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Posted by Robert M on May 29, 2005, 5:49 pm
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Jay wrote:
> Maybe the 10 gallon aquarium is just temporary?
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> - J
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> > 10 GALLONS?
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> > Do you know how big these guys get? Or how messy they are?
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> > Anyway, they'll get used to you in a few days and then become
> > friendlier.... Until the Ammonia poisoning kills them ofcourse...
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> > On 03 Jul 2003 04:02:17 GMT, hratzky@aol.com (HRATZKY) wrote:
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> > > I just purchased a pair of young red oscars. I set up a 10 gallon
> > > tank
> only for
> > > them. They are apparently frightened and are immobile at the
> > > bottom of
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> > > tank. They refuse to eat. This has happened in the past with
> > > oscars. How
> can I
> > > get them to become active?
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1: 10 gallon too small for one let alone two (they grow real fast)
2: they dont like too much light. actually they dont like cheap
petstore light, the sink to the bottom corner to escape. its better to
get a tall tank< prefferably long and tall, i started with a 37 tall
they did real well there with a 24" full spectrum daylight flourecent,,
water slightly acidic.
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