Oscar not eating

[Sirius]

I inherited an "albino" Oscar in a 55 gallon tank when I moved into a new house a few months ago.

All of a sudden he seems to not want to eat. I checked the Nitrites, Ammonia, PH, Temperature...and all are fine.

Is this a normal behavior, or may I have done something that ticked him off? I haven't switched foods and he has ate like a pig up until now. Also he looks healthy enough and swims around with his normal energy.

Just Wondering

 

[smb]

Have you been keeping up with the husbandry practices?

What all are you feeding him? How big is he and how long has he not eaten?

 

[Sirius]

Yes I have been keeping up with the husbandry. As far as I know. I feed him the floating Cichlid pellets and once in a while I give him a few blood worms. He is about 7 in long and probably 4 inches tall. He hasnt been eating for about 40 hours.

 

[mostanks]

[/QUOTE]All of a sudden he seems to not want to eat. I checked the Nitrites, Ammonia, PH, Temperature...and all are fine

fine doesn't help

whats the temp and hows your water?(ammonia,nitrite and ph)how often are you doing water changes?it's pretty hard to get an oscar to stop eating and this info may help.

 

[Sirius]

My Ammonia and Nitrites are both 0. My PH is a about 6.4 which I believe is a little low but it has been at this level since I got the fish. I was hesitant to up it for fear that he was used to it where it was. The temperature is at 78 F and I've been doing 25% changes every other week. (This last weekend being the last).

 

[Redoscar12]

When they want to eat they will tellyou

 

[david27]

Hi Sirrus most fish enjoy variaton in their diet and feeding fish lots of dried food may cause stomach problems. Perhaps given his size try prawns,salmon or frozen feeder fish. You don't give your location but in the UK there is a product called vitazin which acts as a tonic and does trigger a fishes appitite.

hope this helps

David

 

[smb]

David is on the right track, imo.

How big is this tank you have him in and is he alone or are there other fish in there? What filter/s are you using?

My PH is a about 6.4 which I believe is a little low but it has been at this level since I got the fish. I was hesitant to up it for fear that he was used to it where it was.

That's exactly right! My biggest pet peeve in this hobby is when people try to match the pH of the fish they have to what they read online about the fish. The fish we read online are for wilds and NOT for what most people buy. If they are F0/F1 then I can understand but you always want to match where you bought them from. I just use straight tapwater and won't change a thing unless I know they are wilds.

 

[FrankSlapperinni]

I don't know if this is the case, but I've heard oscars like interaction. do you ever go up and wigle you fingers around in front of the glass for him to chase around? I've even seen people give there oscars a rubsown, or throw pingpong balls in the tank for it to whack around. s/he could just be lonely and want another oscar to chase around

 

[Sirius]

Its a 55 gallon tank which he lives in by himself. I have 2 of the the plain ol' power filters with the charcoal bags and an undergravel filter.