old oscar dying

[sharpie]

thanks everyone, but should i reduce the light if i have plants in the aquarium?

 

[carpediem]

thanks everyone, but should i reduce the light if i have plants in the aquarium?

There's an article in this month's TFH regarding senior fish but it doesn't contain very much information on changing husbandry to meet their needs.

This is just my opinion but I don't see a reason to reduce the amount of time that the aquarium lights are on. I would, however, pay particular attention to the water quality and try to make improvements on diet. I don't know if there is evidence to support the need for changing dietary requirements. I would stick with good Oscar staples and, if possible, try to feed more quality and less quantity. Feeder fish are simply not necessary, frozen foods are the way to go. Again, these is just *my* opinions.

Senior fish are probably subject to the same difficulties as senior humans i.e. lethargy, smaller appetite, increased susceptibility to disease and injury etc...

As to how you should dispose of the corpse I'm not really sure what to tell you. I guess I wouldn't worry about it unless I had to. Do you know any good taxidermists :

 

[sharpie]

or when he dies i can just keep him in a zip lock in the freezer

:spam:

 

[Hannys_Papa]

Yepp my wifes aunt did that - she just told us about it - and she had the fish probably 10 years ago.
Good thing i never eat over there.

 

[bryantfam]

i've had to freeze a fish before. I to live in an appt. and had a larger fish die that could'nt flush it. I had to freeze it and take it out with me when i was going somewhere i could despose of it. :sick: