ok so my brother in law gave me his tank with a 12 year old oscar in it and i have noticed some times he swims completly upside down and on his sides and also goes straight nose down towards the gravel. then last night right after dinner i was watching him and noticed he started spazzing out like a person having a seizer for like 2-5 min then out of the blue start attacking the fake tree root i have in the tank. so any one else have "old" fish that does weird stuff??
things fish do in there "old age"
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Well, i do have a 12/13 yr old polleni although i wouldn't say he has strange behavior per se, he does have a tendency to sleep underneath the in-tank filter which i always found funny since he can barely fit under there, as in he has to lay almost sideways to fit underneath...
got a 6yr old O, does the same thing, always has.
as long as its eating and passing its food it should be fine.
as long as its eating and passing its food it should be fine.
figured that much brother in laws says hes been doing that ever since he can remember and he eats once or twice a day and still poops i believe.
I had to put one of my large blue gouramis down using the clove oil/vodka method because of him spazzing out, the way you say your oscar does.
At first the poor guy was fine, just had a "seizure" every hour or so, but it got so bad that he was bashing his head into the glass/ornaments, and eventually became a bloody bruised up mess... he was literally beating the hell out of himself. It wasn't a water issue because I was testing and the water was perfect. Also wasn't a parasite issue because I had not intoduced any other fish in years and never fed live food. He was around 5 1/2 years old, felt bad for him so I put him down.
At first the poor guy was fine, just had a "seizure" every hour or so, but it got so bad that he was bashing his head into the glass/ornaments, and eventually became a bloody bruised up mess... he was literally beating the hell out of himself. It wasn't a water issue because I was testing and the water was perfect. Also wasn't a parasite issue because I had not intoduced any other fish in years and never fed live food. He was around 5 1/2 years old, felt bad for him so I put him down.