I have been the proud mom of two absolutely wonderful Oscars. Tuesday I aquired 2 more adorable little babies (mandatory baby pic to share the cuteness).
Well, when I got my first one when I was 17, he hid in the back corner of the tank and refused to eat. The typical and infamous "new home pout".
However, the second little guy I got did not pout. I chalked this up to his outgoing, happy, "extra" personality.
I got my current 2 Tuesday, and dropped them into an established tank. One had a little pout session for about an hour, the other for the day. By Wednesday, they were both at the glass begging for food and being cute and wiggley.
Thinking back to my first oscar, he was started in a tank with gravel and a giant fake rock structure, but not really much to hide in.
However, my second oscar was started in a tank packed full of driftwood and large rocks just piled in on top of each other. There were plenty of places to hide.
My current oscars are in a tank with a lot of live plants they can hide in, root structures from several pothos plants and peace lilies, and a rock pile.
I know this isn't a scientific experiment on any level. I do understand the need for more bare tanks with larger and messier fish. But the whole thing has me wondering if the pout is caused by unnecessary stress from lack of hiding spaces and under decorated tanks that cater to larger fish.
Any thoughts?
Well, when I got my first one when I was 17, he hid in the back corner of the tank and refused to eat. The typical and infamous "new home pout".
However, the second little guy I got did not pout. I chalked this up to his outgoing, happy, "extra" personality.
I got my current 2 Tuesday, and dropped them into an established tank. One had a little pout session for about an hour, the other for the day. By Wednesday, they were both at the glass begging for food and being cute and wiggley.
Thinking back to my first oscar, he was started in a tank with gravel and a giant fake rock structure, but not really much to hide in.
However, my second oscar was started in a tank packed full of driftwood and large rocks just piled in on top of each other. There were plenty of places to hide.
My current oscars are in a tank with a lot of live plants they can hide in, root structures from several pothos plants and peace lilies, and a rock pile.
I know this isn't a scientific experiment on any level. I do understand the need for more bare tanks with larger and messier fish. But the whole thing has me wondering if the pout is caused by unnecessary stress from lack of hiding spaces and under decorated tanks that cater to larger fish.
Any thoughts?
