hi guys

my new fish oscar and also named him oscar as he well suits the name,keeps hiding from me and if i put my hand in the tank or go too close to the tank lays as still as anything and i reckon he is pretending to be dead,does anybody elses oscar do this,i think it hilarious

well at least being a boy suits him we dont know the sex lol

He is pouting, Oscars are GREAT pouters! He will come out of it soon, then he will beg and wiggle his butt like a dog whenever you walk by the tank!

I have four cycling goldfish in my small tank and they are like begging little doggie's 24/7... lol

just sit down in front of the tank and talk to your fish.
Socialize with him and within no time he'll recognize you and see you as the hand that feeds him.
All my big fish can be handfed nowadays, and it never took me more then a couple of weeks to get them to do that.
patience, he'll come around.