This is the sort of subject that makes my teeth itch. Believe me, I've had many a heated discussion about this on other forums. I've had quite a few Oscars and I have never had one that has showed any interest in so-called "toys". Whereas Oscars are probably one of the most intelligent fish you can own, they still have a very primitive brain. It just makes me laugh when people actually think Oscars are enjoying themselves, this is absolute rubbish and anyone who believes this is totally deluded, (hey, I feel like I am back on Oscarfish.com again, I upset a few people on there on occasions with my beliefs
) your Oscar may well show a curious interest in items such as ping-pong balls. Occasionally, you may come across an Oscar that will literally knock things around the tank all day, I think these sort of fish are far and few between though. I remember watching "you've been framed" this is one of these programmes where people send in their funny video clips. Anyway, this one Oscar would mark a ping-pong ball out of the tank every time the owner put it in, was quite funny. However, you have to ask yourself why the Oscar was doing it? Would it be fair to say that you could stress the fish out by continuing to put something in the tank that it didn't like?
Anyway, I've no interest in trying toys out with my Oscars, but don't let that stop you if you want. Some people use those little toy submarines and they say they are Oscar's chase them around, again this is properly aggression I would say. Some people put little holes in ping-pong balls so they think. Like I said, these are all things I have read, I have never tried them myself and never will.
