fish hurting themselves

[pendog66]

i have a question, my oscars keep getting scraps on their forehead to the point where it takes away the skin. Its because they freak out and run into the surrounding structure in the tank. How do i stop this??/

 

[killerfish]

check water params

does it have tank mates ?

what size tank ?

 

[Fish on Fire]

Uhh . . . take out the thing that it's hurting itself on? Lol. That might be a good start.

 

[Snakehead23]

This is happening to my GT but its because my oscars are vicious and when I put the food in the GT flies to the top with the oscars and they bang their heads together and a few scales have already come off.

 

[pendog66]

125 gallon a couple oscars, tiger shovelnose and RTC, plus a 2 green sunfish. will be moving to a larger tank soon

 

[duke33]

It depends on a lot of things. Water params, new stock introduction, decor change, to name three. How long has this been happening?

 

[pendog66]

its been happening ever since the 55 gallon when it was just the baby oscars and sunfish. I think i figured it out tho, my mom calls them baby pirahna because of how fierce they are when it comes to feeding. At night i think they see stuff on the top of the tank lid and jump to try to get it and hit the top. Last night i heard it happen 3 times..

 

[Fish on Fire]

Ahh, if they are constantly hitting the top. Try putting in some floating plants, like duckweed or something, to discourage jumping. It worked for my jag.

 

[pendog66]

happened again last night i got a brief shower lol

 

[onekrzyboi]

are they showing any aggression towards each other? is it bad enough to the point that they are getting holes in the head?