Is there anything wrong with my Oscar fish?

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I own one oscar. He is about 7-8 inches long now. A week ago I gave him some minnows to eat, but he didn't like them. He would just go up to them and then swim away. He put one in his mouth and then spit it out and swam away. I took the fish out and now I have them in another tank. Ever since then he hasn't really wanted his food. He ate some freeze dried shirmp, but they aren't very big and don't fill him up. I'm feeding him the exact same stuff as always. He isn't as active as he usually is. Just kind of mopes around. He also looks like some scales ar flaking, but he zooms around the tank at night and plows into the gravel so they could just be scars. Any advice on what to do?I aleady feed him Cichlid fish pellets. He used to love them, but now sometimes he eats them other times he just comes up, puts them in his mouth, and spits them out. I haven't changed brands, or size or anything. Although I did open a new can a week ago. But I compared the old and new can, and they are exactly the same.
 
Call a pet store and ask them. Oscars shouldn't be zooming around in their tanks. He's probably stressed about something. I had an Oscar who would dart around and I could tell he was stressed. He would freak out when ever I would be cleaning his tank. Best thing to do is call a pet store and ask them. Have you tried giving him night crawlers? My old oscar loved those! Good luck
 
Though they are meat eaters...they still need some other foods in their diet. Cichlids pellets are very good for them as they contain everything cichlids need to stay healthy. Feeder fish alone will only cause your Oscar to become prone to sickness such as *whole in the head*. Get him some cichlid pellets and he will do fine. My oscar zoomed around the tank soo much til one day he jumped out! They are intellegent fish and are not the type of fish that are fast movers so what you are seeing is normal for an oscar.
 
What are the water conditions like? Is the tank clean? He may have parasites. Does he have small white spots on his body?Have you checked his mouth for obstructions, like a stone?
 
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