Help!!! Oscar!!!!

fishjude78 · 11-07-2009, 10:36 AM

i recently got an oscar, and it has been doing fine. But today i looked in the tank, and it was going back and forth almost in a frenzy! it would also ocassionally go up to the top right below the surface. There was a bare spot of gravel that hadnt been there last night and it kept putting its head down there and rubbing it against the bottom as if it was moving the gravel. Is there something wrong with it?

karl wagner · 11-07-2009, 10:38 AM

cover up the bare spot. Oscars like to dig, and they don't like seeing their reflection. It might be trying to get aggressive against itself.

tellemuno · 11-07-2009, 6:59 PM

How big is your tank? Is he in the tank alone?

fishjude78 · 11-07-2009, 7:04 PM

he is with a smaller red devil and it is a 38 gallon

smpage · 11-07-2009, 7:05 PM

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Originally Posted by fishjude78

he is with a smaller red devil and it is a 38 gallon

There's your problem right there. Tank is WAY too small.

dean30bb · 11-08-2009, 9:53 PM

agreed best to upgrade a fair bit if you want to keep the 2 of them together , its for the best so you fish can live happily and grow to a healthy length

Cakilla · 11-09-2009, 4:51 PM

need to upgrade the tank for sure