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Has our Oscar gone mad? 1 year, 7 months ago #116256

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Hi - we had a few troubles a couple of weeks ago with changing water & filter media in the tank, about the same time oscar developed a white circle mark on his head, which now appears to have healed, so I think it was a knock mark. The water is good now, but Oscar has been behaving very oddly for over a week.

He sits onthe bottom, apparently sulking, or staring at his reflection - doing the flaring gills thing at his reflection and he has taken to biting the filter intake, and some of the decorations in the tank. He's also doing this crazy swimming in circles - he looks like he's chasing his tail - its very odd and doesn't seem to be calming down, he dug a big hole in the substrate & I read about the reflection issue - so I filled it back in, he's been moving it out again, but mostly doing this odd behaviour of sitting, swimming in circles & biting things.
any ideas?

Re: Has our Oscar gone mad? 1 year, 7 months ago #116258

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Some of those things are normal Oscar behavior, Swimming in circles I have NEVER seen...

Can you please post your EXACT water readings?
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Re: Has our Oscar gone mad? 1 year, 7 months ago #116269

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x2 on the circles being strange
I have no idea why the water bill is so high

Re: Has our Oscar gone mad? 1 year, 7 months ago #116271

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pretty normal stuff. sometimes I think Oscars get angry/frustrated if they are in a smaller tank. what size is your Oscar and tank right now?

Re: Has our Oscar gone mad? 1 year, 7 months ago #116309

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hes 2 years old,hes quite big I'm guessing he's about 8inches -20cms long our tank is a AR980 which is 240 litres, I thought it was big enough for him, he's got plenty of swim space, the behaviours is very odd, and hes only been doing it for about a week

Re: Has our Oscar gone mad? 1 year, 7 months ago #116310

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oh!

PH was 7.0, ammonia was 0.25 and nitrite was 0.25, they are now both 0 and PH is 7.0. tank temp is 27

Re: Has our Oscar gone mad? 1 year, 7 months ago #116327

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Very odd that's about a 55gal has he got tank mates?

Re: Has our Oscar gone mad? 1 year, 7 months ago #116342

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this sounds similar to how mines been acting. see thread under the weather. but he has a tank mate and since i have put barrier up he seems alittle better. But its like something spooked him. He hasn't been swimming in circles but is alittle off balance and is also about 2years old.

i hope you can get him happy again
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Re: Has our Oscar gone mad? 1 year, 7 months ago #116351

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The ar980 is closer to being only 215 litres

Re: Has our Oscar gone mad? 1 year, 7 months ago #116352

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hi what is your nitrate reading x
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Re: Has our Oscar gone mad? 1 year, 7 months ago #116406

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8 inches is very small for an adult oscar, a full grown oscar kept in good conditions should reach 12inches+. You need to test your water for nitrates
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Re: Has our Oscar gone mad? 1 year, 7 months ago #116454

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I just guessed his size, based on size of my hand I may be wrong, I will check nitrates.
thanks
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