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	Oscar acting weird??
JokerFish Enthusiast Posts: 167 Kudos: 203 Votes: 20 Registered: 05-Feb-2004	I just bought an oscar about 3 days ago...i find he's acting weird...he's all alone in a 44 gallon tank...he's about 1.5 inches long...but he seems to be hiding all the time...he hides in the rocks and doesen't move much...and when he does swim around a little, he sort of swims sideways, is that normal?? i'm kinda worried
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
freejoe Enthusiast Posts: 211 Kudos: 227 Votes: 756 Registered: 20-Aug-2003	he sounds to me like he is still unsure of his new home and is still on the lookout for preditors coming to eat him, was the tank cycled before you put him in there if not that could be part of the weird behavior, if the tank is fish ready give him a few more days to relax and get used to his new home:%) The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an bacon and egg breakfast: the chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'."
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
fishyhelper288 Fish Guru Posts: 2161 Kudos: 1951 Votes: 137 Registered: 29-Feb-2004	dont worry mine did the same when i first had him, he will get over it in a few weeks, (took mine a few months but) soon he will be jumping out of the water for u
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
napower05 Hobbyist Posts: 88 Votes: 0 Registered: 05-Oct-2004	mine did that too when i first got him i thought it was sick or something but now he's 6" and very healthy flys around the tank like he should
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
cichlidae Enthusiast Posts: 294 Kudos: 191 Votes: 1 Registered: 18-Sep-2002	My oscar did that aswell. Oscars, IMO seem to be more of the easier cichlids to stress out. Just let him settle in
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	same. juist let ur oscar chill. mices are still skitsh.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
RustyBlade Mega Fish Posts: 987 Kudos: 1667 Votes: 391 Registered: 23-Apr-2003	You'll soon learn that oscar are big babies and like to show you when they're not happy about something Our did the same thing as well
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
JokerFish Enthusiast Posts: 167 Kudos: 203 Votes: 20 Registered: 05-Feb-2004	ok thanks people you were right he's already acting better...he swims around all the time and now eats like he should what a great fish...this gives me even more intention on getting a huge tank filled with cichlids...they are pretty great.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03


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