also he is only about 9" but he/she always swims with my stunned 11.5" oscar. I am hoping when it turns sexually mature they won't be a breeding pair because that will throw all my plans off.
obedience for my oscar
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just like with other animals we dont purposely train certain bad behaviors we just do it without realizing it, by you feeding him when he acted this way he learned that he got to get food first by jumping and splashing so now you just have to show him the only way he will get food is by staying in the water
Just out of curiousity do you plan on upgrading tanks soon? That seems like way too many fish for a 100 gallon tank. He might be trying to escape and find someplace with a little more room. 
100g-1 red oscar, 2 albino oscars, 2 convicts, 1 jack dempsey, 1 green terror, 1 chocolate pleco
100g-1 red oscar, 2 albino oscars, 2 convicts, 1 jack dempsey, 1 green terror, 1 chocolate pleco
yeah i totally missed that in your sig yeah you should def be keeping your eye out for a bigger tank as all of those fish are not going to fit when they are grown (or even close to grown)
ow ya i am. in the spring i'm getting a 240 and the green terror 4", and the convicts are going in there and the oscars and jack are getting their own tank but i don't know what yet but it will be bigger. trust me. no he isn't trying to escape, their pretty much like a school. i guess i'm lucky. The tank is 6' running a sump and ac50. took make you guys feel better, I just test the water yesterday before my twice a week water change and nitrates are 5 or below. the most aggression, i have seen out of them is just once in a while a tail, flare and once in a blue moon a shove, then their done. the jack is 5", the male con is 4.5", female con 2.5", green terror is 4".
I wish you the best, but I don't think that fish are intelligent and sophisticated enough to respond to your attempts to teach them to not behave a certain way. I feel that they're brains don't have the capacity to respond to conditioning, like a dog, cat or some other mammal. Fish act on instinct. Keep us posted on your progress. Perhaps you can prove me to be incorrect.
i hope to prove you wrong (no offense) but i understand what your saying, and you could be right. I will keep you posted.
Sprinkle a few pellets on top of the glass lid and let him smack his face into it a few times until he learns his lesson.
(just kidding, don't do that)
My oscar does this too. The first time he did it, I nearly crapped myself. I just try to fake him out by going towards one end of the tank, then quickly tossing the food in the other end and closing the lid before he has a chance to jump. He always acts like he's starving even if I just fed him.
(just kidding, don't do that)
My oscar does this too. The first time he did it, I nearly crapped myself. I just try to fake him out by going towards one end of the tank, then quickly tossing the food in the other end and closing the lid before he has a chance to jump. He always acts like he's starving even if I just fed him.
