BUT on top of that oscars can just be lazy fish and sometimes they sit and lay on the bottom. A fish lying on the bottom of the tank can be perfectly healthy. My oscar is laying on the bottom of the tank and not moving.

Still we need to make sure it s not you water quality so please let us know about your tank size and fish size etc.

Oscar fish Many aquarium species spend a lot of time hovering along the lower third of their environment according to the virginia institute of marine science which is why having a more horizontally extended tank is preferable to a tall container.bottom feeders often lie along the gravel as they sift through the substrate gobbling up He is in a 55 gallon tank with no other fish. The ammonia nitrite are 0 and nitrate is about 15. He has been on the bottom of the tank for 2 days now. Before that he was acting lethargic and sitting on the bottom a lot of the time for about 6 days. Why does my oscar fish lay on bottom of the new tank The water is tested and good.

Oh god another stubborn oscar. I ve had like 3 oscars in my lifetime and they re very stubborn. They hate it when you rearrange the decorations in the tank and start pulling it out My mr oscar isn t well i have had him coming on 6 years now but the last 2 days hes just laying on the bottom of the tank it looks like he cant swim properly when he tries then all of a sudden he will dash around the tank and then just lie there again he s not eating either we have tested the water and that s fine and yes b4 u ask the tank is big enough 4 him Hes norm very friendly when u go Breathing heavily is often a sign of stress and if a fish is ill this is exactly what it will do. Fish can suffer from all different types of illnesses from internal parasitic and bacterial infections to organ disorders.

Heavy breathing in fish isn t always serious but it s something you shouldn t ignore.

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