one of my oscars is not acting himself. the last few days hes been belly in the graval most of the day, not eating very activley,and his mouth is open. there are no signs of parasite or any damage from the other fish. any advie is greatly appreciated.
Sick Oscar
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He might be stressed or your tank is going through its cycle.. whats the temp on the tank maybe hes not getting enough air also pics would help.
try some water changes add a little bit of salt and turn down the temp if its high
try some water changes add a little bit of salt and turn down the temp if its high
The temp is 79 the fish has been in the tank for close to a year. I do frequent water changes. Here are some pictures. Usually he stays at the top.
If you don't see any physical signs of damage or sickness, he mostl likely is fine. My old Oscar started doing that once he got to a certain size. It seems oscars like to mope at times.
Have you been feeding it alot? Sometimes overfeeding can cause them to be less active. Stop feeding it for a while and when it gets hungry, most likely it'll snap out of it.
Beautiful Oscar btw..
Have you been feeding it alot? Sometimes overfeeding can cause them to be less active. Stop feeding it for a while and when it gets hungry, most likely it'll snap out of it.
Beautiful Oscar btw..
What are your water perameters? Did you ever test for nitrites or amonia? Also, have you feed it anything different recently? (i.e. insects from the yard, feeder fish)
I didn't catch the part about it's mouth being open....that doesn't sound right.
Good luck. I hope he's ok.
I didn't catch the part about it's mouth being open....that doesn't sound right.
Good luck. I hope he's ok.
water parameters are good, im always changing the water 50% every 4-5 days. all the others are perfectly fine. its freaking me out because i also had another oscar a few months ago do the same thing and he died a couple of weeks later. ive always fed them a variety of frozen krill, frozen squid,bloodworms,hikari pellets(red ones), green flake. i do occasionally give them feeders, however its been at least 6 weeks since ive given them any. the symptoms started about 3 days ago.
