I had oscars for 6 years,not in a pond.I kept them in a aquarium(125gal.) I
never saw mine play dead.
They are a tropical fish and usually require warm temperatures around 78
degrees.
They love to eat feeder goldfish.

Doug
"PETEFT15" wrote in message
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Hi again, I am the newbie with fish in my pond. My husband went in there
today to clean out the filter, and the oscars were laying on their
sides...looking dead. Later, they were swimming around just fine. Do
oscars
play dead?

Erin