🤣

[marcinwiklacz]

You've got the perfect background for him there. He seems to be camouflaging.

[oregonterri]

Thank you for the closed caption, it really helps when I am taking notes. Keep up the great work!!!

[lindasmith]

In my first fishkeeping years I had two little tiny Oscars in a ten gal tank. No internet then mind you. Then I had two in a 20, two in a 40, then went right to 75. I loved them. They would sulk and drape themselves over rocks and play dead if their food was late. They would rub on my arms when I was sticking the plastic plants back in. I took a serial murdering electric blue African cichlid about an inch long and threw him into their tank. He'd killed everything in a 55 tank over a weekend when we were gone. It was either that or burial by sea. The huge Oscars never ate him! They grew, he grew but they never ate him. He was, however, exceedingly polite.

[thecatastrophe]

i had a tiger oscar when i was little and he was amazing. now i recently brought home a lutino lemon tiger oscar who's the most beautiful active and coolest fish ever! definitely my favorite species

[Faworki]

Hey Joey, where is Frank? the last 3 vids You have done and walked thru the gallery I see Franks tank is dark.. Where did Frank and his wife go?

[lifezbeautufil]

Your videos are always so informative and fun to watch...keep posting and thanks for the upload.

[bellabubbles]

Thank you for doing this video! I have two tiger oscars of my own and I absolutely love them! Also I'm doing a speech on Oscars in my com 101 class next week.

[DavidBrown-whix]

My favourite fish. Planning on getting one again soon. A well timed and very informative video. Thank you.

[debohaver]

please do a species spotlight on flowerhorns. Since I fell in love with Frank, have noticed myself looking at other lobbyists channels who have a flowerhorn. The size bubble on the top of the male's head I noticed vary. Thanks

[josequins]

I love how Hook's coppery colour is echoed in the 3D decoration in his tank. Very pretty set up altogether.