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My 5-year-old fully mature Oscar has started an interesting new behaviour. He’s shoving gravel up one side of the tank and resting in the hole at the bottom of the tank (see pic). Went to vacuum the tank this morning and as I neared the depression he struck out and bit me! Never did any of these...

Hi, yesterday I bought new oscar for my old tank and today I noticed he/she is not that energetic nd seems stressed and laying down in the bottom. Also he/she not taking any feed. Is there any issue with it? Thanks

I have a Oscar fish who has gotten pretty bloated as of the last month. He behaves normally, eats normally, etc. Today he was very sluggish, but ate normally yesterday. Fasting did not result in bloating going away, tried this for 4 days without food, then a week at 30% feedings, and then 70%...

Hello everyone, I have had this Oscar for a couple weeks and he was doing great in the tank. He loves to eat and always comes out when I get close. I saw 2 days ago he had some white spots and I immediately thought it was ich. I was told ich spreads fast so I waited a day to see if it was ich...

Hey all. I created a fake ivy back drop on the outside of my Oscar tank and both of them didn’t like it and started sulking as they do. But a few minutes later they got spooked and my male hasn’t been the same since (this was last night) now I’m seeing him do things his never done like messing...

I have had my oscar Greg for a few months now, and he's around 8 inches from what I can tell. I have him in a 55-gallon tank, with gravel (I might add some sand to mix it up soon) but I want to add another fish. Recently His water has been getting kinda green, and I do at least a 30% water...

One of my apple snails died recently to old age and im wondering what types of snails I could get. As I have said in the title i have one oscar and a royal pleco.I have many breeding tanks so if there baby's i can just stick them in those. I have one apple snail left and a couple randoms along...

Never struggled so much to take a photo but these are active and won’t stay still , the red Oscar is far More red and black than the image shows the red is a large 6inch and the albino is a good 4 inch , I’m thinking eventually the albino will be rehomed but I’m hoping to keep both , I need...

Iv been to look at some wild oscars today ( haven’t bought non ... yet ) and for the price they are the colour variety isn’t as green or orange as I’d first expected but amongst the 100 juvenile oscars I see maybe 3 red oscars , first question is are they wild , which apparently they were I was...

Please let me know if this should go somewhere else, but I wanted to thread out what we did when our juvenile unnamed red oscar jumped out of our 6 foot tank and hitched a ride with my dog. I mentioned it in my 227 system discussion but thought it may be of help here. I had to pry him out of my...

Silly question. I have a large cichlid tank with oscars, a blood parrot, and a green terror. I saw this floating across the tank and I was wondering if this was a worm or a parasite? I thought I saw it wiggle but it could have been from the filter current. I have a video of it but not sure how...

Anyone else’s Oscar been a gentle giant? I’ve had my fair share of psychotic oscars lol but since buying Rudy around a year ago I’ve noticed that she’s been the most placid and gentle Oscar I’ve ever had. She’s been raised up around some very small fish and whilst intrigued by them, hasn’t ever...

Would love some aqua scaping inspiration! Post photos of your Oscar tanks below :) This is mine currently. 5ft x 1.5ft x1.5ft. Home to: - 1 Oscar (Rudy) - 1 Senegal bichir (Bruce) - 1 albino sailfin pleco (Boris īī ) A wee bit on the small side but everyone seems happy :)

hi i’m worried for my fish and idk what to do. a few days ago i noticed that his poop was green but we’ve only fed him food that should make his poop brown so i found that unusual. we also have decorative rocks in his tanks and some of them are yellow coloured. just this morning i saw that his...

I have a 3 months old datnoid and 2 months old bichir and were tankmates for 3 months now and have kept both of them on a 100 gallons standard size tank. I was planning to add some more fishes and I came across with oscars. An Albino Red, Tiger, and Red oscars which are all on 2x2 sizes. I have...

s/he has been acting strange lately, something is obviously wrong but I can’t figure it out. We’ve tried dosing the tank with Melafix, salt, general cure, but nothing seems to work. S/he is about 1 1/2 years old and is getting progressively worse. All other fish in the tank are in good health...

I recently got a tiger oscar from the local pet store. it's in a 75 gallon tank with a assorted chiclid and 3 pictus catfish.I have had it only for a day now and I noticed that it's mouth looks odd. this morning while he was eating bloodworms I noticed that he squeezed a couple of the bloodworms...

A couple days ago I noticed that one of my Oscar’s eyes seemed a bit bigger than usual. I looked it up and read that it might be popeye. I freaked out and tested the water, everything was perfect except the nitrate level. I did a 50% percent water change, and added my usual water primer...

