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emc7 · 04-04-2008, 09:01 AM

Whats your other source? Are there dwarf oscars in your neighborhood, or are do they mean minimum to start with? Here we tend to take the full adult size into account. Whats wrong with a smaller fish? Do you only have oscars there and nothing else?

People here make recommendatation based on their own experience, and if they are just guessing, say so. No one here has any financial incentive to mislead you. I trust the 70 gallon consesus. IMO: if you disregard this advice, you are asking for trouble. You may well be successsful and you can compensate with large water changes for a heavy fish load. But I don't know of any way to compensate for lack of swimming room.

I really don't think you want to discover the tank is too smal the hard way. I don't want to see posts from you like "why can't I keep the tank clean/nitrates down?, "why does my oscar keep getting sick"? or even "gah.. my oscar cracked his tank"

04-04-2008, 09:01 AM	#10
emc7 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 39 Posts: 2,901	Whats your other source? Are there dwarf oscars in your neighborhood, or are do they mean minimum to start with? Here we tend to take the full adult size into account. Whats wrong with a smaller fish? Do you only have oscars there and nothing else? People here make recommendatation based on their own experience, and if they are just guessing, say so. No one here has any financial incentive to mislead you. I trust the 70 gallon consesus. IMO: if you disregard this advice, you are asking for trouble. You may well be successsful and you can compensate with large water changes for a heavy fish load. But I don't know of any way to compensate for lack of swimming room. I really don't think you want to discover the tank is too smal the hard way. I don't want to see posts from you like "why can't I keep the tank clean/nitrates down?, "why does my oscar keep getting sick"? or even "gah.. my oscar cracked his tank" Last edited by emc7; 04-04-2008 at 09:51 AM.