one eyed oscar

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Little Einstein

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I was at my local fish store yesterday to buy a tire track eel when I saw an albino tiger Oscar in a small tank with a bunch of German rams. the only thing different about this Oscar is that it was missing an eye. So I bought it.
It is about 3" long. Its eye socket doesn't seem infected or anything. It is eating frozen blood worms already. It is in a 35 gallon grow out tank with a Dempsey. I had to separate the tank to keep the Dempsey (4") from attacking the Oscar. I do have one question though, it seems to have hole in the head. I'm not exactly sure if this is the problem or if they are just scars and wounds from the store.
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If it is hole in the head, what should I do?
p.s. I am not talking about the eye socket.

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sorry hard to tell from these pics. All you will want to do is keep persistant in a healthy pellet based diet, stay away from live food, and keep up on water changes.
 
I can't see any HITH in those pictures, but...

You bought it because it was missing an eye?
 
Thanks for the quick reply. I figured that a good diet would be the best. it will be interesting to see him fully grown. I was also wondering what i should call him. any ideas would be helpful.
 
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