The last two days I have been waking up to either dead fish or fish that seem to have some sort of internal damage maybe to their swim bladders. I have a 3" wild oscar in my 125 with a 5.5" JD and a 8" severum. He leaves them alone and never bothers them. He also doesn't bother the 8 tiger barbs I have (yet, expected to be lunch eventually). I HAD 3 8" red tail barbs and 3" T-bar barbs also. Yesterday I woke up to a dead T-bar barb and a red tail barb that could not keep its equalibrium and eventually died. This morning one T-bar barb has scales missing with labored breathing and my other red tail is suffering the same issue with equalibrium. I have noticed my oscar swimming under these fish making himself horizontal and then swimming up from the bottom of the tank lighting fast and body slamming them
. Could this be enough for such a small fish to cause this kind of damage to larger ones?
On a side note my large severum goes to the damaged fish and tries to help them swim correctly. I thought that was pretty funny going along with their "peace keeping" reputations.
. Could this be enough for such a small fish to cause this kind of damage to larger ones?On a side note my large severum goes to the damaged fish and tries to help them swim correctly. I thought that was pretty funny going along with their "peace keeping" reputations.
