Since my Oscar won't eat broccoli, am I to assume that he's going to die? How can this hobby tell me to feed my adult fish every other day, but also tell me HITH is caused my malnutrition? If I feed him more often, the nitrates get too high. If I don't, he apparently gets HITH. It's just one hole over his right eye, but it's a nail in his coffin and I know it. And I did everything this time. The water is electrically grounded. The only charcoal is the same old charcoal that has always been in there in the penguin cartridge. He has never seen ammonia in my tank, and nitrates only once climbed over twenty. I change 90% of his water every week now. He eats crickets and mealworms which have been gutloaded, and otherwise eats Massivore and other high quality pellet foods. PH stays at 7.2. Temp always 77ºF. There is nothing else to do but watch him die. Slowly. I thought I had it beaten, too. It's been almost a year I've had him...just like the first Oscar. And this one's wild-caught, too. I did EVERYTHING right. Everything...
Oscars are all set to self-destruct. Don't try. They just die.
Oscars are all set to self-destruct. Don't try. They just die.
