The Journey Begins..Oscars Growing Out

[triggered]

Greenery + Oscar = green salad

Does the Lemon have red eyes? . . .or is that just the camera?

Yes they are red/orange eyes is this normal for a lemon oscar..

 

[triggered]

So sorry to hear about your longfin...I'll be watching this thread too! Must have names for the lil' buggers. Watch the thin tatty one turn out to be the biggest bruiser, lol.

Things sure can happen quick, though. You adding any greenery to your setup?

I was actually going to try some banana lillies to see how they go with them... but was thinking plants and Oscars usually dont work...?

 

[RD.]

Considering that you have had the majority of them for 6 weeks now, I wouldn't expect to be seeing sunken stomachs. It looks to me like you have some form of IP's in that tank, some fish worse for wear than others. If you can get NLS Hex-Shield in your part of AU I would highly recommend feeding that to clear your fish out. If you can't get your hands on any Hex Shield I would recommend checking out my sticky on the 3% epsom salt solution. If one fish has it, the parasites will get spread about via their feces, so you will want to treat all.

 

[Ulu]

I was sold a lemon Oscar with dark eyes, which turned out to be a red after a couple weeks. I didn't know the diff at the time.
Felix is my first Oscar in 45 years of aquariums.
Zed is the first betta I've grown to adulthood.
This was a year ago when they first met.

 

[FINWIN]

Greenery + Oscar = green salad

Does the Lemon have red eyes? . . .or is that just the camera?

LOL a couple of tricks enabled me to keep plants with my O...by combining LARGE plants and anchoring them under vines/boulders. Next trick is to have floating plants and suspended green vines making bridges. My O is constantly swimming through, around and under stuff. Some areas are open but he spends the majority of time under a canopy.

 

[Zcddrew]

Those are some unique looking fish you acquired can't wait to see how they grow up!!

 

[triggered]

Considering that you have had the majority of them for 6 weeks now, I wouldn't expect to be seeing sunken stomachs. It looks to me like you have some form of IP's in that tank, some fish worse for wear than others. If you can get NLS Hex-Shield in your part of AU I would highly recommend feeding that to clear your fish out. If you can't get your hands on any Hex Shield I would recommend checking out my sticky on the 3% epsom salt solution. If one fish has it, the parasites will get spread about via their feces, so you will want to treat all.

Thank you RD. I will definitely ask if we get hex-shield at local aquarium shop tomorrow am. If not i will look into the epsom salt treatment.

 

[RD.]

Not sure if this will help, but Paul Talbot at Majestic Aquariums in Sydney is the AU distributor.

Majestic Aquariums | Fish tanks, tropical fish, aquarium supplies

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majesticaquariums.com.au

 

[triggered]

Not sure if this will help, but Paul Talbot at Majestic Aquariums in Sydney is the AU distributor.

Majestic Aquariums | Fish tanks, tropical fish, aquarium supplies

Welcome to Majestic Aquariums. Online aquarium supplies and tropical fish at Australia’s best prices.

majesticaquariums.com.au

Last time i heard it still not available in Aus but will definitely ask tomorrow

 

[RD.]

Right, I forgot about how things are in AU. Seems that we have also now gone that route here in Canada.

Good luck.