My new oscar fish

Your fish is just stressed at the moment, the best thing to do is to leave him alone for a few days as he adjust to your tank. You mentioned that he was swimming around at the store, well that’s because he was used to that tank, now he needs to get used to your tank. What you can do to help it adjust is by turning your tank lights off, the darkness will help relax him. You only need to do this for the first fews days then you can go back to normal. For more on Oscar care and fish care in general I recommend this site

http://www.markspetfish.com/

You just have to give him time. He’ll come out of it in a few weeks.

Try giving him some live foods (small feeder guppies) it might cheer him up.

xox Sika

He probably won’t eat right away. I always call my Oscar depressed when he acts like that.

When I put feeder fish in they are usually gone as soon as they hit the water… but when he’s “depressed” he lets the fish swim around and doesn’t touch them.

xox Sika

dont feed him until the next day!

he has to get use to the tank mines did that when I first got him!

alright thanks everybody

will he eat ??? I tried puttin some food in but he just sat there

They do sit at the bottom for awhile when in a new tank, but I don’t know about the tilting, that doesn’t sound good.

my friend has a huge one and feeds it geckos. when I go there we hunt for them!!!

how do you get him undepressed lol

the only time he really starts to move around is when the lights are off and no one is watching him

well its been a couplle of hours and he still just sits there slightly tilted to the side

thay dont do that they swim!! heys just getting used to the tank. giv him some time.

seriously ??

thats what they do I love that kinda fish :)

I have 2 oscars and they both did the same exact thing when I first put them in the tank. they just have to get used to their new enviroment. their definately more active when its dark in the tank, it probablly makes them feel more comfortable. my oscars still do that somtimes. they’ll just lay on the bottom, literally. somtimes I think their dead but their really just laying down its kinda funny. but hes ok! its definately normal you have nothing to be worried about .. but if he does that for a really long time, like 2 or 3 weeks he may be sick because the first oscar I got barely swam around and always layed on the bottom and never ate. than I found him dead unfortunately ]= but my 2 oscars are healthy so thats all that matters! good luck!

thanks a lot and like you said he justs sits there tilted to the side and he is pale

at the store he was swimming around a lot