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tiger oscar

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Question
My tiger oscar who is around 3-4 years, lives in a 20 gallon tank, with 3 gold fish. The oscar was fine until we added the other 3 in tank, he ate one. We have changed over half the water in the tank. The oscar is laying on its side and kinda looks like its bent and floating at top of tank. Is there more I need to do?

Answer
Hi Lisa,
  Were they feeder goldfish?  Unfortunately almost all feeder goldfish carry nasty diseases.  You should never feed them to an oscar.  

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