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So i think i have a very odd common pleco. I just fed the oscars their cichlid pellets (hikari gold) and they decided they wanted to pout about it rather than eat ( i swear oscars are FILLED with female hormones cause they are the moodiest fish i hae ever owned. No offense ladies on the forum)...

I am going to assume this behavior isn't healthy for the fish, after every time it buries itself it damages it's mucous coat and has many small scratches on its sides

I have scanned the internet very diligently and have not read anything about Oscars burying themselves. That is what doesn't make sense. Maybe it's cause this particular fish is more stress prone than the other more dominant confident Oscar? So maybe it takes hiding from "danger" to a whole new...

Every time I attempt to change my water and clean the debris from the the tank one of the Oscars always buries itself deep (all the way to the bottom glass, about 3 inches) in the sand. I let it stay there for a while the second time it did it and it didn't come up after ten mins so I dug it up...

I have three young Oscars. One of them I know for sure is going to be re-homed because it's growing much slower than the others. When I got the trio they were all almost black and orange, now the two faster growing fish are turning to a paler green color rather than being black. The small Oscar...

Ok I took it as 1 inch to 10 gallon thinking a typo but oh well that's beside the point, 2 Oscars in a 125 gallon with three filters, 2 marineland emperor 400 HOB and a fluval canister fx4 or fx6. Is this acceptable. And what about any possibility of some tankmates

Ok I have decided I'm only going to keep two of the Oscars because one is significantly smaller than the other two so to avoid to much bullying on that one I will give that one to someone else but I still have the question of 2 full grown Oscars in a 125 gallon. I did the measurements and that's...

Thanks and I think I am going to try to fix up my tank all nice and see if anyone who has a 125-150 gallon tank that wants to downgrade and get a smaller tank. Then I'm happy and they are happy and everything is all good Plus these guys are real big babies. I did a water change and here they...

I unfortunately don't ha e the funds to buy a larger tank now but I may be able to pick up a 125 gallon tank for a $ a gallon with the stand included if they still have them. I totally agree with you though and I had thought my tank size was just fine because for some reason I thought they only...

Thanks for the reply. I want to know also if a 125 gallon tank is ok for three of them if not I can give one to my friend with a 75 gallon.

Ok, so I recently traded my piranha for three of these 3-4" tiger Oscars. I for some reason ( I think I crossed memories) thought they only got to 5-6". But here's real problem I have, I only have a 55 gallon tank. I've heard of three Oscars in a 55 but now that I know they reach 8-12", this is...

Update, piranha has fully recovered with a nice black scar right in the middle of his face. all is well with no secondary infections

I'm quite certain the crayfish won't be getting any live meals as he is only 2 inches long and the other much smaller, and the other fish being 8-10 inches and very thick and healthy and could quite honestly eat the cray if it they wanted