Gotta situation with my Oscar's Eyes....anyone have/had the same situation???

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
I understand. But your showing ammonia which points to a mini cycle. And your nitrates are more then double what most like to see after a WC. The 50% WC every day for the next three days will lower your nitrates. And keep your ammonia down while your filters cycle. Also you could jack your temp to 81-82 and dose some salt. It helps with healing and can't hurt.

My gut is pointing toward a mini cycle and your ammonia and nitrate reads just are t where they should be. After a WC I like to see 0 Ammonia, 0 Nitrite, 10-20 Nitrate. I do a 50-60% WC weekly. Gravel vac weekly. And change the filter socks on my filter socks on my sump daily. Your filter set up doesn't allow you to clear you mechanical filter daily. When is the last time you broke into your FX5? I clean my FX5 every 3-4 months. But again the water my FX5 gets is prefiltered with a filter sock.

Mike
 
I've got a 180G tank, it overflows into a 38 gallon tank and the water is filter by a 100 Micron Sock. The water then travels over to my mag drive pump and my Fx5 intake. The pump feeds back to the main tank, the FX5 draws water from the 38g and returns to the main tank. For fish in the main tank, I have 2 10" Oscars, 1 breeding pair of Pink Convicts. 1 10-11" leopard Sailfin Pleco, 10 or so Marmokrebs at any give. Time, and currently 2 Giant Danios. Normally I have anywhere between 13-20 Giant Danios. Also, I have a breeding pair of cons down in the 38G down below. All Convict babies end up in the main tank.

Mike
 
Ok, so your filter is handling a big bio load. Nitrates still need to be lower and ammonia shouldn't be seen. With that bio load I'd add another filter. ;) how often are your WC? Maybe do 40% 2x weekly until you've got the nitrates under control? Also maybe fill one of your Fx5 baskets with Seachem Denitrate? It looks like Matrix.

If none of that is feasable, you could heck out the DIY section for plans on a Denitrator. I've read great things about them.

Mike
 
the goldfish weren't meant to remain alive, but kinda hard to have them eaten at that big and i've had them for over 3yrs, and i got 3 times the capacity of ceramic rings in the fx5....zeo-carb, nitrate remover, and layers of foam
 
I would quarantine your Oscar in Bump temp to 86 and treat with Salt if it gets worst Id use meds. Fix issue with Ammonia and wait. If cloudy eye gets too advance He/she will go blind, Good Luck
 
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