Hi everyone

We have had our red oscar now for four months and he has grown so quickly. He/she is now about 61/2 inches and growing. He is in a tank with salvini and convicts and until Saturday 3 clown loaches. My partner noticed that oscar was gasping and on checking noticed a fish stuck in his mouth. I thought it was the spiny catfish and quickly came on here to see what to do. I had visions of having to catch him and try and pull out the catfish. Half an hour later he spat out what remained of one of the 3in clown loaches, not a pretty sight.

It is strange that he ignored the loaches for so long and they used to swim under him and beside him.

He is well fed and generally ignores the other fish. Has anyone else had experiences of this happening.

oscars r curious and try to eat whatever they can fit in their mouths my o's tried to eat my arowana which was twice their size

Oscars are pigs it seems. The loach just must have swam past your oscar one too many times.

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If it can fit in their mouths oscars usually at some point try to eat it even if bought up with the smaller fish

yeah My Tiger also sometimes behaves very aggressively with my Pleco, normally they r friends! i think i will never find my Pleco inside my Oscar's mouth!(I HOPE:pinch: )