So, I've been keeping a young oscar successfully with a school of silver hatchets for around a month or two now. Not very long, but still, I never expected what happened today to happen today.
Yup, he ate them. All seven of them. I thought they would be ok because he's young and they were all bigger than his mouth (I know, I know). I should have taken the hint when he ripped up all of the plants in the tank but two last week. He had never tried to redecorate before. I guess he's not a baby anymore.
I fed the fish this morning and all of the hatchets were there. I came back not even twenty minutes later, and every single one was gone. He must have eaten them all. I checked all around the tank and the hatchets had not jumped out. They're prone to jumping out during feeding, so I'm always careful to look for them.
So RIP my little silver hatchets.
Yup, he ate them. All seven of them. I thought they would be ok because he's young and they were all bigger than his mouth (I know, I know). I should have taken the hint when he ripped up all of the plants in the tank but two last week. He had never tried to redecorate before. I guess he's not a baby anymore.
I fed the fish this morning and all of the hatchets were there. I came back not even twenty minutes later, and every single one was gone. He must have eaten them all. I checked all around the tank and the hatchets had not jumped out. They're prone to jumping out during feeding, so I'm always careful to look for them.
So RIP my little silver hatchets.
