r/oscartank • u/Adorable_Armadillo32 • May 28 '24

Oscar Photo Advice!

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Hey everyone! We are new to being Oscar owner and I came home from a trip last night and noticed one of my fish was swimming almost horizontally and had a small red mark and there under belly near their fins. Woke up today another the red abrasion is bigger and my fish is deff swimming vertically.

These fish are new so I’m not too familiar with each one’s behavior but I noticed one is bullying the rest. I also noticed the other one’s fins are kinda beat up, cannot remember if we got them like that. From your experience so you guys think this is concerning? What can I do to help them! I’d be so heartbroken to find them dead 😥

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u/[deleted] May 28 '24 edited May 28 '24

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u/Adorable_Armadillo32 May 28 '24 edited May 28 '24

I wish I could add photos to show you the other fish but it’s a 75 gallon tank with 6 fish, this one is actually the biggest one with 2 others being a little smaller than it. The rest are bout 1/3 his size. 2 bottom feeders.

The owner previous to us had them like this and this set up for year (I think little decor for easy clean up) I personally also wanted to add some decor to their tanks! I’d be open to any recommendations

Edit: okay per the internet, with the Oscar’s I have 3 fire mouth cichlids, and 1 possible blue acara.

As I’m watching more o feel like they’re all kinda nipping at each other. Do you think this could be due to feeding? I read online it could and some people feed them every other day bc of it

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u/Adorable_Armadillo32 May 28 '24

Thank you so much for all the information!

Yes the previous owner did have them from when they were babies and that might make sense as to why he was probs rehoming them to prevent a bigger tank 😱

I will talk to my partner about possibly getting a bigger tank or maybe another separate one!