my oscar has stoped eating and is taking large gulps of water and swimng at the surface, it also apears as if he has 2 mouths ... um ... when he opens his mouth another sort of clear mouth inside closes. it also looks like there is something wronge with his gills when compared to my other oscar. i have 2 other smaller oscar fish and some other fish in the tank with him and the are not showing any problems. i dont know the volume of the tank but it is quite large and i dont think size or flitration is a problem.

pls help it has been around 4 days since i began noticing these problems. he is completly disinterseted in food, even blood worms, he is usually a massive pig.

Hi jess, welcome to oscarfishlover. Sorry to hear this is happening to you.

Please wait for the experts for help. In the meantime this is what I would do:
Since your Oscar is very young, place him/her in a breeder's net (those that are easy to assembly, plastic frames, net as body) to simulate shallow water; place an airstone inside and keep your lights out. If you have a quarantine/hospital tank running, this would be a good time to use it,

It could be that something got stuck in his/her throat. Is there any fish missing? Sometimes they go after corydoras that has some nasty spines and end up in trouble. If this is the case you will need to wrap your fish in some clean cloth, use some long but smooth edged pliers (e.g. nose pliers) and gently remove what shouldn't be there.

Hopefully the experts will come around soon (they always do).

Pepe
Santo Domingo

i could be a number of things. firstly can you post your water readings(ammonia,nitrites,nitrates and ph. secondly you say your tank is rather large can you give dimensions?. do you have an airstone in your setup? and finally can you post a pic of the o's "other mouth" i know it might be difficult but it would be an asset. all these things might help in diagnosing what the problem might be with your oscar


btw welcome to the site

sorry to add to necromancers list. please try to give the info he asked and also you say they are small, how long have you owned them? are they recently bought? just woundering if it could have already have had this problem before you got it?? just a thought.