Alive after five plus years (could be seven?), survived two category 5 hurricanes (Irma & Maria), eleven magnitude 5+ earthquakes and thousands of magnitude 3 or higher tremors, and a desperate relocation of his 75g home down the stairs from a third story penthouse inside a 12g Coleman...

Hello, Havent been here in a LONG TIME but I finally got around to ask the experts. I have this 5+ year Oscar (could be 7 years? honestly dont remember when I got him!). He used to share the tank with a Pleco and a mellow Jack Dempsey, both recently died (several months ago). Anyway, here is the...

I inherited an albino Oscar about 3 years ago now. At first, things were going well. He grew and loved eating and ripping up and knocking over everything in his tank. Lately, though, he keeps getting sick. Right now he has a cloudy, white circle covering his eye, I think he may have hole in the...

The tank is 165x33x50 (cm) WxHxD, the problem is the aquarium isn't too high. Is 33 cm enough height for adult oscar? I'm planning to keep 3 oscars since the tank is a good width and depth, To note that I've been in fishkeeping hobby for long and I have no problems in water quality I do once or...

I have two Oscar's and two bristlnose plecos and was wondering what would be the best choice of large aquarium rocks the put in my tank. I have a 75 gallon tank wide I'm also going to put a diy bubble bar in the back of the tank Is it possible that I can put a natural obsidian rock structure...

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I have a 65-gallon tank with an Oscar, two Blood Parrots and a couple of Silver Dollars. They are barely into their teens now (in fish years, that is), so I don't think I need a bigger tank just yet. I bought a 500 gm pack of Hikari Blood Red Parrot pellets recently -- apparently, they're...

hi I have a few questions. how old approximately are the small and medium oscar fish sold at petsmart/ 1.5-2.5 in". I have 2 Oscar fish in a 55 gallon tank. I plan on upgrading to 150gal soon. they are both 5.75"-6"in. they are liplocking, circling each other,gill flaring, and generally acting...

Hello! This'll be my first post on this forum, I'm looking forward to being a part of the community! :)     Now, I am not new to the fish hobby (I know quite a bit, but I'll admit I've got PLENTY of room to grow), but I am new to Oscar fish keeping. I have a little Oscar fish who is the size of...

This is my very first tank. I bought it almost a year ago as an already established tank.  It is a 55gal. When I originally got it, it was WAY over loaded. Three cichlids, two oscars, and two plecos. Guy was just gonna dump the fish and sell the equipment if I hadn't of got it from him. I was...

I just put my fish in my tank and i only have a rock and two plastic plants. This is why i need ideas for what to put in it and where. I have an idea to put alot of plants on the right for a little forest but idk tell me what you think.I have 2 Oscars, 1 Senegal bichir, and 1 bala shark but ill...

My question is i need a fish to eat all the waste my fish make and it not being picked on. I have 2 baby oscars around 3.5 inches and a baby senegal bichir around 4 inches and 1 bala shark around 4 inches. They eat alot pellets and make a huge mess of them and spit parts of it out and makes a...

I have been looking at Oscar fish for a while now and though I never really thought I would like them, they are starting to sound a lot more appealing the more I read. I have been thinking of setting up a tank for one and adding a couple other large fish to go with it that would be more or less...

Hey - have chatted with a few of you guys.   Old member from back in the day. Back on the forums and loving what this community has turned into. Definitely has grown, but the core of the forum is still the same.   My tanks have changed a bit over the years I have been off the forums.   When I...

Age and condition: Not sure - can only be a couple of years though Quantity for sale: 2 Reason for Sale: Getting too big for my tank. Not fair on them or the other fish. Delivery or Collection: Collection only please Sales price: Open to offers. Willing to Ship (Yes or No): No Postage &...

Hello fish-lovers,   I have a pair of Oscar which is two years old. I'm not able to identify the sex of the fish. I have seperated the fish in the same tank by a glass partition. When i allow them to be in one tank they're fighting like hell, which is difficult to control. Can anyone suggest me...

Is this Oscar rare and how much is it worth?

I have a 20 gallon tank and really want an oscar. I found them at Petsmart and they are actually not that big to start with. Would it be okay temporarily until i upgrade within the next year?

I have a 7 inch Oscar and had an equally long plecostamus in my tank. The fish were looking sluggish. Yesterday, the plecostamus died. I do water changes every two weeks. I checked nitrate, nitrite, ammonia and ph. All were high except nitrite... And the ph registered below 6.0. I have been able...