Oscar fish-Will this temporary tank be okay?

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oPeaches

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Hello! Please excuse me if this is posted in the wrong area, I'm very very new to these forums.

I recently received an Oscar as a gift... I know. I don't wanna take him back to the LFS because they don't take care of their fish. The tanks are always in horrible condition and I don't have the heart to put him back in there. From what I was told this guy was in a 10g setup with a 6-7" knife fish and more smaller cichlids on top of that. He was very bloated when I received him but one quick Epson salt bath fixed him up right away.

He's in a cycled 40g tall tank by himself and he's about 4". I test the water daily and change it as needed. I cannot afford a huge setup right now but I will be keeping an eye out for a secondhand tank of at least 75g and will hopefully find a nice one in the next few months. Will this be okay for him temporarily?

I just don't want to post him anywhere and have people jump on me for having him in tank that's too small. Am I a bad person? ;_;

I would post some photos of him, but there's a post requirement so I gotta wait for that. I believe he is a true albino since he has no stripes and is all one pale color. He is very handsome, I assure you! :D
 
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yup that tank will be fine, for a short time, by short i mean no more than 2 months, 3 tops. a 75g ok, 100g, better, watch craigs list and be ready to jump on that 50 buck tank.
 
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Alligator Gar
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and great job taking the little guy in, Ocars great fish, you will be glad you did. and keep in mind he does not need a buddy, Oscars do great all by themselves.
 
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pops pops Thank you very much. I am checking craiglist and my local b/s/t facebook page daily so I can't miss a good deal if I see one!

I've actually been wanting an Oscar and have been researching them for a while, which is the reason I received one as a gift. I wasn't ready for it because I wanted to find a bigger tank first, but the gift had good intentions. It was also from someone who doesn't know about fish at all so I can't get too mad. He just figured my empty 40g tank was big enough.

and don't worry, even if I did have room for a friend I wouldn't wanna get one. I personally enjoy focusing on one big fish rather than a pair.

I feel a lot better about this already, thank you guys!
 
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Great job on taking care of him. He probably had way less chances of surviving in the fish shop than living for a few months in a 40G.
If you're running out of time and haven't bought that tank yet, extra large water changes can always maintain a fish in a smaller than ideal tank...daily or every other day if needs be until you get him a proper tank.

My tank once broke and I ended up with 7 grown four to five year old clown loaches in an 80 litre plastic container for 2 months. I just changed their water daily. I drained as much as I could without stressing them and re-filled. They were perfectly fine. Its not the lack of space that kills fish or makes them sick, its the poor water quality resulting from the smaller volume of water.
 
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Alligator Gar
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great sentiment fire but do not agree with it. do what you know you can handle and afford, and work from there with experience on your decision making.
 
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