Comments on: Oscar attacking his reflection? Not eating right?

By: Alison B

Alison B — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:58:38 +0000

huppercupper suggested constipation and didn’t know what to do about it. Try feeding your oscar peas, usually that’s what is reccomended for fighting fishy constipation. And since oscars eat peas it’s certanly worth a try.

something tells me that he is just being picky, if he won’t eat the peas i would try “starving” him for two or three days.

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By: huppercupper

huppercupper — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:01:15 +0000

Oscars are one of the more aggressive cichlids.Not unusual for them
to attack a reflection.
It isn’t a good idea to feed your fish brine shrimp or worms in excess.
My thoughts are that your “O” is constipated.Don’t know what to do
about that.
Also,check the temp. in the tank.I’ve found that they become more
aggressive & finicky when it begins to approach the 80 degree range.
Try feeding a good quality flake food such as Tetra-Min.
At the risk of sounding like a flake,I’ve had cichlids & bettas act like
spoiled children if they don’t get what they want to eat.
Lottsa luck.

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By: Tolak

Tolak — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:57:40 +0000

My oscar attacks his reflection from time to time, it doesn’t cause any problem. Oscars are smart fish, this one has you trained to feed it the food it wants. Don’t feed it for 2 or 3 days, it will then eat most anything that hits the water.

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By: Lollipop

Lollipop — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:07:42 +0000

sounds like u have a spoiled fish lol! just feed it lots of shirmp unless u want him to die! my fish attacts himself in the mirror too but i’ve had him quite a while and he is perfectly fine!

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