New Oscar owner, fish won't eat food

[William Hardin]

Hi, I have a new oscar, about 5-6 inches, and though he eats live food, I
can't get him to take prepared food from the surface. Does he not know what
it is?
Thanks for th help!

[blove]

when did you get him? he probably needs more time to get used to his new
environment.

"William Hardin" > wrote in message
m...
> Hi, I have a new oscar, about 5-6 inches, and though he eats live food, I
> can't get him to take prepared food from the surface. Does he not know
what
> it is?
> Thanks for th help!
>
>

[William Hardin]

On Sunday, he's been in there a few days...
"blove" > wrote in message
...
> when did you get him? he probably needs more time to get used to his new
> environment.
>
> "William Hardin" > wrote in message
> m...
> > Hi, I have a new oscar, about 5-6 inches, and though he eats live food,
I
> > can't get him to take prepared food from the surface. Does he not know
> what
> > it is?
> > Thanks for th help!
> >
> >
>
>

[blove]

ya hes still getting used to the new home, give him a lil more time, he will
eventually come around.


"William Hardin" > wrote in message
m...
> On Sunday, he's been in there a few days...
> "blove" > wrote in message
> ...
> > when did you get him? he probably needs more time to get used to his
new
> > environment.
> >
> > "William Hardin" > wrote in message
> > m...
> > > Hi, I have a new oscar, about 5-6 inches, and though he eats live
food,
> I
> > > can't get him to take prepared food from the surface. Does he not
know
> > what
> > > it is?
> > > Thanks for th help!
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

[Rich A.]

"blove" > wrote in message
...
> ya hes still getting used to the new home, give him a lil more time, he
will
> eventually come around.

That and stir the food up a little, so it sinks.

[William Hardin]

Well, he finally started to eat! You guys were all right, he was just
getting used to things. When he does eat, he blows almost all of it out his
gills. I've read that this is normal, but I was wondering how they end up
with any of it in their stomach?
"Rich A." > wrote in message
ink.net...
>
> "blove" > wrote in message
> ...
> > ya hes still getting used to the new home, give him a lil more time, he
> will
> > eventually come around.
>
> That and stir the food up a little, so it sinks.
>
>

[blove]

i wonder that too because my small sunfish does the same thing, he eats
anything but when he eats a whole bunch of bits comes out his gills. he
loves those nutradelica brine shrimp and bloodworms and waterfleas.

"William Hardin" > wrote in message
om...
> Well, he finally started to eat! You guys were all right, he was just
> getting used to things. When he does eat, he blows almost all of it out
his
> gills. I've read that this is normal, but I was wondering how they end up
> with any of it in their stomach?
> "Rich A." > wrote in message
> ink.net...
> >
> > "blove" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > ya hes still getting used to the new home, give him a lil more time,
he
> > will
> > > eventually come around.
> >
> > That and stir the food up a little, so it sinks.
> >
> >
>
>

[RedForeman ©®]

perfectly normal, my 13" midas cichlid does it too...

--

RedForeman ©®





"blove" > wrote in message
...
> i wonder that too because my small sunfish does the same thing, he eats
> anything but when he eats a whole bunch of bits comes out his gills. he
> loves those nutradelica brine shrimp and bloodworms and waterfleas.
>
> "William Hardin" > wrote in message
> om...
> > Well, he finally started to eat! You guys were all right, he was just
> > getting used to things. When he does eat, he blows almost all of it out
> his
> > gills. I've read that this is normal, but I was wondering how they end
up
> > with any of it in their stomach?
> > "Rich A." > wrote in message
> > ink.net...
> > >
> > > "blove" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > > ya hes still getting used to the new home, give him a lil more time,
> he
> > > will
> > > > eventually come around.
> > >
> > > That and stir the food up a little, so it sinks.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

[T]

My Oscars did the same thing, obviously got enough food because they jumped
in size, growiing up to 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch in little more than a week...
If you have the room you might want to try an breed some feeder guppies for
your Oscar, I found when my looked depressed guppies always seemed to perk
them up... Especially the larger fellow, little guppies ( 1 inch juvi's )
were a challenge for him as they were small a fairly fast and hide well... A
little excercise for the big fellow and a chance to use his sharp vision for
food...

Tim..


"RedForeman ©®" > wrote in message
...
> perfectly normal, my 13" midas cichlid does it too...
>
> --
>
> RedForeman ©®
>
>
>
>
>
> "blove" > wrote in message
> ...
> > i wonder that too because my small sunfish does the same thing, he eats
> > anything but when he eats a whole bunch of bits comes out his gills. he
> > loves those nutradelica brine shrimp and bloodworms and waterfleas.
> >
> > "William Hardin" > wrote in message
> > om...
> > > Well, he finally started to eat! You guys were all right, he was just
> > > getting used to things. When he does eat, he blows almost all of it
out
> > his
> > > gills. I've read that this is normal, but I was wondering how they
end
> up
> > > with any of it in their stomach?
> > > "Rich A." > wrote in message
> > > ink.net...
> > > >
> > > > "blove" > wrote in message
> > > > ...
> > > > > ya hes still getting used to the new home, give him a lil more
time,
> > he
> > > > will
> > > > > eventually come around.
> > > >
> > > > That and stir the food up a little, so it sinks.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>