Talk:Oscar (fish)

message: The lead asserts that Oscars are slow growing for aquarium fish, this is simply not accurate. Oscars grow at a rate approximately 1.5-3cm per month - around an inch - until they reach about about 20cm (8inch). Within the Cichlid family (the family the Oscar is in) there are hardly any varieties that match this rate of growth. Even speaking of freshwater fish in general, they are undoubtedly among the fastest growers. If no one objects, I will be editing this claim.
24.60.214.65 (talk) 02:07, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Certainly not slow growing

message: Peaceful fish? The Oscar in our Koi pond has tried to bite me several times
when I was unscrewing the drain filter to clean it. Fortunately I was wearing reef walkers when it bit at my foot. It didn't hurt, but scared the heck out of me the first time it happened. Now I go in the pond with a broom handle that I use to keep the Oscar away from me while I'm cleaning the filter. It will bite the broom handle several times before backing away and staying put.
:That is the general opinion, I'd say. In my own experience, compared to other big cichlids they're so docile it's like they were constantly sedated - unless it's feeding time. OlofE 14:07, 30 Aug 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Peaceful

message: This isn't an official GA review, because for this article to have been nominated correctly a GA nominee template should have been placed on this talk page. I removed this artice from the list rather than just adding the template to this page, because I don't think this article is ready for a GA nomination. It has the following problems:
* The biggest problem is that this article needs a lead paragraph that complies with Wikipedia: Lead section. All the information that is in the current lead section should be worked into the body of the article in appropriate sections. There should be separate sections added for history (for the stuff about Agassiz), geographical distribution, and appearance (especially with all the info about the oscelli). The oscelli stuff proably merits a subsection of its own.
* The sentence: "A. ocellatus have been reported to grow to a mean length of 45 cm (ca. 18 in) and a mass of 1.6 kg (3.5 lb)" does not match the source you cite. Mean is a type of average. According to that source 45 cm is close to a maximum length not an average length.
* You really should either define sexual dimorphic/monomorphic and/or provide a link to the sexual dimorphism article. A significant percentage of likely readers of an article like this one won't be familiar with the terms.
There is a lot of good information in this article (with good sources cited) and with some work (especially on the lead section) you could probably get it up to GA standards pretty easily. Rusty Cashman 06:26, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Removed from GA nominee list

message: I think this meets GA standard.  I think it could be improved in a few places:
# The "In the aquarium" section's first two paragraphs are (IMHO) too short to stand as independent paragraphs.
# In the "Selective breeding" section, a link should be added to Xanthochromism.  The picture of the long-finned morph is totally appropriate, but this morph is not mentioned in the accompanying text.  Also that long-finned oscar
looks to be amelanistic/leucistic, which should be mentioned, lest a reader think that the previously mentioned ability to change colour goes that far.
Otherwise, GA Pete.Hurd 16:36, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: GA Feedback

message: :This discussion is transcluded from Talk:Oscar (fish)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the reassessment.
===GA Sweeps: Pass===
As part of the WikiProject Good Articles, we're doing sweeps to go over all of the current GAs and see if they still meet the GA criteria. I went through the article and made various changes, please look them over. I believe the article currently meets the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. Altogether the article is well-written and is still in great shape after its passing in 2007. Continue to improve the article making sure all new information is properly sourced and neutral. It would be beneficial to further expand the lead and to update the access dates. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. I have updated the article history to reflect this review. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 05:44, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: GA Reassessment

message: As part of the WikiProject Good Articles, we're doing sweeps to go over all of the current GAs and see if they still meet the GA criteria. I went through the article and made various changes, please look them over. I believe the article currently meets the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. Altogether the article is well-written and is still in great shape after its passing in 2007. Continue to improve the article making sure all new information is properly sourced and neutral. It would be beneficial to further expand the lead and to update the access dates. If you have any questions, let me know on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. I have updated the article history to reflect this review. --Happy editing! Nehrams2020 (talk • contrib) 05:44, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: GA Sweeps: Pass

message: What size of aquarium is required for these fish ?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.35.93.64 (talk) 21:27, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oscar in home aquarium 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Not really sure why this isn’t in the article anywhere 47.186.249.94 (talk) 20:16, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Freshwater or saltwater?