Im not sure if my oscar is okay. He seems to swim fine and is eating regularly. Occasionally though he seems to drift onto his side. His exterior looks fine as well. No wounds or white spots of any kind. Im not sure if I am being paranoid or if this is early onset of something serious. I can give more information if needed.
Oscar seems to be acting sick.
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Oscars have a tendency to do this naturally. How long have you had him?, do any WCs recently? Move him or add fish lately? Anything at all you have done or seen out of the ordinary? What size tank and how many tankmates and what species?
He's actually all alone in a 55g. He's only maybe 2 inches right now. I've had him 3 weeks.
sounds ok to me. I wouldn't worry so much about it as long as everything has been consistent. I just saw one in a bag that came in on a shipment to my LFS doing the same thing, she said they're little sissies and they do it at any sign of stress. Possibly part of a "playing-dead" form of ambush predation to lure small fish near it for an easy meal also. When was the last time you did a water change? How long has the tank had water and a filter running in it?