oscar diet (hith)

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piranhagrowing_guy

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umm hey dose anybody know if omegaone natural protein formula could give my oscar (hith) ????:eek: i mite just be crazy tho but i think it is he just started getin very small dents around his little sensor hole thingers only on one side
aswell um how can i stop it i rlly dont want an ugly oscar there just small small please help he/she also eat's fish once a week i try to get him/her too eat sole but does not like umm i give him beefhart once in a while could that do it! :eek: should i buuy drugs if it is!!:confused: or just change diet!!!!!!!!!!!!help!!!:WHOA:
 
I was told by a fairly reputable source that Omega One is low in vitamins and nutrients. I recommend New Life Spectrum. That is the only food I feed my fish, and I have never had a single case of HITH. You should quit using live fish (too many diseases, very little nutrients), and beef heart will quickly give your oscar fatty liver disease. You didn't state how often you siphon your tank, but you should do 50% water changes once a week. If you do that for approx 6 months and it only gets worse, try treating with metranidizol.
 
Fivespeed...could you share this source with me? I use lots of Omega One products and am very interested. Reading the nutrition facts and ingrediants has be convinced.

To the OP. The best way to both get rid of and prevent HITH is to keep your oscar is very clean water (nitrates lower then 20ppm) and provide it with a vitamin rich, varied diet. I would stop using feeders as well. Give your oscar a variety of pellets and veggie wafers and non-fishy live foods like earthworms and crickets. Frozen foods like shrimp and squid are better alternatives to beefheart. Also try soaking pellets in a liquid fish vitamin. I use Vitachem, I soak it on my oscar's pellets 5 times a week.
 
Tried feeding Earthworms...clouded the tank up a lot and took the filters a few hours to catch up....not sure if I'd do that again or at least not on a regular basis. Crickets seemed a lot cleaner than the worms did.

I feed Hikari pellets, algae wafers, and Colorbits and those don't make ANY mess at all. I think you can manage varied diet while using very little live food.
 
sandtiger;713034; said:
Fivespeed...could you share this source with me? I use lots of Omega One products and am very interested. Reading the nutrition facts and ingrediants has be convinced.

To the OP. The best way to both get rid of and prevent HITH is to keep your oscar is very clean water (nitrates lower then 20ppm) and provide it with a vitamin rich, varied diet. I would stop using feeders as well. Give your oscar a variety of pellets and veggie wafers and non-fishy live foods like earthworms and crickets. Frozen foods like shrimp and squid are better alternatives to beefheart. Also try soaking pellets in a liquid fish vitamin. I use Vitachem, I soak it on my oscar's pellets 5 times a week.
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I work in the industry and would rather not get any of my connections in trouble, but I will tell you the circumstances behind his statement. He works for a major company that manufactures filters and supplies and were looking at expanding the few foods that they were currently producing. They chemically analyzed about 20 major brands on the market, to determine if it would be worth their time to try to match or beat the current products available. According to what I was told, Omega One was actually one of the worst. I was had always thought that it was good stuff too, due to the marketing and labeling on the product. He said that after looking at Spectrum, they decided against trying to produce a high end food.
 
umm well i have not siponed it yet cuse i just set it up like three to four weeks ago its a 90 i got a 33g tote would that be lots of water??
 
do plenty of water changes and get a good HITH med.
 
fivespeed302;713092; said:
I work in the industry and would rather not get any of my connections in trouble, but I will tell you the circumstances behind his statement. He works for a major company that manufactures filters and supplies and were looking at expanding the few foods that they were currently producing. They chemically analyzed about 20 major brands on the market, to determine if it would be worth their time to try to match or beat the current products available. According to what I was told, Omega One was actually one of the worst. I was had always thought that it was good stuff too, due to the marketing and labeling on the product. He said that after looking at Spectrum, they decided against trying to produce a high end food.
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Thanks for the informations. I'm fully stocked on Omega One products, might have to buy something else when they are gone.
 
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