4 Ft Tank Ok As A Hospital Tank For An Oscar? |
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 Jul 31 2006, 03:48 PM
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 Big and BAD!  Group: Members Posts: 2181 Joined: 20-January 06 From: Leeds Member No.: 18400  |
the mrs and i are looking at setting up a hospital/quarantine tank, the biggest fish we have is an oscar, and in the unlikely event he gets ill could we pop him in a 4 footer short term? i know its not ideal and probably a third of the size tank he should be in but would it be ok or would it stress him more?
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Jul 31 2006, 04:28 PM
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 Fishaholic  Group: Members Posts: 370 Joined: 21-November 05 Member No.: 17129 |
QUOTE(BigIan @ Jul 31 2006, 03:48 PM) [snapback]1264244[/snapback] the mrs and i are looking at setting up a hospital/quarantine tank, the biggest fish we have is an oscar, and in the unlikely event he gets ill could we pop him in a 4 footer short term? i know its not ideal and probably a third of the size tank he should be in but would it be ok or would it stress him more? yeah. and i dont think a 4 footer is a 3rd of the size. An oscar should be ok in a 125. and a normal 4 footer is anywhere from 55-100 |
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Jul 31 2006, 04:32 PM
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Big and BAD! Group: Members Posts: 2181 Joined: 20-January 06 From: Leeds Member No.: 18400 |
it would probably be a 55 gal, hopefully he never has to go in it any way, but just wanted to check to see.
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Jul 31 2006, 04:51 PM
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 Fishaholic Group: Members Posts: 279 Joined: 20-March 05 From: Laramie, Wy Member No.: 12590 |
i guess i'm not into big fish enough... when i saw '4ft' as a hospital tank i expected to come in the thread and see 'oh sorry, i meant 4gallon'...
my main tank is 55gallons, 4 ft.... 
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Jul 31 2006, 05:02 PM
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Big and BAD! Group: Members Posts: 2181 Joined: 20-January 06 From: Leeds Member No.: 18400 |
we have several large fish and fish that have the potential to become large, so i was thinking either a 3 or 4 foot tank would do the job nicely as a quarantine/hospital tank
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Jul 31 2006, 06:08 PM
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 Leader of the Fishes Group: Members Posts: 2203 Joined: 31-January 05 From: WALES Member No.: 11532 |
my tank is 4ft long and only 39UK gal.
inless ive calculated wrong and it is a 55 
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Jul 31 2006, 06:40 PM
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 Leader of the Fishes Group: Members Posts: 2025 Joined: 17-May 06 From: Keighley, West Yorkshire, UK Member No.: 21367 |
Depends on height and depth as to gallonage (is that a real word? *lol*)
Yup, I'd say it would do for a temp hospital tank, as long as he's got room to turn around with ease depth (front to back) wise. 
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Aug 2 2006, 01:05 AM
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 a "fish hater" Group: Members Posts: 3480 Joined: 20-September 05 From: Northern BC, Canada Member No.: 15962 |
Hospital tank?!
I keep my Oscar in a 4' tank! Are requirements for Oscars getting higher, or what?! This post has been edited by ChestnutMoray55: Aug 2 2006, 01:07 AM |
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Aug 2 2006, 01:12 AM
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 The BE-Team Fighting For Betta Extermination Group: Members Posts: 3614 Joined: 12-April 06 From: Gloucester, England Member No.: 20562 |
Minimum tank size for a lone oscar is 75g, bigger preferably.
Wish I could use a 4' for a hospital tank lol. Should be fine. 
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Aug 2 2006, 07:06 AM
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 Leader of the Fishes Group: Members Posts: 3126 Joined: 27-November 05 From: Addingham, West Yorks (Near Leeds/Bradford) Member No.: 17242 |
its a damn good idea ian!
think i mite look out for a bare glass tank myself. will slot nicely under the 6' tank and i could of used it to nurse my STF back to health. |
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