My brother in laws oscar is not doing well. He has 4 oscars and they are eating machines. But all of a sudden, his lemon oscar has not eaten in like 4 days. just been hangin in a corner of his tank. I dont see any visible signs of anything weird. maybe a little loss of color. any help please
Oscar help
- Thread starter danny2875
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how big is the tank? can he separate him? if he doesn't look sick, try turning up the heat a little to give him a boost and double up on the water changes. If nothing looks wrong, oscars just sulk sometimes. My albino will get mad at me sometimes and turn his back when i come near the tank.
it looks like a 54g corner tank. I told him to raise the temp to see if that will liven him up. doesnt have another tank to put him in. he is just hangin around in one corner of the tank.
could be the weaker link of the 4 and hes getting bullied.Did he ever seem to get picked on or backed into that corner by another?
also 4 Os in a 54,if they are much bigger than when he got them they could be overwhelming the filtration.What type of filters is he runnin?Whats he feeding?They will produce alot of waste and what you dont want is this one just to be the first of the 4 to go down.DOnt freak yet though because from time to time they do,like someone said earlier,get kinda grumpy sometimes and pout,but check that other stuff.
actually he is one of the more aggressors in the tank. i dont see him getting bullied. hopefully he is just sulking like someone said. he is running an ac 70 and a fluval 3 0r 4. feeds him cichlid staple and cichlid gold krill as a treat.
it can be. arent the lemon oscar just like the albino ones. cause his has black tinges around the fin edges.
ok we movee him to a hospital tank. the other fish in the tank were pecking at him. so we took khim out. no need to be stressed out even more. the only thing when we netted him, alot of slime came off him. it was just hangin off of the net. extreme amount. dont know what that can mean