Hello everyone,
Been on this site a while now, but this is my first post. I've had one of my OScars for about 4 years and 3 months. Yesterday, I noticed she was breathing very heavily, as if she was gasping for air. Sometimes she will just lay on the bottom of the tank, other times she will slowly swim around. She has no appetite whatsoever, which is very unusual for her. She has not had any problems previous to this. Could she just be old and ready to die or could there be something else wrong with her?
She is in a 125 gallon tank with one other oscar, 3 pictus cats, and a common pleco. The water parameters are fine: 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, and around 10 nitrate. I do weekly water changes, anywhere 75 to 80 percent. I did a 50 percent change today just to see if it would help, but she is still acting the same.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I am at a loss and have no idea what I should do.
Joe
Been on this site a while now, but this is my first post. I've had one of my OScars for about 4 years and 3 months. Yesterday, I noticed she was breathing very heavily, as if she was gasping for air. Sometimes she will just lay on the bottom of the tank, other times she will slowly swim around. She has no appetite whatsoever, which is very unusual for her. She has not had any problems previous to this. Could she just be old and ready to die or could there be something else wrong with her?
She is in a 125 gallon tank with one other oscar, 3 pictus cats, and a common pleco. The water parameters are fine: 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, and around 10 nitrate. I do weekly water changes, anywhere 75 to 80 percent. I did a 50 percent change today just to see if it would help, but she is still acting the same.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I am at a loss and have no idea what I should do.
Joe
