NEED HELP !!!
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yeah real weird the fish is only breathing what seems like one side of the gills and he is breathing real hard also i mean like a fast 123456789 not a 1 mississippi but like a 1mis2mis3mis4misand so on all the fish seemed fine checked my water all good i checked it with the drops in the vile.... should i just try a general parasite killer i am rasing themp and added salt daluted salt i didnt just poor it in also moved my filter returns out of the water to add some more oxygen i have air stones but figured it will help going to do a 50% water change tom i dont have the water safe junk no super walmart around so
think i could do a water change then maracynand maracyn 2 see if that helps can i use that with scaleless fish thanks
Don't treat until you know what is wrong or you may create more problems. Are the sores growing? Have you sprayed any chemicals in the house lately? Burned scented candles? Could kids have put something into the tank? What you describe sounds a lot like poisoning, but it's hard to know.
You said you checked your water and it was fine. Fine is not a number. Ammonia needs to be zero, nitrite needs to be zero, and nitrates should be below ten for Oscars. Anything else you can tell us? Could other fish be biting him or striking his operculum?
You said you checked your water and it was fine. Fine is not a number. Ammonia needs to be zero, nitrite needs to be zero, and nitrates should be below ten for Oscars. Anything else you can tell us? Could other fish be biting him or striking his operculum?
if it looks like something is eating it's skin its most likely a parasite. isolate the fish is possible. make sure your quarantine tank has excellent airration. try melafix and pimafix for 7 days. reassess then. also, turn ur temp SLOWLY up to around 80-82 and add aquarium salt.
That's jumping the gun a bit. I really could be HITH or a number of things, including a parasite.
Keep his water clean and observe closely for other signs of stress. And check that water again, giving us numbers to work with.
If you've got time to dump medicine in there you've got time to do a lot bigger water changes than 20%. Get to changing water. A lot of water. You say your water is "fine", what does "fine" translate to? How big is the tank? I'm 99% sure that 20% water changes on an Oscar tank aren't going to be enough once a week. I wouldn't dump worthless medicine in there-I'd change the water. People don't want to believe it's that easy & it is. If it's HITH all it needs is big water changes, if it's scrapes it needs big water changes. For God's sake don't start medicating based on people's guesses on a message board when we haven't even seen a picture.
ok guys im up morning....
water test
nitrite-0ppm
ammonia/nh3/4----0ppm
high range ph-8.2
nitrate-40ppm
yeam my old lady was burning three sented candels yesterday the fish tank is in the kitchen with the diner table about 2 feet away she had three candels going all day i dont think we have really ever burned candels sorry cant rememeber.... the tank is a 180 gallon i belive 6'x2'x2' i can messure if you want i have been raising the temp im at 80 now i added desolved salt in over the night took about an hr or so i added in small batches my little oscar seems to be breathing out of one gill and breathing heavy he what looks like to me are 2 scrapes like you scraped away skin and a few layers came off and my big oscar is breathing normal but has 2 round spots on him one top middle of his back and one above his gill working on pics going to get a camera today sorry
water test
nitrite-0ppm
ammonia/nh3/4----0ppm
high range ph-8.2
nitrate-40ppm
yeam my old lady was burning three sented candels yesterday the fish tank is in the kitchen with the diner table about 2 feet away she had three candels going all day i dont think we have really ever burned candels sorry cant rememeber.... the tank is a 180 gallon i belive 6'x2'x2' i can messure if you want i have been raising the temp im at 80 now i added desolved salt in over the night took about an hr or so i added in small batches my little oscar seems to be breathing out of one gill and breathing heavy he what looks like to me are 2 scrapes like you scraped away skin and a few layers came off and my big oscar is breathing normal but has 2 round spots on him one top middle of his back and one above his gill working on pics going to get a camera today sorry
i forgot i also added a new rock formation about 11 rocks i did not boil them they have been outside in the weather for ever i guess so that could of did it man gun to the head what was i thinking
