Are My Oscars Ok :( ?

[trapidz]

well i noticed today that the oscars dnt fight bk or anything, there quite slim, but they do eat as i watch them every morning, they get beats from the kribs, jewel and the angels ... whats wrong with them??

as last time something like this happened the oscars died even when i put them in the 4ft they seem like they cant be bothered and laze around...

some1 please help

dnt want to loose them as there great fish

reply asap

 

[SharonCC]

The tank is WAY overstocked...how big are all these fish?

 

[trapidz]

there just about 3"

im getting my sister to take some fish back for me anyway.

what should i do

 

[shelaghfishface]

looking at your sig i would say you have way too many fish in there too.. sorry.. what size are the oscars? they do sometimes get so fed up and just give up the fight.. wait a while till nelly comes on,hell know what to tell you
tho tough fish, and would survive mistakes.. what are the water stats??

 

[mark7616]

Bit confused as to how you all class him as overstocked when you only know the tank is 5ft. I admit bad mix of fish but if its a 5x2x2 how is it WAY overstocked???

 

[SharonCC]

Way overstocked BECAUSE of the mix of fish....

 

[shelaghfishface]

ah right we posted at about the same time, 3" is ok for now,my little one had a run in with a krib not too long ago, he ended up spending his time on top of the filter scared. they were breeding at the time ( are urs)
all mine are in their own tanks( blade was in with kribs so i could strip the tank back), but thers defo something wrong, and it needs rectifying asap
shelagh xx

ps 18 fish in a 5ft, a few of which have the potential to get huge

 

[mark7616]

Way overstocked BECAUSE of the mix of fish....

Then its not overstocked it means a bad mix of fish completely different meanings over stocked is to many fish bad mix means non compatible fish wouldnt you say so telling he is overstocked doesnt help him does it what if he just lowered the numbers of what he already has.

 

[mark7616]

his sig says some are going back to the lfs so cant count them and that leaves him:

1x Red Tailed Shark.
1x Green Terror.
1x Pleco.
2x JDs.
2x Oscars.
2x Firemouths.
4x Angels.

Which is a bad mix but not overstocked.

 

[SharonCC]

Good point!

 

[trapidz]

ok, my albino oscar *Berther* is very bad shape and my tiger oscar *Bob* is starting to get there

the fish im takeing bk are:

4 kribs,
1 jewel,
1 JD,
a gold severum that my nan gave me

the golden orph is going in my parents pond today..

so wen i take them back, any other fish i could put in so it dnt look bare??

oh yeah if the angels get hassel my gf will have them in her tank...

 

[shelaghfishface]

thats good to hear, is the water quality up to scratch?