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	My Oscar is having seizures
steven1982 Hobbyist Posts: 104 Kudos: 74 Votes: 38 Registered: 13-Jan-2008	Edited by steven1982 I saw yesterday and again today my Oscar is having seizures. His fins just go. All the other tank mate are doing fine. NO3 10 ppm NO2 0 ppm PH 7 Total Hardness 100 ppm Alkalinity 100 ppm Anyone seen this?
Posted 13-Nov-2008 04:50
riri1 Fish Addict Posts: 537 Kudos: 435 Votes: 44 Registered: 04-Mar-2005	well do u have 2 oscars and if u do does the one thats haveing the seizures only do it around the other? and does he do this by any perticular fish? and wat size tank u got?
Posted 13-Nov-2008 08:51
steven1982 Hobbyist Posts: 104 Kudos: 74 Votes: 38 Registered: 13-Jan-2008	He is a 6 inch Oscar I also have a 4 inch Oscar 4 inch pleco 3 inch fire mouth 80 gallon tank Has had these "seizures" when off by himself. If you are asking if any of the other fish are picking on him I would say NO! He is King of the tank, that is for sure.
Posted 13-Nov-2008 19:10
Gomer Ultimate Fish Guru Small Fry with BBQ Sauce Posts: 3602 Kudos: 1709 Votes: 106 Registered: 29-Mar-2002	No I think he was meaning the fish might have been displaying himself to a potential mate, or trying to show dominance to another fish. Well thats what it sounds like to me.
Posted 17-Nov-2008 07:40
steven1982 Hobbyist Posts: 104 Kudos: 74 Votes: 38 Registered: 13-Jan-2008	I do not think that it is a mating thing or dominance as one time he did it in a drift wood structure I have, all by himself.
Posted 22-Nov-2008 23:47
superlion Mega Fish Posts: 1246 Kudos: 673 Votes: 339 Registered: 27-Sep-2003	Is he making a shimmying motion or flicking against objects or substrate in the aquarium? If flicking, it's likely he has an external parasite infestation. Shimmying could mean a number of things. ><>
Posted 22-Nov-2008 23:52
steven1982 Hobbyist Posts: 104 Kudos: 74 Votes: 38 Registered: 13-Jan-2008	I do see him flicking into the ground.
Posted 23-Nov-2008 02:10


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