Weird Oscar Activity

I have an albino oscar about two years old. The past couple of weeks he has been lying at the bottom of the tank, breathing slow, and periodically swimming around. He has a loss of apatite and his tailfin quivers perionically. He is in a 100 gallon tank with a 15 inch African Knife fish, a 6 inch Pacus, a 12 inch pleco, and a 5 inch Tinfoil Barb. He was usually an agressive fish but he drasticly calmed down and developed some dark coloration in his fins. I have tried feeding him some greens with no luck. It doesn't appear that he is getting any pits in his head or lateral lines, any suggestions?

bmw wrote:
I have an albino oscar about two years old. The past couple of weeks he
has been lying at the bottom of the tank, breathing slow, and
periodically swimming around. He has a loss of apatite and his tailfin
quivers perionically. He is in a 100 gallon tank with a 15 inch African
Knife fish, a 6 inch Pacus, a 12 inch pleco, and a 5 inch Tinfoil Barb.
He was usually an agressive fish but he drasticly calmed down and
developed some dark coloration in his fins. I have tried feeding him
some greens with no luck. It doesn't appear that he is getting any pits
in his head or lateral lines, any suggestions?




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bmw

Sounds like a neural problem.

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bmw wrote:
I have an albino oscar about two years old. The past couple of weeks he
has been lying at the bottom of the tank, breathing slow, and
periodically swimming around. He has a loss of apatite and his tailfin
quivers perionically. He is in a 100 gallon tank with a 15 inch African
Knife fish, a 6 inch Pacus, a 12 inch pleco, and a 5 inch Tinfoil Barb.
He was usually an agressive fish but he drasticly calmed down and
developed some dark coloration in his fins. I have tried feeding him
some greens with no luck. It doesn't appear that he is getting any pits
in his head or lateral lines, any suggestions?




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bmw

Sounds like a neural problem.

What can I do about it

Have there been any changes to the tank? occupants, feeding, lighting?
anything? Mine would do something similar when he was sulking over
something he didn't like. After several days he would come around.



On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 03:57:31 +0100, bmw
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I have an albino oscar about two years old. The past couple of weeks he
has been lying at the bottom of the tank, breathing slow, and
periodically swimming around. He has a loss of apatite and his tailfin
quivers perionically. He is in a 100 gallon tank with a 15 inch African
Knife fish, a 6 inch Pacus, a 12 inch pleco, and a 5 inch Tinfoil Barb.
He was usually an agressive fish but he drasticly calmed down and
developed some dark coloration in his fins. I have tried feeding him
some greens with no luck. It doesn't appear that he is getting any pits
in his head or lateral lines, any suggestions?

"bmw" wrote in message
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I have an albino oscar about two years old. The past couple of weeks he
has been lying at the bottom of the tank, breathing slow, and
periodically swimming around. He has a loss of apatite and his tailfin
quivers perionically. He is in a 100 gallon tank with a 15 inch African
Knife fish, a 6 inch Pacus, a 12 inch pleco, and a 5 inch Tinfoil Barb.
He was usually an agressive fish but he drasticly calmed down and
developed some dark coloration in his fins. I have tried feeding him
some greens with no luck. It doesn't appear that he is getting any pits
in his head or lateral lines, any suggestions?




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bmw

Drastic 50% water change ASAP!


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