Oscar issue.

[TheNailman]

Hi folks. My oscar, has been a bit moody lately..... no biggie.
However, he's been pouting for a couple days now, and not eating. he vibrates his tail every few minutes. . .
his color is washed, and he's just sitting on his belly in the corner. this, and he has developed white spots on his tail and fins. they do not appear to be ick. his is still young, is there a chance its his natural coloring?
all water parameters are normal, ph is around 7.2, ammonia is nil, as are nitrates and nitrites. temp is 76. tankmates are all normal. and if they come near him, he engages them, but returns to the floor after.. ..

any help or advice would be appreciated.. i really love this guy.

 

[Megabass]

How is his breathing? And how are the tank mates?


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[TheNailman]

Breathing was deliberate. I moved the spraybar up and the water is super agitated now. Tankmates are completely fine....

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[Megabass]

Sounds like he's obviously "off" post a pic of him,curious about the white spots


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[Megabass]

Id be doing a wc too


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[TheNailman]

Should be a pic of the spots in the op. Will do a wc tonight.


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[TheNailman]

water change done. added some parasite guard in the off chance that he has some internal bug. he DID have some stringy poop a couple days ago. but i had though that resolved itself.

his color is great, and he will get up for a minute, swim around , and then go back to laying on the bottom. .. still wont eat.
going to go garlic soak some pellets to try n coax him into eating something. . ..

bump for input!

 

[TheNailman]

bump... .

 

[TheNailman]

passed away today while i was at work :

 

[Megabass]

That sucks,how are rest of fish?


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