oscar jumped out of tank
- Thread starter thatfishguy
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I have one that did the same thing. We believe he was out for at least 2 hours stuck to my hard wood floor. My dog is what we think saved him... By licking him til we got home. Ever since that day my dog stalks that tank and cries and whines because I think it wants to play with the fish again. Needless to say, the fish survived. SOme battle scars from some scales stuck to t he floor but very active like it never happened
My O is so lazy I don't think he could muster up the energy to jump.
BTW- why is it that every thread that talks about a fish that MIGHT be questionable in the tank the person has there MUST be someone that points out
how terrible it is to have THAT FISH IN THAT TANK.
BTW- why is it that every thread that talks about a fish that MIGHT be questionable in the tank the person has there MUST be someone that points out
how terrible it is to have THAT FISH IN THAT TANK.
Reminds me of about 10 years ago. Had 2 larg oscars in a 55 and while feeding them i turned my head for just a second and heard a splash . I looked down in a wastebasket i had by my tank and one had jumped into it! So i'm trying to get him out and looking through the trash and of course hes fighting me the whole time. I finally got him back in the tank but he then went crazy and started banging against the tank and then crashes to the bottom dead! So i'm really pissed, just got him at walmart. They actually had a full size one for some reason. I even had to catch him myself because the girl was afraid to and he was hanging halfway out the net, since they didnt have a big enough one. Had to take him home in a garbage bag. So anyway i'm thinkg great, theres 22 bucks gone. But i got to thinking what if....... so i take a air hose hooked up to my pump and feed it into his mouth, moving some oxygen across his gills hopefully. I'm thinking after a few minutes its not working but then i start seeing him twitching a little. Anyway to try and make a long story short (to late) He came back , and after about a week was swimming fine. Although for some reason his dorsal fin never came back up and he was a bit slower it seemed. The air line was his only chance, no way he was getting cpr..... 
gunblade77 said:
I had a small one once that would jump out every time I opened the lid in anticipation of being fed. I had to throw a small pinch of food in quickly and get him started first, then I could finish feeding the tank. Good thing it was a glass lid and he couldn't lift it. He was only about 2" at the time. But he was the best Oscar. I would cup my hands in the water and he would swim into my hand and sit there.
