Oscar Coloring

[roliva]

I got mine as a food supplement from gel-tech I just drip some on the pellets

Thanks. Do you order that product online? I tried to do a search for it and can't find who sells it.

 

[BiG~O]

here is one of my threads with pics
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33734

 

[abpositive]

Sure dont seem like we are lucky.....You guys got all the sweet deals on tanks and all that stuff. I wanna be in socal 90% of the time when I see a tank for sale.

Chad

Me too!

 

[abpositive]

Those are great pics!

I think I might have found the cause of this. I really looked over my fish today and I noticed a small white patch on him. I think this is ich but I have no experience with it. I bought the Oscars at Wal-Mart and kind of felt sorry for them and I know they are probably questionable being from Wal-Mart.

Do I treat the whole tank or should I move my Oscar to my quarantine (I hope I spelled that right) tank and treat just that one fish?

Could my other fish be infected since the last fish I added were my Oscars and that was a couple of months ago?

Could the Oscar have had ich the whole time and just now start showing the symptoms? If so, how much damaged had been done when it has gone on for so long?

I am thinking that this might be stressing my fish out enough to cause it to change it's coloring.

Thanks

Jacky

When I first started reading the thread I suspected an illness. I'm not sure it's ich though.
I suggest treating the whole tank with aquarium salt (3 teaspoons per 5 gallons of water) and raising the temperature to about 84 to 86 degrees (gradually of course) for a solid two weeks straight.
Included in this is large frequent water changes (replacing the salt you lose with every change) I honestly recommend 25 to 30% every other day for two weeks.