New Oscar Owner

[lez sadler]

have a 6 foot tank with a four inc veil tail and a four inch albino they live with a pair of severiums and a pair of jewels.
both oscars are fit and healthy eat everything i put in ,pellets,blood worm,beefheart,worms etc.
when my veiltail eats for about twenty mins he goes heads down and swims round in circles.
checked ph and temp is ok.
the albino does not do this.
is the a problem .

[Bristley]

Welcome to the AC, glad to have you aboard. Not sure about the heads down and swims in circles question, but I'm sure someone else will probably be better able to help you on this one.

[lez sadler]

thank you nice to be here

[Northernguy]

Welcome to the Fabulous AC!:22:
How long have you had them?
Is the tank properly cycled?
The perameters that must be watched are ammonia,nitrites and nitrates. Ph is not a problem as lonmg as it is stable where it is.
Get an API liquid test kit.They are more accurate than test strips.
You may want to give this a read.[Only Registered Users Can See Links.]

My oscars have never done what you described.

[lez sadler]

Change Water 25 Percent Every Week Oscar Feeds Well Looks Supurbe Has A Realy Black Tail The Other Oscer Fine As Well Thanks For Help

[lez sadler]

Welcome to the Fabulous AC!:22:
How long have you had them?
Is the tank properly cycled?
The perameters that must be watched are ammonia,nitrites and nitrates. Ph is not a problem as lonmg as it is stable where it is.
Get an API liquid test kit.They are more accurate than test strips.
You may want to give this a read.[Only Registered Users Can See Links.]

My oscars have never done what you described.
have found a local vet seems the problem is that oscar eats a whole block of frozen food in one go and gets stomach cramps becoase of the cold othr than that he is fit and health thanks for youre suggestions

[chronic]

I always put my frozen food in a cup of tank water and thaw it out before I feed them.

So I would do that if I were you.

Good luck with the new fish. Definitely grab a test kit and make sure the water is perfect. They will heal from wounds like x-mans wolverine when the water is in good condition.

[lez sadler]

just got in from work to find my jewels have been busy they have eggs lots of eggs

[Mavrick813]

Grats on the eggs.

Wanted to second the part about X-man Wolverine Wounds. My Bully Oscar slammed a smaller albino into a piece of holey rock in my tank causing a laceration from just below the spin down to the bottom of the gill slit. The cut looked gruesome to say the least. Into the sick tank and a bit of Stress coat and he was good as new in less then a month. I was sure he was going to be belly up by morning. But he pulled through.

FWIW: I retired that particular piece of Holey Rock.

Mike