Albino Tiger Oscar Behaviour ?

[Jon Pike]

I've got two new albino oscars and for the first couple of weeks everything
was peachy. I put a power head in for a bit and found that one of them
didn't like it so I removed it and it seemed to go back to being okay. The
last couple of days one of them has been acting slow and listing to the
side a little. I've checked nitrites and ammonia and both are virtually
zero. temp is 80-82. They're alone in a 25'ish tank, they've got a rock
cave, some plants, and I feed them feeder guppies and dried shrimp pellets
(sinking).
Any ideas?

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What kind of filter are you using? Do they seem to be breathing heavy?
If the oscar is getting hurt by the other one it is common for them to
lay on there sides, when they are hurt. If you have a good filter and
proper aeration I would do a water change asap. A great place to great
info on oscars and other fish is
http://www.cichlidfish.com/forumandchat.html very friendly people more
than willing to help out.


On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 05:41:34 GMT, Jon Pike
> wrote:

>I've got two new albino oscars and for the first couple of weeks everything
>was peachy. I put a power head in for a bit and found that one of them
>didn't like it so I removed it and it seemed to go back to being okay. The
>last couple of days one of them has been acting slow and listing to the
>side a little. I've checked nitrites and ammonia and both are virtually
>zero. temp is 80-82. They're alone in a 25'ish tank, they've got a rock
>cave, some plants, and I feed them feeder guppies and dried shrimp pellets
>(sinking).
>Any ideas?

[Jon Pike]

wrote in
:

> What kind of filter are you using? Do they seem to be breathing heavy?
> If the oscar is getting hurt by the other one it is common for them to
> lay on there sides, when they are hurt. If you have a good filter and
> proper aeration I would do a water change asap. A great place to great
> info on oscars and other fish is
> http://www.cichlidfish.com/forumandchat.html very friendly people more
> than willing to help out.

aquaclear 150 + a bubbler run filter.
I haven't seen any agressive behaviour, but that doesn't always mean
anything. :/

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[Fuzzy]

How big are the two O's now? O's are a very hardy fish, but they do
grow, and grow fast. Two O's will not be able to live a heathy happy
life in a 25 gallon tank. Min would be a 55, and that would be with
excellent filtration, and tank maintance. Avoid feeding the O's feeder
fish. That is the surest way to introduce a problem into a tank, plus
they have virtually no nutrition value for the O's. Try getting some
earthworms, from a bait shop, or beafheart, to augment there diet. How
offten do you change/clean the water, the nitrate level may be high. O's
are extremly messy, and while your ammo, and nitrite levels might be
fine, due to an established bacterial culture, the nitrate, can only be
removed via water changes.



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[Jon Pike]

Fuzzy -DONTEMAIL> wrote in news:copoki$5lb$5
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> How big are the two O's now?

2" long each.

> O's are a very hardy fish, but they do
> grow, and grow fast. Two O's will not be able to live a heathy happy
> life in a 25 gallon tank. Min would be a 55, and that would be with
> excellent filtration, and tank maintance. Avoid feeding the O's feeder
> fish. That is the surest way to introduce a problem into a tank, plus
> they have virtually no nutrition value for the O's. Try getting some
> earthworms, from a bait shop, or beafheart, to augment there diet. How
> offten do you change/clean the water, the nitrate level may be high. O's
> are extremly messy, and while your ammo, and nitrite levels might be
> fine, due to an established bacterial culture, the nitrate, can only be
> removed via water changes.

nitrates get chewed up by my hornwart

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[Fuzzy]

nitrates get chewed up by my hornwart


Or "Ceratophyllum demersum" is a fast grower, good idea for Osacar's
since they like to shread them...hehe. Do you actually test for the
nitrate. Hornwart, can cause problems with nitrate's due to the
sometimes messy nature of it. Anything in the tank, that degrades,
release's nitrates. Food, fecal matter, dead plants ect.

AS for the behaviour, are they acting more normal now, O's can become
"shy", they also like a varied diet, you might like to try floating
chilid pellets, bloodworm both frozen and freeze dried. Beafheart, is
another favorite, as well as earthworms.



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