"Limnophile" wrote in message ...

Now if only they would stay small, so you could keep them in a
reasonable-sized tank.
My oscar is my favorite too, but I wish he would be ok in something smaller
than a 40 gallon tank.

Limnophile

Einstien tells us that all things are relative -- i guess that's true.
I picture a 200 gal tank as "reasonable", larger than that as "large"
and a mere 40 as uncomfortably small.

One thing about large aquariums, and I ain't kidding here, is that
they are *much* easier to maintain than small tanks. I think it's
because their size increases their stability -- they are less likely
to have sudden temperature and water condition changes. Once their
cycled and stocked, they're bulletproof (so to speak) with some simple
maintenance and much less likely to have problems.

--Mark