Loopy Posted September 15, 2005 Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 Waa!!! i got up this morning to find out that my big dopey %$@*% of an oscar had decided to chow down on my large rainbow shark that has been one of his tank mates for 2 years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loopy Posted September 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 Has anyone got any ideas about what i can do with a unpopular oscar? i usually love him to pieces but i am not too impressed with him at the moment. :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loopy Posted September 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 Has anyone got any ideas about what i can do with a unpopular oscar? i usually love him to pieces but i am not too impressed with him at the moment. :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polgara Posted September 15, 2005 Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 Chomp on him and see how he likes it :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toughchicken Posted September 15, 2005 Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 Sorry for the loss of the rainbow shark loopy. Sorry I can't help, but don’t make any rash decisions in the heat of the moment. Hope you can figure something out for the oscar. RJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misnoma Posted September 15, 2005 Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 apparently they make good eating :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted September 15, 2005 Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 Sorry about your loss Loopy Considering they've been tank mates for over 2 years...any ideas as to why now he would attack? What other fish are in the tank? You've had the oscar for so long...perhaps in time you can forgive him :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misnoma Posted September 15, 2005 Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 Considering they've been tank mates for over 2 years...any ideas as to why now he would attack? Oscar's standard thought pattern = "I'm hungry, that will fit in my mouth, CHOMP" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted September 15, 2005 Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 Ugh...bad fishy! But Misnoma, after 2 years of not bothering him? So...is this an indicator that any fish can decide to eat their tankmates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wok Posted September 15, 2005 Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 Hmmm ... Oscars.... don't think they have too many bones like a blue cod. I would suggest steamed with ginger and spring onions and a sprinkling of about 2 tsp of salt... steam for 15mins and then pour on some Soy sauce. Hmmm yummmyyy :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted September 15, 2005 Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 Sorry about your loss. I suggest you stay away from oscar until you have calmed down a bit. Alternatively - fish for tea! Caper, as fish get bigger they will eat anything smaller so it doesn't matter how long they have been tank mates - smaller fish = food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted September 15, 2005 Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 OK...so the size issue, "fit in mouth supper" can always happen then with any fish, right? But don't sharks get fairly big as well or just not as big as oscars? Actually, I thought you couldn't keep any other fish in with oscars except oscars???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loopy Posted September 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 i can sort of see the funny side of it now. i think the oscar realised he had stuffed up. The oscar is a smallish one (i think he has been rather stunted before i got him) and the shark was about half the length of the oscar. When i saw him he was sitting on the bottom of the tank with about a third of the tail end of the shark sticking out of his mouth and a look of "i really think i bit off more than i can chew" look in his eye. just annoying The oscar hasn't actually grown any since i got him and the shark was just a underfed little, about 6cm long weed when i got him and he had over doubled in size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted September 15, 2005 Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 Nope he wasn't feeling any remorse at all. He was sitting there slowly grinding sharky up in the back of his mouth. I lost one of my firemouths like that. It looked all the world like the oscar was poking tongues at me as it breathed. Don't make it two losses and ge rid of oscar Just get bigger tank mates. Alan 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loopy Posted September 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 Naa there is no way i could get rid of him. i am real peeved but i still love the dopey darn thing. A photo of the shark-eating-trouble-maker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted September 15, 2005 Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 He looks sorry... :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misnoma Posted September 15, 2005 Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 heh.. that pic makes me miss my oscar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faran Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 He looks like a kid caught with his hand in a cookie jar :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loopy Posted September 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 He must have a good memory! he keeps vibrating his tail every time he sees me now! He looks REALLY peeved. Although i did actually take the shark off him. i thought -he got enough pleasure from catching the poor dude, i didn't want him to have the pleasure of eating him too. and i was really fond of the shark and wanted to give him a wee burial in the garden. Now i have a rather grumpy oscar who nearly 12 hours later still hasn't forgiven me for taking his "breakfast" away. :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klaymann Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 coriander and spring onions ... to give the "oscar" dish an asian flavour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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