I have a small Oscar who we just got about 3 weeks ago. We put him in our tank with our fish who is very big. They get along great but today I have noticed my Oscar is always swimming by or on my other fish..non stop! What his he doing?

I have no idea, as long as he is not fighting and seems like a healthy fish, I shouldn't worry

My other fish is in the cichlid family; I feel bad for him because my lil' Oscar is up is you know what all the time! = ) My feeling about it is that the Oscar wants some love..LOL I guess your right; as long as they are not fighting it shouldn't be a big deal! It's just strang. Now our lil' Oscar is lossing his scales, but we retreated the tank again..so hopefully he'll be okay...Though when the lil' Oscar goes off away from Big Blue..Blue goes and checks on him..so maybe he doesn't mind...(Thank you!)

what kind of fish is your big one? african or american?

He is an African Cichlid!

some africans need different water chemistry and dietary needs. do you what kind of afrcian is he? there are also some africans that are vegetarian while most south american cichlids need protein in their diets for healthy growth.

My husband says he is a severen. (I doubt if I spelt that right; sorry)! Are Oscars a type of fish who needs proteinn in their diets for healthy growth? I didn't know that Oscars and Cichlids are in the same family? I was just worried about my Oscar. He is still following my other one around..I am just dying to know why. It is so cute though, I wish you guys could see!

severums are south american cichlids and are good tankmates for oscars their diets are identical as well as water parameters. once the pecking order in your tank is established they should do great together.

here is a link with what would consist of a balanced oscar diet

www.oscarfishlover.com/index.php/Oscar-f...Oscar-fish-food.html

I have a baby Oscar that attaches himself to other Oscars. He freaked out when my bigger Oscar died until I got a new one. I think they just want to feel safe so they pick the big bad brother to hang with. I thought the bigger fish would get annoyed but he goes in search of Cody (short for codependent) if he's gone missing.