Sulking like a ******

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Oscar Madison

Oscar Madison

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I have a 10” tiger Oscar, his name is POSEIDON. I’ve put him through hell recently and he’s now puttin the screws to me. I had to relocate him because he didn’t play well with others. So I built him his own 150g in the garage. He had to endure the move and and about a week with a broken chiller which got his tank up to 85’. Chiller is back up and running (btw tank in garage in Florida, very hot) life is good for him. However, like most of my fish they are unappreciative vagrants, mean and nasty. He sulks when I’m in the room, but I snuck in there and watched him frolic around like he’s king of the castle. As soon as he saw me he went back to his phony pouting. Geez, I have a wife for that. Can’t catch a break. Ha
 
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Oscar Madison said:
I have a 10” tiger Oscar, his name is POSEIDON. I’ve put him through hell recently and he’s now puttin the screws to me. I had to relocate him because he didn’t play well with others. So I built him his own 150g in the garage. He had to endure the move and and about a week with a broken chiller which got his tank up to 85’. Chiller is back up and running (btw tank in garage in Florida, very hot) life is good for him. However, like most of my fish they are unappreciative vagrants, mean and nasty. He sulks when I’m in the room, but I snuck in there and watched him frolic around like he’s king of the castle. As soon as he saw me he went back to his phony pouting. Geez, I have a wife for that. Can’t catch a break. Ha
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Yeah Oscars sure are some moody fish. They really like to play on ppl's heart strings.
 
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I had an Oscar in with my pacu and when the pacu was too big I had to re home it to a big pond. When I came home the Oscar went into a funk and poured for weeks. It would even swim in circles going completely upside down, barrel rolls. He was so bored out of his mind.

I eventually took him to live with a friend of mine who has some big parrots that he gets to fight with all the time and he’s happier than ever.
 
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Since it was the alpha dog in its old tank, and it associates you with kidnapping it from its very kingly and comfortable position to a solitary sometime uncomfortable (temp wise) existence....... if it was you, what would you do each time your kidnapper entered the room? Do you think that experience wouldn't be etched in your memory banks?
I know.....way too anthropomorphic, but a reasonable assumption.
 
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Oscar Madison said:
I have a 10” tiger Oscar, his name is POSEIDON. I’ve put him through hell recently and he’s now puttin the screws to me. I had to relocate him because he didn’t play well with others. So I built him his own 150g in the garage. He had to endure the move and and about a week with a broken chiller which got his tank up to 85’. Chiller is back up and running (btw tank in garage in Florida, very hot) life is good for him. However, like most of my fish they are unappreciative vagrants, mean and nasty. He sulks when I’m in the room, but I snuck in there and watched him frolic around like he’s king of the castle. As soon as he saw me he went back to his phony pouting. Geez, I have a wife for that. Can’t catch a break. Ha
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LOL!!! Just like my O Brick. We have an ongoing 'war' over what he will and won't eat. When I only provide pellets he refuses to let me see him eat them. He'll look at them closely, start to bite but when he sees me swims away! Then if I leave the room and peep I see him crunching and blowing them out his gills. I know Brick is eating...he looks like a freaking slab. Fake ass O.

His favorite food is mealworms. Those he gulps in front of me.
 
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