yea, i think that site i gave you says that guppies lack nutrition
really...kind of like us eating cheetos or something. id say try to
switch his diet a little. i feet mine floating pellets and they dont
seem to mind.

oscars are known to act sluggish and lay on their sides when theyre
uncomfortable or in a new situation.

maybe your other oscar has been picking on him a little? is he any
smaller than the active one? do you notice the active one being more
agressive towards the food?
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yea, i think that site i gave you says that guppies lack nutrition
really...kind of like us eating cheetos or something. id say try to
switch his diet a little. i feet mine floating pellets and they dont
seem to mind.

oscars are known to act sluggish and lay on their sides when theyre
uncomfortable or in a new situation.

maybe your other oscar has been picking on him a little? is he any
smaller than the active one? do you notice the active one being more
agressive towards the food?

They look like twins. If it weren't for the behaviour differences, it'd be
impossible to tell them apart.
he seems to have cheered up a bit now that i've dropped the temp by 6
degrees f though.

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well that is very good to hear! im glad i could help!
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on my tank right now, the 30, i have a magnum 350 canister filter.

A Magnum 350 Canister on a 30?!? Wow

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My husband bought an albino tiger oscar when he was about 2 inches
long, and at first, he would attack any other fish in the same tank
with him. We ended up getting another albino tiger oscar, and for
awhile, eventhough he was bigger, the newer oscar would lay on the
bottom of the tank like he was dead. I probably tried to net him 3
times when I thought he had died, only to find out he was perfectly
fine. Now that both oscars are in their permanent home which is a
100 gal. tank along with 2 jack dempseys and a common pleco, I have
not seen that behavior except when the SOB tries to pick a fight and
gets his butt whipped! He sometimes pouts for a couple of days, and
then everything is normal.
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Lnm130 wrote:
on my tank right now, the 30, i have a magnum 350 canister filter.

A Magnum 350 Canister on a 30?!? Wow

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yea,,,these are SUPER messy fish. i did a water change on my 2 o's
yesterday, and was pouring in the new water, and it looked like i
needed to do another water change!

Jon, if youre oscar isnt even too active when eating, feed them beef
heart. you can buy it frozen from your lfs, or by it from youre
grocer and chop it into oscar sized chunks. its messy, but they LOVE
it
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Jon, if youre oscar isnt even too active when eating, feed them beef
heart. you can buy it frozen from your lfs, or by it from youre
grocer and chop it into oscar sized chunks. its messy, but they LOVE
it


I've been looking for it lately, but -none- of my lfs's have it. i'm not
pleased.

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if you go to the meat department in your grocery store, they should
have it. and i was thinking, as an easy way of freezing, go to a
craft store and buy some candy molds...they come REALLY small...i bet
thatd be less hassle
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