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From:Los Osos CA U.S
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posted 10-26-2003 06:21 PM         

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MY OSCAR WAS SWIMMIN AROUND JUST FINE THEN THE LONGER I LEFT HIM IN THE TANK HE STOPPED SWIMMIN AS MUCH IF ANYONE HAS ANY IDEA OF WHY HE ISNT AS ACTIVE LET ME KNOW, THE HEAT IS THE SAME, EVERYTHING IS THE SAME.

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From:Surrey, B.C., Canada
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posted 10-26-2003 07:46 PM         

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How big is it? What size tank is he in?

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posted 10-26-2003 07:47 PM         

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it could be that he got use to the tank or you wernt feeding him enuff im not sure

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posted 10-27-2003 11:20 AM         

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its about a 22gallon tank he is about 3 and a half inches i feed him every couple of hours wiht pellets

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posted 10-27-2003 12:56 PM         

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you are over feeding your oscar, i hope you have good filtration and vaccum the substrate at least once a week, i feed my fish (one of them being a oscar) twice a day
and you are eventuall gonna need a bigger tank the oscar is gonna get about 15inch.

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posted 10-29-2003 06:29 PM         

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remember you will need a bigger tank when that oscar gets bigger. Go for either a 60 or a 75

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From:long beach, ca, usa
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posted 11-11-2003 05:59 PM         

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when i had my oscars they used to do the same thing...they'd just lay there on the rocks in the corner for a while but nothing seemed wrong with them..they still got fed.

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posted 11-12-2003 09:34 PM         

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the oscar should be fed 4 times a week only. You should feed the osca with alternate meals. for example. Monday morning feed it with pellets then on the evening feed it with live fish. Wednesday morning feed the oscar with live fish then feed it with pellets on evening.

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posted 11-12-2003 11:17 PM         

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Where is everyone getting this information about overfeeding Oscars? I've never heard of such. In nature fish have peak feeding times in which they feed heavily but they graze continually. Please let me know where I can find this overfeeding information.

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From:OKC, OK USA
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posted 11-19-2003 06:36 AM         

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You have to understand also that the fish is not in nature, and most likely is slugish do to overfeeding, try feeding once a day and vary the diet, oscars will over eat if you let them...mine will eat anything that you put in the tank, i have a plec and when i first got him i would try to put algae wafers in for him and the oscars would eat them before they reached the bottom, so i put some zucini in for the plec, well the oscars ate all of that and chased the plec away when it tried to eat.

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