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if i buy a small oscar could i keep him in a 240litre tank or wud i need a bigger one wen hes grown2007-11-24 23:35:59

I worked a large aquarium store while I was in high school, and in that time customers had brought in probably 100+ adult Oscars that had been kept in too small a tank. And ironically, not one of them was purchased at the store where I worked (they were blindly sold to these people by large chain stores).

The condition these fish were in when the people brought them in was appalling - the majority of them had bent spines, calloused faces, and Hole in the Head so bad that the holes were going through the skulls. All of these conditions are caused by poor water quality and too small a tank. Most of the fish brought in were on the verge of death, and we had to humanely euthanize them.

So like I said before, you can keep an Oscar in that temporarily, but it will need to be re-housed in the future. Plan on buying a larger tank or finding someone who will be able to take the fish and keep in in their larger tank.

Hope that helps.

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The thing I read was along as your fish is able to turn around comfortably than you should be fine, so if your Oscar grows to a foot(and it will) then you will need a tank that is wider than 12" I don't know the dimensions of your tank but as long as it is more than 50 US gallons you should be fine. But keep in mind these fish are very messy and will need excellent filtration and keep up the water changes