my oscar will not eat pellets or mealworms at the moment because when i drop them in he hides and they just sink to the bottom, the only thing he will eat at the moment is crickets which float around ?????????? any ideas?

You have a few options!

1. don't feed for a few days, (he will be fine) When you feed again he will be hungry and eat.

2. I only buy floating pellets because thats all mine will eat aso. They don't like anything that sinks. (except shrimp)

How long have you had him?

hey thnx for your advice i didnt know you could get only floating pellets ill have to get some! i have had him for a week now

Have you cycled the tank???

Yeah thats all mine will eat too. Anyway I got mine at Petsmart but even walmart has them. Just make sure it says FLOATING on the package!

yeah i have i took a water sample in a couple of days ago and they said it had ammonia in it so i cycled it and took the new water sample back and they said it was good but he said the water was a bit hard

nateone wrote:


it takes 40 days to cycle a tank mate...

cool!!! well ill check it out

Ok i am confused!

1. How long has this tank been up and running?
2. How long have you had your Cichlids?
3. When you say that you cycled the tank did you just do a partial water change?

these pet shop people are useless! so what do you recommend i do?

www.oscarfishlover.com/index.php/Cycled-...cle-an-Aquarium.html
this will help you

the tank has been up and running for a while i got the tank of a friend he took his fish out and i left a bit of the water in and filled it up from there i did not clean the filter just the gravel with one of those cyphon things, i have had my oscar for a week, and yeah when i say cycled the tank i just did about a 50 % water change