Need help ASAP with my dieing oscar

Solo McReefer · Aug 17, 2024

I would blame Felix

Margarita · Aug 17, 2024

Thank you very much its def a lossMy female oscar is gorgeous and is doing well. I am still a little nervous he was her mate we got them together 3 years ago. I cried for my big boy I loved him he was beautiful and had a little personality it was awesome to just watch them together. They were alot smaller and got so huge. I feel so bad but i really tried to save him. I took good care of them and my tank but so much i dont know im still learning.

Fish Fan said:
Again, I'm really sorry to hear about your loss. My wife and I both have genuinely grieved for lost fish, especially Oscars who have such great personalities; like underwater dogs, I swear. We have a particular Oscar (the one I said before that hit the floor and we nursed her back to health) buried under a rock we particularly like in our front yard.

Please try not to be too hard on yourself. You are learning in a hobby that can be more than a little challenging at times, and downright heartbreaking at other times. Everyone here has lost fish and other livestock, if anyone tells you otherwise they are straight-up lying. It is a blow to lose a fish like an Oscar because of their personality, but considering your female Oscar is doing so well, maybe it was just 'his time'. Sometimes, fish do get sick and there's not much we as mere hobbyists can do for them, despite wanting to do more. It sounds like you went to great lengths to help your Oscar. That earns my respect any day.

Best of luck with your tank and your female Oscar! Should you have questions about her please let us know, I, for one, would be happy to try and help if I can

Thank you so very much for ur message. I am truly feeling the loss as I watch my female oscar alone now but she is looking beautiful and well. I miss my boy oscar and have beautiful photos n videos to remember him by. Thank u again and yes i am sure i am not alone on this subject.