I've taken the plunge into the world of oscars.
Meet _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (still nameless, lol), my new ~2-inch PetSmart tiger oscar. He was in a tank with 3 others of his kind, and I witnessed them feeding on pellets at the store, which I assume to be a good sign.
After spending some time under the driftwood on the right side of the tank whilst seeking refuge from the nippy tiger barbs who kept harassing him, he finally came out of his shell a bit more and began exploring. He seems to have learned that the tiger barbs will swim away when he is facing them, so now he's quick to turn around whenever he senses them on his tail.
Does this setup seem okay?
I cleared out all of the rocks and the largest piece of driftwood, so I think he should have plenty of open space for quite some time.
(you can see him on the right side of the tank near the front; his black silhouette pointed upwards toward some floating java fern)
Here he is (may turn out to be a 'she,' but I'll stick with 'he' for now, lol)!
Not the greatest pics, but you get the idea.
Hopefully I haven't jinxed things by posting pics of him so soon. I'll feel much more comfortable once he's been in there for a couple weeks. He's been hanging around the surface of the water a lot, which I don't know whether it's good or bad. Kinda seems like he's investigating the bubbles on the surface and playing in the current from the filter outflow. He did manage to grab some flakes that I tossed in there tonight, so I guess he must be feeling okay despite the harassment from the tiger barbs (which has pretty much gone away by now).
Sorry for the novel---I'm sure I'll still have lots more questions about his behavior and so forth. I've only had him since this afternoon and I'm already attached to the little bugger.
BV
Meet _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (still nameless, lol), my new ~2-inch PetSmart tiger oscar. He was in a tank with 3 others of his kind, and I witnessed them feeding on pellets at the store, which I assume to be a good sign.
After spending some time under the driftwood on the right side of the tank whilst seeking refuge from the nippy tiger barbs who kept harassing him, he finally came out of his shell a bit more and began exploring. He seems to have learned that the tiger barbs will swim away when he is facing them, so now he's quick to turn around whenever he senses them on his tail.
Does this setup seem okay?
I cleared out all of the rocks and the largest piece of driftwood, so I think he should have plenty of open space for quite some time.
(you can see him on the right side of the tank near the front; his black silhouette pointed upwards toward some floating java fern)
Here he is (may turn out to be a 'she,' but I'll stick with 'he' for now, lol)!
Not the greatest pics, but you get the idea.
Hopefully I haven't jinxed things by posting pics of him so soon. I'll feel much more comfortable once he's been in there for a couple weeks. He's been hanging around the surface of the water a lot, which I don't know whether it's good or bad. Kinda seems like he's investigating the bubbles on the surface and playing in the current from the filter outflow. He did manage to grab some flakes that I tossed in there tonight, so I guess he must be feeling okay despite the harassment from the tiger barbs (which has pretty much gone away by now).
Sorry for the novel---I'm sure I'll still have lots more questions about his behavior and so forth. I've only had him since this afternoon and I'm already attached to the little bugger.
BV
