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(Velvet Cichlid) (Marble Cichlid) (Standard Oscar) (Red Tiger Oscar) (Red Oscar) (Albino Oscar) (Peacock-eye)

Albino Tiger Oscar and a Tiger Oscar
Albino Tiger Oscar and a Tiger Oscar

Scientific Name
Astronotus ocellatus
Type Cichlids
Family
Cichlids, Cichlidae
Subfamily
Percidae
Other Names
Velvet Cichlid, Marble Cichlid, Standard Oscar, Red Tiger Oscar, Red Oscar, Albino Oscar, Peacock-eye
Minimum Tank Size
30 gallon, the bigger the better
Tank Level
Middle, but will swim to all levels
Care
They are messy with very large waste and need frequent water changes.
Behavior
Territorial, especially when paired up for breeding. Reputation to be aggressive, but are less aggressive than most other cichlids, and are actually pretty peaceful if paired up with other relatively robust species. Can live in small groups. Smart, messy, will up-route plants, learns to recognize their owners and learns when it's feeding time. Will sometimes swim to your hand if you put it into the tank. Have been known to let you know when it is hungry by putting on a performance, swimming to the surface of the water, opening and closing it's mouth. Needs some stimulation, or it may become board, and stressed becoming more susceptible to illness. Their tanks should not be barren. They like to play with heaters, snails, and ping pong balls. Likes to dig in the gravel. They will most enjoy being in a room where they can see you often. They like to watch their owners. Loves to eat, can be taught small tricks.
Compatibility Can be kept by itself or with other cichlids of the same size. Said to do best with other Oscars, but people do keep them with some types of barbs, catfish eels, knifefish and sharks. Also pacu, silver dollar, annostomus, large arawana, wolf fish and Polypterus of similar size. Will eat smaller fish.
Life span
10 years
Size
12 inches (30 cm) Grows up very fast
Aquarium
Tank must have a lid so they do not jump out. Lower light, as they like to eat fish at the surface of the tank. Will tear up live plants.
Water chemistry
Freshwater
pH
6.0 - 7.5 (neutral)
Hardness
dH: 5.0 - 19.0 (soft to hard)
Temperature
75°- 86°F (24° to 30° C)
Feeding
Carnivorous - Likes to eat live smaller fish. They do well on live food such as, feeder fish, worms, crickets, brine shrimp. They will accept a variety of foods such as cichlid flakes, cichlid pellets, frozen foods and krill.
Sexing
Hard to tell
Breeding
Minimum of 55 gallon tank. Breeding pair form a strong bond after numerous "trials of strength". They then become loyal to one another. Broods of around 1000 eggs are laid on a pre-cleaned site, such as a slate. Parents protect their young together. Usually good parents.
Origin
Amazon River basin, South America
Extras
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Tiger Oscar
Tiger Oscar

 

Tiger Oscar
Tiger Oscar

Oscar's eat live fish

In the wild Oscar's eat live food and will very much enjoy being fed live food in their tank. Be careful where you get your feeder fish from. The common goldfish or guppies traditionally sold at fish shops are undernourished, making them less nutritional for the Oscar. If you are going to feed your Oscars feeder fish, keep them in a separate tank for a while to make sure they are disease free and feed them nutritious food so those nutrients can get passed on to your oscar. Pellets can also be fed to Oscars. The more common choices of live food are krill, prawn, shrimp, small fish, crickets, all sorts of worms, and crayfish.

Tiger Oscar and an Albino Tiger Oscar
Tiger Oscar and an Albino Tiger Oscar

 

Albino Tiger Oscar
Albino Tiger Oscar

Albino Tiger Oscar
Albino Tiger Oscar

Tiger Oscar
Tiger Oscar

Albino Tiger Oscar
Albino Tiger Oscar

A Tiger Oscar and an Orange Cichlid in the Wood

A Tiger Oscar and an Orange Cichlid in the Wood

 

 

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