Contained within these articles is a wealth of knowledge, representing decades of experience, to help you be successful in your fish keeping endeavors.

Before launching into the articles, you may want to familiarize yourself with some of the site lingo.

• Site Lingo 

If you are new to aquariums in general, you may want to familiarize yourself with the definitions of some frequently used terms in the hobby.

• Terms commonly used in the Hobby

 

All About Oscar Fish, Oscar Tanks, Types of Oscars

• Breeding Oscars (Astronotus ocellatus)
   
• Do Oscars (Astronotus ocellatus) Have Teeth?
   
• Feeding Fish Live Food
   
• Guide to initial Setup for an Oscar Fish Tank
   
  How can I tell the sex of my Oscar Fish?
   
• New Oscar Owner Information Packet
   
• Oscar Fish Tank Mates
   
• Oscar Fish Diet – Feeding Oscars.
   
• Oscar Fish Food - My Recommended foods for Oscars
   
• Oscar Fish Overview
   
• Oscar Varieties, A Photographic Record
   
• Red Oscar Fish - Origins and Profile
   
• Tiger Oscar Origins and Profile
   
• What are Albino Oscars and Lutino Oscars?
   
• What are Common Oscar Fish (aka Wild Type Oscar)?
   
• What are the Differences Between an Albino and Lutino Oscar Fish?
   
• What Are The Names of Various Parts of an Oscar Fish?

• What Decorations are Appropriate for an Oscar Fish Tank?

• What Filtration do I Need for My Oscar Fish Tank?
   
• What is Hole in the Head Disease (HITH, LLE), and how can I treat it?
   
• What is the best way to breed oscars (Astronotus ocellatus)?
   
• What size tank do I need for my Oscar Fish?

• What species are compatible with Oscar Fish? - Oscar Tank Mates

• What Test Results are Suitable for Oscar Fish?

 

Other Aquarium Fish

• Bullheads: The Little Monster Catfish

• Cichlids and Sunfish: A Comparison

• Converting from Freshwater to Saltwater

• Convict FAQ

• Giants Among Us: Part 1

• Giants Among Us: Part 2

• Giants Among Us: Part 3

• Green Terror Cichlid (Aequidens sp. Goldsaum)

• How to breed guppys In six easy setup steps!

• Hybrid Fish - Right or Wrong

• Keeping and Breeding the Fathead minnow (rosy red)

• Keeping Angelfish (Pterophyllum scalare)

• Keeping Sunfish

• Kissing Gourami (Helostoma temminckii)

• LABIDOCHROMIS CAERULEUS (Yellow Lab)

• Mixing Aggressive Cichlids - Revisited, Revised

• Moving large cichlids: how to make it as painless as possible.

• Pleco Dietary Needs... Supplementary Food

• Preparing Your Freshwater Tank For Time Away

• Red Tailed Black Shark (Epalzeorhynchos bicolor)

• Red Terror Cichlid (Cichlasoma festae)

• Texas Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatum)

• The Division of Tanks – What and When

• Which fish do I have? Green Terror ("Aequidens" sp. goldsaum) vs.Blue Acara (Aequidens pulcher)

• Which fish do I have? Red Devil Cichlid (Amphilophus labiatus) vs Midas Cichlid (Amphilophus citrinellus)

• Which fish do I have? Red Terror Cichlid (Amphilophus festae) vs Mayan Cichlid (Cichlasoma uropthlamus)

• Which fish do I have? Texas Cichlid ~ Herichthys cyanoguttatus vs Herichthys carpintis

 

Aquarium Water Chemistry and Biology

• Ammonia Management in Aquariums

• Autotrophic Nitrifying Bacteria and Their Practical Application in a Freshwater Aquarium

• Carbon Filtration In Freshwater Aquariums

• Controlling Aquarium Algae In Fish Only Tanks

• Diatoms. What are they and how can I get rid of them?

• Heterotrophic Bacteria and Their Practical Application in a Freshwater Aquarium

• How can I tell if my tank is overstocked?

• How Do I Perform a Fishless Cycle?

• How should I reduce the ammonia and nitrites in my tank water?

• Is Nitrate Toxic? A Study of Nitrate Toxicity

• Myths of pH Shock

• Nitrates and A. ocellatus (oscar)

• Nitrifying Bacteria Populations - A Benefit of Over Filtration

• Realities of pH Shock

• What is the Nitrogen Cycle and how do I do it to my tank?

• What Temperature Should I Keep My Tank?

• Which Test Kits are Needed for the Basic Aquarist?

 

Aquarium Equipment

• Buyer BeAware: SeaChem Excel

• Fluval 204 And The 404

• Gravel vs. Sand

• How much and what type of filtration will I need?

• How to add DIY Bio-wheels to an Aquaclear 110

• Magnum 350 Simple Modifications

• Prepping for and surviving Power Outtages.

• Rinsing Substrate, One Aquarist's Example of Why Patience is a Virtue

• Water Damage Decontamination, Lessons Learned.

 

Tropical Fish Health and Disease, Oscar Health

• Euthanasia (What is the most humane way to put a dying fish out of its misery?)

• Fish Bloat, Diagnoses and Treatment

• ICH, links to in-depth articles and effective treatments/eradication

• John Satisfaction Syndrome, Aeromonas Bacterial Pitting

• Kmuda's Bacterial Pitting Treatment

• Salt in the Freshwater Aquarium

• The Essential Aquarists Medkit

• What are all of these tiny white worms swimming in my tank?

 

Aquarium DIY Articles

• Baby Brine Shrimp - DIY Hatchery and Hatching Instructions

• DIY 310 gallon Fishtank

• How to Build a DIY Aquarium Stand

• How to Make a DIY Python-type Water Changer

• Shipping Fish For Dummies

Miscellaneous

• An Introduction to Poison Dart Frogs

• How can I get more people to respond to my questions?

• How Do I Change IE8 Compatibility Mode?

• Oscarfish.Com Privacy Policy

• Oscarfish.Com Rules

• Oscarfish.Com Terms of Use

• Site Lingo

• To One We will Remember

 

• What do all of these words mean? Terms commonly used in the Hobby.