Oscar s mouth stuck wide open. My fish s mouth is stuck wide open. Why would this be if he didn t swallow a fish

By delfiend 8 years ago on tropical fish.

Oscar fish His mouth is hanging wide open but he didn t swallow a small fish as there are none in the tank. Oscar mouth wide open always. By shamanth 3 months ago on tropical fish. Oscar mouth wide open always. My oscar mouth is wide open anytime . It didn t eat any food bigger . A fish with an open mouth is usually either suffering from poisoning from poor water quality or gasping due to poor oxygen exchange. A fish should not look as though it is fighting for oxygen. Obviously it will have to open its mouth but it shouldn t be a constant opening and closing motion.

If you notice that you oscar has started to struggle with its breathing then there are a few things to do at first. Firstly is your water in good condition Oscar fish open their mouths wide when they engage in the act of mouth fighting. Although this is most common among two males a male and female often do this before mating. If there are no other My oscar has his mouth hanging wide open and there are no small fish in the My oscar has his mouth hanging wide open and there are no small fish in the tank that he could have swallowed. Ammonia nitrate nitrite oscars tank-mates. Anonymous asked in pets fish 1 decade ago why are my oscar cichlids opening their mouths wide to eachother

Their facing eachother and opening their mouths wide and sometimes knocking into eachother with their mouth open - what are they doing Ok so my long standing resident oscar decided my new f1 texas looked good enough to eat. Now its seems to be stuck in his mouth i did net him and hold him in a towel to see if i could remove the fish gently but it was wedged in there good. I didn t want to put too much pressure on in case i harmed oscar. Well i have had a oscar fish for ages now but suddenly he has started opening his mouth really wide and shaking his tail.. But the other night i fed him late and he started doing it at the normal time i feed him..what is he doing As i type this he keeps turning upside down and spinning at the bottom of the tank them swimming back up.lol help

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