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Posted	My oscar has stopped eating
23-04-2006 22:17 by pedpolly	We we given an oscar when we bought our tanks about 4 yrs ago just recently he has stopped eating his usual food however i dropped an earthworm into his tank and he ate that straight away. His normal pellets are just floating on the top of the water and he ignores them.
23-04-2006 22:18 by clownloachlady	getting spoiled....
23-04-2006 22:23 by TARTINJOCK	Don't feed him for a day, he will soon eat whatever you put in the tank.
23-04-2006 22:23 by pedpolly	I really do need some advice on this one oscar is just not eating and we are worried we may lose him. Till now he has been happy eating ciclid pellets . now he just sits at the bottom of his tank looking sad.
23-04-2006 22:25 by pedpolly	He has not eaten for about two weeks, i just dropped some pellets in they are still floating un eaten.
23-04-2006 22:29 by TARTINJOCK	Oh, not so good. Is your water healthy?
23-04-2006 22:31 by clownloachlady	is he on his own? how big is he?
24-04-2006 06:20 by pedpolly	He was originaly with a mate but she died before we got him.He is about 8 inches long. We have no idea how old he is .
24-04-2006 08:31 by yanton	try some different foods to tempt his appetite, maybe some young feeder fish. live river shrimp usually get the fussiest eaters moving. if he goes on hunger strike, pop in a few worms to keep him going.
24-04-2006 11:05 by telboy	id give the river shrimp or earthworms a go nothing like moving food to get the ol fish juices flowing again! good luck anyway!!!
24-04-2006 18:00 by clownloachlady	similar to a mans hey telboy????
24-04-2006 20:29 by pedpolly	The wife isnt very keen on giving him more earthworms but if his starvation diet continues i will have no choice to get digging. We thought it could be a problem to do with him being alone but he has been alone for about 5 years now. We have monitored the water quality constantly since we got him and he is in a large tank.
16-05-2006 15:25 by matt	he could have come down with an internal bacterial infection or possibly a gut worm infestation. id try some anti internal bacteria treatment and if that doesnt work you could try a worming treatment.cos if hes in a big tank and your keeping your ph stable it cant be anything to do with that. other than that the only thing i can think of is that he could be dying of old age as oscars can reach anywhere between 8 to 12 inches so yours could be a fully grown old oscar.hope this helps. ps. id keep him off earth worms and any live feeder fish as they could both introduce disease and parasites.matt

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