Red Tiger Oscar

Hi,

I live in Brisbane Australia. I recently bought a baby red tiger
oscar. Does it require a heater? It is quite warm here in summer,
take today for instance it was about 30 degrees celcius and very
humid. However it does get as low as 12 degrees celcius in Winter. I
was once told that oscars don't require heaters, but I have heard
stories on these news groups of people's oscars smashing their
heaters! Maybe these people live in areas where it snows, can someone
clarify this for me?

Thanks.

Shannon wrote:
Hi,

I live in Brisbane Australia. I recently bought a baby red tiger
oscar. Does it require a heater? It is quite warm here in summer,
take today for instance it was about 30 degrees celcius and very
humid. However it does get as low as 12 degrees celcius in Winter. I
was once told that oscars don't require heaters, but I have heard
stories on these news groups of people's oscars smashing their
heaters! Maybe these people live in areas where it snows, can someone
clarify this for me?

Thanks.

Whether you need a heater or not will depend on how cold the room it is
kept in gets in winter. If it drops below 22°C, 20°C at a pinch, I would
get a heater. As too it getting broken, stick it in a corner behind a bog
rock making sure there is a flow of water from the bottom and out the top.

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Oscars are a tropicial fish, You NEED a heater. As for Oscars smashing up
heaters.
How big was it again 8 or 10 inches. I would suggest that you have a lot of
growing time before it does that, and without a heater, it won't live that
long.
You will also need a high quality filter, if you feed your Oscar with
live food,etc.

bassett


" Shannon wrote:
Hi,

I live in Brisbane Australia. I recently bought a baby red tiger
oscar. Does it require a heater? It is quite warm here in summer,
take today for instance it was about 30 degrees celcius and very
humid. However it does get as low as 12 degrees celcius in Winter. I
was once told that oscars don't require heaters, but I have heard
stories on these news groups of people's oscars smashing their
heaters! Maybe these people live in areas where it snows, can someone
clarify this for me?

Thanks.
Sandy Birrell" wrote in message
Whether you need a heater or not will depend on how cold the room it is
kept in gets in winter. If it drops below 22°C, 20°C at a pinch, I would
get a heater. As too it getting broken, stick it in a corner behind a bog
rock making sure there is a flow of water from the bottom and out the top.

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Don`t Worry, Be Happy
Sandy

Shannon wrote:
Hi,
I live in Brisbane Australia. I recently bought a baby red tiger oscar.
Does it require a heater? It is quite warm here in summer, take today
for instance it was about 30 degrees celcius and very humid. However it
does get as low as 12 degrees celcius in Winter. I was once told that
oscars don't require heaters, but I have heard stories on these news
groups of people's oscars smashing their heaters! Maybe these people
live in areas where it snows, can someone clarify this for me?
Thanks.

Yes, Oscars need heaters. Sometimes, when they reach mating age (around
7") they destroy their heaters and there's hundreds of theories why;
but there's a few creative ways to keep this from happening. Most
commonly, by putting the heater behind a tank divider, or mounting it
in PVC and drilling holes in the pipe.

--Mark



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snow??

no, most tropical tanks need heaters unless the temp is constantly
around the required levels (and even if its 30 C outisde, that wont be
the water temp im afraid.

in the Uk we always have heaters on, its just common sence, so in the
night, when the temp drops right down, the tank is the same temp and in
summer, when it is hot enough in the day, the heater just wont come on
(their automaticlly controlled).

there very cheap and well worth the cash for the peace of mind.

as for the heater smashing, my O has prettty much left it alone, but the
pleco was giving it hell when he was going for cover from the O, so i
got a safty guard for it, most pet stores sell them.

Good luck Craig



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i dont know i dont have a heater fo rmy ten gallon because it is never
below 68 at my house and all i have to do to raise the water temp. is
turn on the light so i dont know



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what?

again with the WRONG advice man.

Youll need a heater im afraid, at night the temp will drop, and it will
be beyond your control.

(notice that Doaoscars fish is kept in a ten gal and its only 3.5
inches, and hes had it 4 months *(at least). where as mine was almost
double that size after that length of time. )

Id get a heater, and a 55 gallon tank, just to be safe, after all their
cheap as chips (any one from england will know that saying , lol) and
its peace of mind.



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In summer here it's hard for me to keep tanks under 28, they will go over 30
if I dont act to control the situation. But the winter I still need them on
the gold coast, They are plugged in for about 3 months a year.
Maybe if you're in Alice, Darwin or Cairns or some place like that you could
get away without one, but you might well need an airconditioner in the
fishes room at those places to keep the tanks cool enough come summer.
Have a look at www.aquariumproducts.com.au they are so cheap there you could
buy one just to experiment, leave it on all winter, if the red light lights
up then you needed it.

i didnt give advice if i read right i was stating a fact



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Yes you definitely need a heater just to keep the water temp at a
constant level. You could probably get away with it for awhile because
you live in a warm climate, but you should get one. I can lend some
insight on the broken heaters, I've had quite a few smashed to bits, it
only happens when the oscars are "spooked". Then again they only were
capable of doing this when they were already quite large.



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