i know this will probly be normal but sometime when my o eats hikari small pellets after he chews them he spits some out through his gills do you guys observe that in your oscars?

yer, mine does that all the time, messy sod

ya thats the only reason i have t clean my gravel it makes my job hard cause i got plants

Matt E. fish lover wrote:


My pleco knows to come out when the oscar is eating pellets and he eats the bits that float to the bottom.

my oscar does this too, i think its probably quite normal... unfortunatley my plec doesn't yet have the brains or the size 2 come out wen ozzy is fed so i'm in the same boat having to move plants and ornament around to clean my substrate.

my oscars are not so messy , but it's why oscars are called messy fish.
plus my SD's clean up after the oscars very good.

ya i got snails but they dont do much id get a pleco but im afraid he would get to big

This is normal for oscars

pretty sure mine spits more out his gills then he ingests

Matt E. fish lover wrote:


Depends on the species. I should have gotten a smaller plec like a bristlenose or something but my oscar is too large right now so any smallish plec would most likely go down the hatch....or worse...halfway down the hatch.

Mine do this all the time... Red does it especially when I have fed him too many pellets over a course of feedings. He likes variety. Opie goes around eating what he spits out through his gills. Then the pleco eats whatever is left.

I think this is my 900th post ! Where's the bar !?!?!

Brooksie wrote:


OK, the bar's open, Brooksie's paying!
will we end up like this tonight?