I don’t think it’s sick or injured, Oscar’s and many other SA/CAs are know to lay on their sides. Could be stress or it could just be trying to lay low. I have a 13” Midas that does this too
I’ve been keeping fish since 1986 and I’ve seen new worlds do this many times, my 13” Midas is doing this right now as I’m typing this. Almost every Oscar I’ve had has done this behavior. He just bought the 3 Oscar’s, so they’re most likely 2” or less since that’s the size theyre usually sold at, so unless they’re in a 10g, tank size is probably irrelevant ATM. 2 of the 3 are behaving “fine”, so I doubt it’s a parameter thing. It’s probably how it’s hiding while dealing with the stress of a new environment.
Lol ya he’s gonna need a 300 if he plans on 3 Oscar’s for life, a 125 would probably be sufficient for a couple years though IMO
I kept my oscar and green severum in a 75gal for all those years I mentioned above. I bought them and added them in at the same time when they were tiny. Like you say, I wouldn't recommend 48"x 18" for these two fish. I kept low nitrates by doing a weekly fin-level water change and by feeding good quality dry foods lightly. I eventually settled on Hikari bio gold+ (has to be the plus) as they seemed to like this food the best and the waste (poop) was minimal. Hikari's ingredient list always reads not that great to me, but fish seem to do well on it.
Wow, I wouldn’t have expected that to work out so well, but I always say there’s no absolutes in this hobby. Any pics of that old sev?
Here's some older pics of the two of them. I'll post up a pic of just the sev later today when the lighting is better.
That sev looks huge, how long is it?Here's some older pics of the two of them. I'll post up a pic of just the sev later today when the lighting is better.
