Some of you may remember my previous thread about saving this guy and now I have. He is about 10.5 inches and has serious HLLE. He hasn't eaten any pellets or even the crickets or worms I tried to give him. I threw in four tetras and three have disappeared. My question now is what should I do to help him recover? And as the title says he is changing color. Not gradually but like flashing different colors. He is normally black with red on his sides but occasionally he will turn almost green, then after a few minutes he will flash back to black almost instantly. Its amazing to see and I'm curious why he is doing this.
I saved an oscar with HLLE. Now he changes color?
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Mood. A lot of cichlids do this. My chocolate cichlid changes color all the time. Sometimes he's bright green with a red head, sometimes he's dark purple or brown. Your oscar is probably just getting used to his new home.
I've read that adult oscars tend to sulk and pout when they're moved. Give him a few days of clean water and he should come around when he gets to know you and his new tank. I'd avoid feeding him live fish or crickets. Stick to a good quality pellet and he'll eat when he's hungry. You can also get some liquid vitamins to soak the pellets in which may help a bit with his HITH.
I've read that adult oscars tend to sulk and pout when they're moved. Give him a few days of clean water and he should come around when he gets to know you and his new tank. I'd avoid feeding him live fish or crickets. Stick to a good quality pellet and he'll eat when he's hungry. You can also get some liquid vitamins to soak the pellets in which may help a bit with his HITH.
He won't eat the pellets. I got him sunday and he has only eaten three tetras. I tried pellets and he won't eat them no matter what. Normally I wouldn't feed him fish at all but I need to get rid of the tetras and couldn't find a store or anyone online to take them. The color change is very drastic and fast though. I know fish will change color but changes instantly. Never seen a fish change so fast. Black to green instantly and then after like 5 minutes he'll turn black again.
