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phreakyfaerie

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i have 2 oscars in a 150 gal tank, one is 12in the other is 10. i have no idea what gender, they share this tank with some small cons , a small pair of JD's, and a large pleco. they have all shared this living space for about six months with no problems, untill recently. all of the sudden my oscars have started beating the crap out of each other! really bad :WHOA: the smaller one is obviously winning, cuz the bigger one has chunks missing, i have seen them liplocking and twitching, and they aren't terrorizing anyone else in the tank. what do i do???? do i separate them? do i leave them alone? there has been no change in tankmates, water params , nothing, and i do bi weekly water changes. i just dont understand. my oscars are my babies i don't want them to kill each other. grateful for any suggestions, please help?!? :cry:
 
try rearanging the tank. they may just be getting ready to breed. worse comes to worse get a tank divider. i would give it a little more time till one starts getting in bad shape. just rearange the tank for now. might buy you some time. good luck.
 
thanx, i was kinda hoping they were gonna breed. but i wasn't sure. it's water change day today anyway so i'll do a little re-arranging too.
 
This does not sound like breeding behavior to me, far too aggresive. If you have had the tank setup for 6 months the oscars may have just hit sexual maturity...and basically decided they hate eathother. Oscar personalitys change a lot once they are mature. You can try to rearange the tank but I think it is going to come down to you having to get rid of or remove an oscar..
 
what part of michigan are you from? i grew up there.
 
unfortunmately flint area
 
oscars hit sexual maturity long before 10"... they may have just now decided they hate each other but i dought its because of maturing. they should have already done that.
 
i have a buddy who lives in linden. its an alright area. i used to go to flint for the street races next to that auto zone. cant remember the name of the street though. ever go?
 
yeah it's called st johns. i grew up in fenton
 
you know branden shouse, or viviano, or pugsley?
 
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