Kingy Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Thank you to everyone who has replied to my previous posts, we now have two Oscars (about 4 inches long each) in our new big aquarium. they are getting along reasonably well so far and everything seems all good in terms of water quality and so on. So thank you very much to everyone who helped along the way!! The only problem we seem to be having is that both of the fish quite obviously do not like the fluro light the tank has (i think a standard fluro that is held within the hood, running the length of the tank). Anytime the light is on both fish hide or play dead on the bottom of the tank, and rarely move. As soon as we switch the light off, they spring into action, swimming around the tank and are quite active. The problem is, when we have the light off we cant really see them much, particulalrly the dark one. So it would be great to have a light to see them that doesnt bother them. Does anyone have any suggestions on different lights, or reasons they might not like this one that could be taken into consideration? Thanks again for all your help so far Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcloughlin2 Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Are they albino oscars? One possibility is it may be a weaker line of albinos that are more sensitive to light therefore they go into hider to prevent discomfort. As for other lights you could switch your current white tube to a blue tube. Blue tubes today are a very nice blue and if you buy a decent one they put out a fair bit of light (Nothing in comparison with a white tube)which will allow you to watch the oscars. The only problem I see is that may then affect with the ability of them to distiguish day/night cycles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albie Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Something silly i do! same thing happens to my calvus,comp,etc, i place a towel on the lids and block out the light as much as required! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Our new parrot cichlids hated the light so we left it a week without putting it on and over the weekend just put it on a couple of hours at a time and now they are not hiding as much when its on. They will get used to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citypainter Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 If you have a spare 2 foot light use that and they can sort of hang out on the edges. As they get comfortable with that, start feeding them directly under the light so that they have to come in to the lighted area to get food. As oscars are always hungry they will soon get used to the light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CThompson Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 If you have a spare 2 foot light use that and they can sort of hang out on the edges. As they get comfortable with that, start feeding them directly under the light so that they have to come in to the lighted area to get food. As oscars are always hungry they will soon get used to the light. Great answer Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobbin4 Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 Yep good answer how many watts tube you got? But i would go for less watts in the light tube We may like it bright but not so some fish If you dont have a smaller fitting The towel should work as well even if you dull only one end you will find out which light they like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcloughlin2 Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 I think rather then try and force the oscars into the light, we should look at why they don't like it in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobbin4 Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 If you read 1st post they are fine with no light So having between no light and some soft light makes sense to me you say this in your above post as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L127 Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 I think rather then try and force the oscars into the light, we should look at why they don't like it in the first place. Its common for oscars to do this when they are first introduced to a new environment, since oscars dont originally come from brightly lit waters, and even now they are bred on commercial fish farms in large dimly lit ponds, it takes time for them to adjust, the advice the other members have given is good advice, the towel or the smaller light fitting, either one will work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobbin4 Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Spot on L127 You just put it better than me ,,, lol How did you go Kingy?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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