Hole in the Head

A video that shows what happens when poor water quality, diet, and overall care are the culprits for a Tiger Oscar. He is on his way to getting better now.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Tiger
• Oscar
• fish
• cichlid
• aquarium
• fishtank

[napoleontak]

55 gallon is great so stop acting like it hurts them so badly. u shouldnt get a tall 55 gal though a 55 gal long is best.

[velhg73]

@napoleontak 55 gallons is fish prison. It is too bad the fish can't speak for themselves. Great would be a 300 gallon tank with an amazonic template.. flies for them to jump out of and catch like they do in the wild. Stop acting like the bare minimum is "great!" lol

[burzumaske20]

a 100 gallon is not the minimum for just 1 oscar,it is 55 gallons,but if you wanted to add more fishes to the tank,getting at least a 120 gallon to 150 gallon aquarium set up is the best thing to do depending what you get.Right now I have quite a few in my 55 gallon for a grow out tank,will be buying a 120 gallon long tank in a couple of months.

[velhg73]

@burzumaske20 IF you want to squeeze a fish that gets 12+ in size and provide the smallest sized tank.. then a 55 would be MORE than appropriate! IF you want to make it comfortable and allow it to stretch its proverbial legs... a 100 is the utmost MINIMUM.... these guys are amazing hunters in the wild. They dart 10-25 feet to catch their prey at amazing speeds... I suppose keeping a prisoner in a 6x9 cell is the minimum... but ideally you want them to have some room to move.

[velhg73]

@velhg73 "plenty of room" is such a subjective word that NEVER takes in account what these fish really need or if asked would prefer. All I know and go with is what I have seen in the wild and the DRASTIC difference in their behavior when kept in a 55 gallon tank vs much bigger situations. In what many people consider ok, a 55, 60 etc.. they are sedintary and swim limitedly. in MUCh bigger their true personalities come out.. they are agile.. and exercised. 50 adequate? maybe to keep alive.

[hawnted]

best of luck little bud.

Hopefully your owner stays away from petsmart feeders

[KCguero816]

i hope the piranhas bite ur fingers off dumb fuKC

[mikail69nova]

@robertmp002

Your the fucking dumb ass dude!! Oscers grow to be like 14" You my friend are an ignorant mother fucker!!! You have got to be the stupidest person on the face of this earth! Learn about the fish before you go buy one and put it in a 20 gallon tank you dumb fuck!!! If I here you say something as stupid as that again I'll lose my faith in humanity!!

[hectorresume]

too sad............why do people keep pets and know nothing about them.. how ignorant...baad karma...

[robertmp002]

@velhg73 my oscar is in a 20g tank and he's doing just fine... you dumbass' don't know what you're talking about

[blahblerbblab]

wheres the ho,e in its head, i wantd to see live brain

[rudyyy911]

oscar in a 20 gallon limited to feeder goldfish and water changes 1 time every 6 months? nothing good about that. young oscars can be in a 30 gallon minimun ,,once they get big you gotta upgrade unless its only him in the tank which i doubt,, and dont only feed live fish and tank should be cleaned 1 or 2 times a month, oscrads are very messy eaters.

[will20091995]

my oscars were sick because of the the bad filter , i got a new one 1000 gallons filter with uv for a 100 gallon tank

they are still not getting better :( any tips anyone please

they are always at the bottom of the tank they eat only little and my black oscar has something on its head

[zyclonb6]

Ok i care about my fish and treat themlike gold but REALLY? the music from platoon seems a but dramatic. I'm going to eat fish for supper....

[1Rockyboxer1]

@napoleontak not really, a 55 will be to small for them, because the tank only have a 13" wide size, it'll have turning problems. 

[ThEsUbMaRiNeGirL]

so sad :(

[fantom58]

Twice a year water changes and nothing but feeder goldfish to eat? Amazing he's still alive.