What's wrong with my oscar?

[Jorfee]

Originally Posted by emc7

Sorry for your loss. In my experience, once a cichlid stops eating, it almost never makes it. I do think you need to be careful with pH and hardness for large water changes. I once killed an angel by moving it to higher pH tank too quickly. However, I have seen remarkable recoveries with no treatment except moving a fish to a 100% clean water hospital tank. Are you going to bleach the tank?

bleach? no I never heard of that. I filled it all back up and now have another oscar in there and a very aggressive one. When I first put him in he was laying on his side within the hour barely moving but he quickly bounced back and since then has an appetite that seems never ending. Eats so many fish lol

[Jorfee]

[Phantom_Cichlid]

Originally Posted by Jorfee

Also should I remove the convict and place him in my 10 gallon tank by himself? Most likely a good idea


EDIT: ok i moved my convict into the 10 gal tank by himself...now its jus the oscar...a minnow and a algae eater. I will remove the minnow shortly..im about done with the vacuuming/water change...and I found the numbers on the test strips you guys were talking about and I will provide you with them shortly. and btw will the oscar get that big where he should be in a tank bigger than 55gal?

How big is your Convict? A 10 gallon is pretty small for a Convict unless its a fry or a few weeks old. I also saw in your previous post about live food, if your looking for "feeders" I wouldnt do comets, but would do guppies and endlers but make sure you quarentine them first to make sure they dont have an illnesses. If someone already stated what I have then I apoligize for being late on the post.

[Phantom_Cichlid]

Originally Posted by Jorfee

bleach? no I never heard of that. I filled it all back up and now have another oscar in there and a very aggressive one. When I first put him in he was laying on his side within the hour barely moving but he quickly bounced back and since then has an appetite that seems never ending. Eats so many fish lol

Try not to feed him so many feeders, even though it can be tempting try not, I have a friend whose Oscar will ONLY eat live food, he refuses pellets and sticks.

[Gourami Swami]

Yes, oscars will eventually outgrow a 55g if you let them. If you move him to a 75g at about 9", he will grow to a nice 13-14"!