Ahh this is lame! Angry angry oscar

[chronic]

Ever since heff jumped into the overflow, he has been a nightmare!

He will not leave my other oscar alone, it got bad last night so I put up a divider for a day, took it down and straight after tooch he goes.

So, I rearranged the tank and built tooch a little fortress to hide in. So she's happy with the shelter but heff still gets in there and causes trouble.


Hopefully this goes away, when tooch was the bad one she at least stayed on her side, she didn't hunt him down. Heff is going all out to be a bad fish!

[Lab_Rat]

That sucks, hopefully he relaxes. If not, it may be time for a new tank.

[Red]

how do you know its a he and a she?

[chronic]

No clue lol When my other oscar tooch was the angry one, my gf decided she was acting more like a woman with her mood swings, so from there we decided tooch was she and heff was he.

Pretty simple method I guess lol

[Red]

Then you have two males, and they will kill each other in time. Sorry.

[Northernguy]

Unless you see one drop eggs or you see breeding tubes good luck sexing an oscar!lol
How big is the tank?
Is it possible to add another type of fish for the oscar to chase around other than the oscar.A dither fish.
One thing I found with my tank is if you divide them they do become more territorial and it causes fights.Do not build dividers unless you plan on keeping them apart.

[Red]

Like I said NG, its to males, and they will end up fighting to the death.

[Northernguy]

I said if they have seperate territories in one tank they will become aggressive.I do not know if one will kill the other but that is possible.
I have many days where one oscar gets after the other.My albino tries to be boss but after my black one gets bit enough times it rams the albino real good.They get along again after that.These two are always side by side,before and after every spat.I have no idea what sex they are,they have never spawned.They act like a pair.
Two females kept in the same tank may act like a pair and even try and spawn.Rumor has it two males will fight but thats not always true.

[chronic]

Well, thats definitely depressing to hear. I do not want that. I love the little guys.

So I guess I will see how things roll out and then obviously take actions if they take it to the next level.

[Northernguy]

If they were raised together there is a good chance that they will get along with the odd bit of rough housing ! lol