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Old August 8th, 2009  
Fish Master
 
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You have a 120gal don't you Cesch? Plenty of room for an Oscar in there..................
I do have a 120 but if I put a Oscar in there allot of little fish would be snacks.. I wouldn't mind getting another big tank though.
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Old August 8th, 2009  
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Just to give you an idea of growth rates, heres a couple of pics of my Oscar. The first was taken in december when he was 2inchs, the second taken earlier this week. He's now about 9inchs and still growing............thats 7inchs in 7 months.
i had my oscar for over three years< sorry i have no pics, but he grew to over 12 inches, the problem that i had was he was in a 29 gallon tank, i had to do so many water changes that it was just too much. he got fish fungus and it grew so fast in the tank that i couldnt save him. ,

DONT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE I DID!
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Old August 8th, 2009  
Fish Bum
 
Wow that oscar is very nice.... I might give him away when he gets bigger.
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Old August 9th, 2009  
Fish Bum
 
Shawnie, where did you get 143GPH from? the 205 is around 180, and the 303 is around 222 Unless they're lying to me or there some other method of finding the GPH that I dont know about.
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Old August 9th, 2009  
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Shawnie, where did you get 143GPH from? the 205 is around 180, and the 303 is around 222 Unless they're lying to me or there some other method of finding the GPH that I dont know about.
wow when I did a search again on them, you are right...im sorry and not really sure where I got that info the other day ....http://www.petco.com/product/100126/...r-Filters.aspx so your filters are fine! and again I apologize...I still dont feel you have enough space for the oscar, flowerhorns and others in the tank even with the extra filtration ... but I do hope things work out and get better!
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Old August 9th, 2009  
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No need to apologize. I was about to go out and buy a bigger filter! LOL I know when these guys get bigger, I'll probably set up another 55, stack them on top of each other.
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