An Update on Lazarus

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Go_redfish

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So I've been nursing this guy back to health for a few months now. When I first got him there was very little color to him, he was malnourished, had some bacterial infections and was starting to show signs of HITH. I asked you guys for advice on what I may have been doing right or wrong for him. Y'all stressed lots of water changes. I was doing 50% 2x a week but took what you guys said to heart and now we are doing 90% 2x wk. Y'all were right and I think he's better for it. You guys also helped me name him so that's also appreciated. His colors are coming in nice too. He started out totally grey, then got a few blurry orange freckles here and there. Now his markings are starting to become sharply defined and are getting redder all the time.

I just wanted to thank you guys for answering my silly oscar noob questions. I was taking "ok" care of him before but because of direct advice and things I've picked up lurking, hes getting the proper care he deserves I think. It is starting to show I hope.20180803_062707.jpg
 
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tlindsey said:
Lazarus is looking good.:) Great job nursing him back to health. Now you can educate Newbies with Oscar's lol.
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I used to do that for people with goldfish problems but I got tired of explaining why you can't keep 15 fish in a bowl. I'm still an oscar noob i think. Us newbies give you experts headaches lol
 
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tlindsey said:
No you have hands on experience with care of Oscar's. Not a noob anymore imo.
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I didn't consider myself well experienced in keeping GF and Koi until I had been doing it for 25 yrs lol. The one thing I have learned for sure from keeping fish is there's more I don't know than what I do know. I am grateful for the wisdom you all have shared with me.
 
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Lazarus is beautiful. And lucky to have an owner that cares enough to give him proper care. Too many oscars don’t get that luxury.

And I hear ya on the goldfish. No one in my family understands why they need so much care, or believes they will just grow to a size suitable to their surroundings >.< Seeing goldfish in bowls makes me so sad.

I like the goldie in your profile pic. Lion head oranda?
 
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MrsE88 said:
Lazarus is beautiful. And lucky to have an owner that cares enough to give him proper care. Too many oscars don’t get that luxury.

And I hear ya on the goldfish. No one in my family understands why they need so much care, or believes they will just grow to a size suitable to their surroundings >.< Seeing goldfish in bowls makes me so sad.

I like the goldie in your profile pic. Lion head oranda?
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Oranda. 9inches and 10yrs old. And she's an aggravating old bat.
 
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Go_redfish said:
Oranda. 9inches and 10yrs old. And she's an aggravating old bat.
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Haha, well she is lovely. I bet very impressive in person!
I have a red cap oranda. They always make me think of my little sis. She loves them, but never had luck keeping them. It wasn’t till I started keeping fish myself that I found out why.
 
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