Talk:Oscar (fish)

Certainly not slow growing
The lead asserts that Oscars are slow growing for aquarium fish, this is simply not accurate. Oscars grow at a rate approximately 1.5-3cm per month - around an inch - until they reach about about 20cm (8inch). Within the Cichlid family (the family the Oscar is in) there are hardly any varieties that match this rate of growth. Even speaking of freshwater fish in general, they are undoubtedly among the fastest growers. If no one objects, I will be editing this claim. 24.60.214.65 (talk) 02:07, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Peaceful
Peaceful fish? The Oscar in our Koi pond has tried to bite me several times when I was unscrewing the drain filter to clean it. Fortunately I was wearing reef walkers when it bit at my foot. It didn't hurt, but scared the heck out of me the first time it happened. Now I go in the pond with a broom handle that I use to keep the Oscar away from me while I'm cleaning the filter. It will bite the broom handle several times before backing away and staying put.


 * That is the general opinion, I'd say. In my own experience, compared to other big cichlids they're so docile it's like they were constantly sedated - unless it's feeding time. OlofE 14:07, 30 Aug 2003 (UTC)

oscars are great fish they will get really really big so if you got diffrent fish that are really tiny that you want too keep i suggest that you get them in a diffrent tank. OlofE april 10, 2006

I'm going to suggest that a cleanup tag be added to this article. I've been reading about fish for a while on Wikipedia today and the article is short with an error in the second sentence (which I'm going to correct). I think the quality of the article could be much better. Also correcting "There is two species" to "There ARE two species" because I believe that is correct. Liontamarin 20:52, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Clean up? I'm not sure it really needs one. This page should be a genus only (ie: for the genus Astronotus) page - the information on Astronotus ocellatus (the oscar) should probably go on it's own page (which already exists) and could indeed do with clean up. As A. crassipinnis isnt kept much by aquarists I cant see any reason to add "care" information in this section. Thoughts? MidgleyDJ 07:48, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

I've had a couple of Oscars jump out of their tanks. I found one a good 10 feet away from the tank, which told me that he flopped quite a ways. Unfortunately, it was at night and I didn't find him until the morning. I learned the hard way, always make sure, and double sure that the lid is on the Oscar tank. They will jump out. ° ≈ ≠ ≤ ≥ ± − × ÷ ← → · §Sandi207.69.139.160 04:00, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

I have raised several Oscars over the years, and with lots of success. Recently I had a small "red" jump out of its tank and die. What experience has been had with jumping, in regards to these fish? Unfortunately the cover on my tank had been removed for maintenance, and my belief they they were not particularly "jumpers", allowed me to experience this unguarded moment. Dr. Dan 15:05, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Removed from GA nominee list
This isn't an official GA review, because for this article to have been nominated correctly a GA nominee template should have been placed on this talk page. I removed this artice from the list rather than just adding the template to this page, because I don't think this article is ready for a GA nomination. It has the following problems:


 * The biggest problem is that this article needs a lead paragraph that complies with Lead section. All the information that is in the current lead section should be worked into the body of the article in appropriate sections. There should be separate sections added for history (for the stuff about Agassiz), geographical distribution, and appearance (especially with all the info about the oscelli). The oscelli stuff proably merits a subsection of its own.
 * The sentence: "A. ocellatus have been reported to grow to a mean length of 45 cm (ca. 18 in) and a mass of 1.6 kg (3.5 lb)" does not match the source you cite. Mean is a type of average. According to that source 45 cm is close to a maximum length not an average length.
 * You really should either define sexual dimorphic/monomorphic and/or provide a link to the sexual dimorphism article. A significant percentage of likely readers of an article like this one won't be familiar with the terms.

There is a lot of good information in this article (with good sources cited) and with some work (especially on the lead section) you could probably get it up to GA standards pretty easily. Rusty Cashman 06:26, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Nice job addressing all of my comments so quickly. I suspect you will get to GA fairly quickly now.Rusty Cashman 18:53, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

GA Feedback
I think this meets GA standard. I think it could be improved in a few places: looks to be amelanistic/leucistic, which should be mentioned, lest a reader think that the previously mentioned ability to change colour goes that far. Otherwise, GA Pete.Hurd 16:36, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) The "In the aquarium" section's first two paragraphs are (IMHO) too short to stand as independent paragraphs.
 * 2) In the "Selective breeding" section, a link should be added to Xanthochromism.  The picture of the long-finned morph is totally appropriate, but this morph is not mentioned in the accompanying text.  Also that long-finned oscar

GA Reassessment

 * This discussion is transcluded from Talk:Oscar (fish)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the reassessment.

GA Sweeps: Pass
As part of the WikiProject Good Articles, we're doing sweeps to go over all of the current GAs and see if they still meet the GA criteria. I went through the article and made various changes, please look them over. I believe the article currently meets the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. Altogether the article is well-written and is still in great shape after its passing in 2007. Continue to improve the article making sure all new information is properly sourced and neutral. It would be beneficial to further expand the lead and to update the access dates. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. I have updated the article history to reflect this review. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 05:44, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

I have just (1 month)began raising my 3rd set of Oscars and these are my first pair of Albino. One is growing at a rapid rate and the other looks like she/he has paisley markings and has barely grown at all. They do swim together constantly and were the same size when we purchased them. This afternoon, I awakened to, what appears to be a 'shed skin', and it is in all one piece; however the fish are fine. I've had Oscar's for 13 years and I have never seen anything like this. Does anyone have anything to offer? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.101.170.195 (talk) 21:33, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Oscar in home aquarium
What size of aquarium is required for these fish ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.35.93.64 (talk) 21:27, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

External links modified
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Freshwater or saltwater?
Not really sure why this isn’t in the article anywhere 47.186.249.94 (talk) 20:16, 28 May 2023 (UTC)