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oscars can be real jerks. mine hasn't eaten in a couple days. . . i gave him an earthworm and now he's on a hunger strike until he gets another one. too good for pellets now, i suppose.
when moving day came around and we were trying (failing) to catch him, he looks up from the tank (lid is off, tank is on the floor), gets a bead on my evil, net-wielding boyfriend, and WHAP! uses his tail to send up this wave of water, hitting my 6'1" boyfriend in the face. it was very funny.
 
wataugachicken said:
oscars can be real jerks. mine hasn't eaten in a couple days. . . i gave him an earthworm and now he's on a hunger strike until he gets another one. too good for pellets now, i suppose.
when moving day came around and we were trying (failing) to catch him, he looks up from the tank (lid is off, tank is on the floor), gets a bead on my evil, net-wielding boyfriend, and WHAP! uses his tail to send up this wave of water, hitting my 6'1" boyfriend in the face. it was very funny.
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:rofl::rofl::rofl: priceless
 
My two have gone from 2" to 8" since the end of October. I moved them from one 90 to another when they hit 4" and they both sulked for a week and were barely seen.
They stay away from the vac tube but play in the new water spouting in on the refill.

They also hide when anyone but I, are in the room. They also like to stare down and flare at the Jack Dempsy in the 70 gal right next to them.
 
lol. unfortunately i was looking at him with a flashlight lastnight and i think he has ick. i have light sand in my tank, buti dont think sand would stick to him. i have quickcure but idk wha i should do. he couldve very well had it at the LFS cus it doesnt look like just a spot here and there
 
is it on his fins too or just on his body? ick will usually attack both parts of the fish, while sand just sticks to the body. if he is still a little stressed and lying on the bottom of the tank, excess slime coat production will make sand stick to him. mine sleeps on the bottom and is usually a little dirty when he first wakes up but it goes away once he starts swimming around.
 
its on his fins too and his head. he starts swimming around a lot at night when i shut the light off, so tonight ill look at him after hes been swimming around for a while. should i up the temp now just in case? because i think it is ick. it looks very fine though like my sand.
 
if it is ich, do a big water change, raise heat to 82-84, slowly start ich treatment with salt
 
okay. it's very fine though, not like other pics of ich i have seen. but i added biospira to the tank last night, will the salt kill it?(if it was even alive)... i feel bad for this lil bugger. if it is ich, for salt, how much? and when the treatment is done do i do another big water change w/o adding salt, or just leave the salt in?
 
i went up there and he was hanging otu under the filter. i was looking closely and noticed because he was under the filter that the things were kind of floating off of him, but still staying close, not getting sucked up in the filter. maybe he just has some extra slime coating bc of the move and he has sand stuck to him? i dont see how it could get on his head though.
 
don't change water for 48 hours after adding biospira. if it still looks like he has ich (which encysts itself into the skin and would not be moving in any way) then do a water change and start treatment. i have used 1 teaspoon per gallon.
 
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