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Plenty of people will have thought of this, but I didn't, my wife did. So for those of you like me. I have a new oscar and I was trying to figure out how to do big water changes. This is what my wife thought of. Get a submersible water pump and hose. I got a pump and hose both from a local grow...

Oh yeah, as far as food for the snails my oscar ignores the algae tabs I drop in, but I rarely put them in. They've been surviving just from algae and the bits of food that the oscar spits out. They've been growing steadily, except for one that I think might be a nerite instead of a mystery.

They are mystery snails. I've been keeping a pretty close eye on them. I've had them in there with him for a month or two. One is finally getting close to where it could be eaten, but so far it's been ignored. I'll be bummed if he eats them, but my primary concern is just making sure it doesn't...

Does anyone keep snails with their Oscar fish? I have five snails in with mine, he occasionally tries to eat an antennae, but is unsuccessful. He seems uninterested in the shells. I'd say he ignores them at least 95% of the time, probably more. Thus far none are big enough to fit in his mouth...

That I don't know. I do know that he raises his top fin in aggressive mode which I believe is to make him look bigger. Perhaps the color makes them look more intimidating, or poisonous. Or it might be specific to other oscars. A sort of communication. Just my best guesses based on what I've...

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One of my silver dollars has a black spot, same spot each side, that comes and goes occasionally. I have heard that it has to do with sexual maturity, that its an illness, that it is the fish healing from something, and that it is a mood indicator. I'm inclined to think it's the first or the...

So I know my tiger Oscar changes color. Sometimes, after feeding or when he's just being super mellow he gets to a beige color that makes his orange not really pop out. The other day, a new silver dollar rubbed against him and he turned super black and stripy. That's just one example. My theory...