i have a albino oscar and a tiger oscar had them for about a week (i dont know how big sorry)
ok heres the situation my albino oscar is gasping at the top of the tank but my tiger oscar is perfectly fine i mean he goes to the top but doesnt gasp like the albino oscar is the albino sick

if you guys could help me out it would meen a lot@

When they gasp like that it's usually the water quality, but since both aren't doing it I'm not sure exactly. If you could get readings from your water, eg. PH, nitrate and nitrite etc. You can get testing kits from your pet shop.
What temp do you have your water at? Also what type of filtration system? How big are the oscars, about 3-4 inch?
Just a round about figure. Mine's 9 inch!
Others should be able to tell you more!

Not knowing more either but I wanted to ask if you cycled the tank before putting the Oscars in? Would be really good to test the water or at least have the shop doing it and tell us the results, as pooky said. If you didn't cycle it first, you might be having high ammonia or nitrite levels; maybe one Oscar is just more sensitive?

Also, are they getting along well, or is one chasing the other around?

If there's a way to increase the surface agitation (with adjustments to the filter, or an airstone), I'd do that.

ok my girlfriend bought me the all in one tank starter kit thingy. and yes i did cycle the tank when i see the oscars there together and just floating next to each other but at other times there at either ends of the tank so i dont know
quik think my tank isnt all the way filled up because i didnt fill it up when i ran the cycle i didnt wanna put more water in there should i put more in there
its my first time having any type of fish so im not sure how to do any of it
and yea i would say there both about 3 inch

Test the water, ammonia and nitrite should be zero and nitrate below 40 ideally below 20.

If the gasping oscar looks like he is gasping at air that usually means a lack of oxygen in the water, but usually all fish will do it not just one. Is the surface of your tank still or have you got something rippling the surface. If it still adjust the output of your filter to move the surface or buy a air pump with stone and put that in. This will increase the oxygen in the water

how big is the tank and have you got any other fish in with them

i have a algea eater he minds his own buisness and stays away from them eating the flakes (the oscars have befreinded him though it pretty sweet) that they miss
i am sure that it is a 10-15 gallon tank
there are also ripples
i just got back fromt he pet shop and the ammonia and nitrite are both zero and the nitrate is 10.

this is the pic of the algea eater
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i am also concerened about my albino and black oscars there color doesnt seem... there color i dont know how to explain it:unsure:

this is the albino
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j86/hondaman165/026.jpg

this is the black tiger
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j86/ho...an165/blackoscar.jpg

Had a look at the pics now.
The black tiger looks just normal to me, Oscars have a way different colour and markings when they are babies still.
The albino I'm not sure about, it looks very thin to me also in that pic, but could just be me or the pic. Is it eating fine, or did it before it started to gasp? Could be whatever, maybe it has some parasites .. e.g. gill flukes can make fish gasp as well. But how could we tell really, maybe if you ask a vet about it?

The water parameters are fine, you'll have to look into a way bigger tank though somewhen soon.

That algae eater certainly looks like a catfish to me, but not really like an algae eating one, I would have thought it's some kind of catfish preying on insects and such from the looks. But I have no clue really, there are hundreds of catfish species. It's no locariid though I'd say (which are the typical suckermouth catfish).

ya i have noticeted a drop in his appetite the black tiger oscar is chompin down on a feeder right now and i put 10-12 flakes for the albino and he ignored them and the catfish looking like fish ate them all up im just concerned because i want him to survive cause i like both of them a lot!
do i bag up my albino and go to petco or petsmart?

I totally agree with meeto all fish look good excluding the albino,it looks really thin as if it hasnt eaten for a few days and the white scales got some dark tint in it.mine generally get this dark color in them when they r really stressed out like when i moved them 2 their new tank.

albino looks really small and thin and u need to try and get him 2 eat sumthing even if its brineshrimp or sumthing maybe move him into a tank by himself if u can just to get him to eat

well i tried that beef heart recipe that was on this website he ignored that i tried crickets he ignored that i tried worms he ignored them :angry: its making me mad thats he wont eat
my next step is to move him to a new tank
he is sitting in the corner behind there rock right now hes been there half the day
i dont know what to do

The albino is really thin. I am having a similar problem but not as bad as yours. My red oscar is a real pig but my albino is not eating as much, however mine is eating something as it is not thin like yours. Try to vary the diet, try some small bits of prawns and bloodworm and mini cichlid pellets

remember they are little babies and sometimes things dont go to plan or work out, you are dealing with livestock

You will need a much bigger tank and soon. Oscars get real big. You will need a tank size of at least 75g

ok ill start saving up for that size of a tank
i decided to clean out there tank and now his black is gone and he or she is eating fine
and not gasping weird huh