hi again my 2 oscars are still geting on great and there is a few questions i wanted to ask
1. what does it mean when 1 has a vibrating tail fin ?

2. i asked the bloke i got the oscars off , how old they are and he said they are about 8 months old and is this the rite size of 3 inches for a 8 month old oscar ?

3.can oscars chang colour as my albino tiger seems to have a grey shade to him and he seems to be getting darker ?

4. can my oscars live happy in my 180 litre tank as ive seen
on this forum u need 55 galons each ?( also 1 lepard pleco in there )

that is all

thankyou

daz

Firstly, if your Oscars are growing properly, they are nowhere near eight months old. 3 1/2 months maybe, four months at a push. Oscars do change colour as they get older. Maybe you can post a photograph for us. The tail quivering you refer to is quite common. My two breeding Oscars used to do it occasionally. I believe that it is also a sign of aggression as well. And finally, your tank is really only big enough for one Oscar on its own.

Hope that helps

as a general rule of thumb a oscar grows approx 1 inch a months in good conditions,in saying that one of my O's have gown 3inches in two months.your tank i abit small 4 one O and the color change is like a mood change variuos things like lightning,type of food,stress can make them change colors and as ofl said as they grow their colors change.

hope this helps

ok thanks for your replys and looks like i will have to get a bigger tank

daz

I didn't want to start a new thread for a question I have.
I also thought I asked it the other day somewhere but can't find it. Maybe, I never asked it?

Anyways, I was wondering if this is a problem or not.
I use melafix/pimafix almost on a regular basis as a preventive measure to anything in the tank or coming into the tank. Do you think this is a bad think and will it eventually harm the fish? Since, it was all natural
and apparently harmless I figured it would be a great safeguard.

Opinions welcomed. Thank you!

Don't worry Margaret, you asked it already
www.oscarfishlover.com/component/option,...ew/id,7320/catid,44/

Well, thank you! Atleast, I know I wasn't really having one of those pre-mature senior moments, lol.

Have a good one.