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with my gorgeous oscar ):


His eyes went from being gorgeous to having a white
milky cloud over them and it looks like its peeling away.
Is this normal??

I'm trying to get a good picture of it.
He acts like he is having trouble finding his food even
though its right infront of his face. I didn't know if
this was a major concern in oscars or not.
i've had them before but never this problem.
The water is perfect. I test it on every water change
and half way thru the week to make sure it is still
doing okay, so I don't see this causing an issue.

If someone could fill me in on what to do, that
would be amazing.
 
not very high the last time I checked.

It is, but its only with the pleco now. He is only I would say 3 inches??
I have a 55gal I'm trying to get for him. Hopefully I will have it by
the end of next month.
The cichlids have been moved to their own tank because my bigger convict ripped half
my oscars right fin off, he is doing much better and the fin
is looks better as well. Thank God.
 
Cloudy eyes usually mean poor water quality.

Nevertheless, do a large water change, move the pleco elsewhere, bump the temp up to around 82-84F, and add one tablespoon of table salt per gallon to the tank. It should take about a week and a half, depending on how bad the eye is. Good luck.
 
misstish;4652234; said:
not very high the last time I checked.

It is, but its only with the pleco now. He is only I would say 3 inches??
I have a 55gal I'm trying to get for him. Hopefully I will have it by
the end of next month.
The cichlids have been moved to their own tank because my bigger convict ripped half
my oscars right fin off, he is doing much better and the fin
is looks better as well. Thank God.
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Again how high is "not very high"?
 
I'd suggest doing one 15-20 gallon change and a 5-10 gallon change mid week. For instance if you do a 20 gallon change once a week, do a 5 gallon change mid week. If you do a 15 do a 10 mid week. That way you're not totally wiping out any BB, but not really letting your water go bad either.

I could see Convicts in a 29 gallon, a pair that is at most. But no Pleco or Oscar. Unless it's a quarintine/hospital tank as short term. Oscars are messy fish and create a lot of waste, even at 3 or so inches. Considering they're fast growing and can reach sizes around 13-14 inches a 55 gallon is NOT going to be big enough. You're better off to get at the very least a 75 gallon for one. You're also going to want to make sure your filtration turns over at least 750 gallons per hour in a 75 gallon tank. Filtration is extremely important and crucial to your fishes health. As are water changes.
 
The first 55gal I bought busted a week after I had to set up, thats the ONLY reason why this oscar is in a 29gal. the 55gal I am hoping to get will only be temp and it will just be him and the pleco until tax season when I can go bigger and then that 55 gal will be a community tank, while my 29gal stays for my cichlid pair. I also have no where else to move the pleco unless you want me to shove a 7" pleco into a 10gal tank. I'm not gonna do that.
I'm off work today so I figured to just do a 75% water change.
I add aquarium salt with every new fish and then a pinch more after every water change because the aquarium salt doesn't filter out, it stays in the water and I don't want to overload it.
The eye is pretty bad and its sad because it wasn't like this yesterday before I went to work in the AM ):
 
misstish;4653002; said:
The first 55gal I bought busted a week after I had to set up, thats the ONLY reason why this oscar is in a 29gal. the 55gal I am hoping to get will only be temp and it will just be him and the pleco until tax season when I can go bigger and then that 55 gal will be a community tank, while my 29gal stays for my cichlid pair. I also have no where else to move the pleco unless you want me to shove a 7" pleco into a 10gal tank. I'm not gonna do that.
I'm off work today so I figured to just do a 75% water change.
I add aquarium salt with every new fish and then a pinch more after every water change because the aquarium salt doesn't filter out, it stays in the water and I don't want to overload it.
The eye is pretty bad and its sad because it wasn't like this yesterday before I went to work in the AM ):
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What I'm saying is, skip up to a 75 instead of a 55. Check Craigslist, you'll probably find a decent used one for what you'll spend on a 55. Besides, it'd be the better option in the long run for your fish. I'd feed 2 times a day right now also. Morning and night.

Also, when you do a waterchange, be sure that for every 10 gallons of water you replace, you add a tablespoon of salt. So if you did a 25 gallon change you're going to want to put 2 and a half tablespoons of salt in. Anytime you remove and add water, you're removing salt, nitrates, nitrites, ammonia and diluting what is in the water left in the tank.
 
I agree with the above posts, replace some of the water, or if it is a bacterial infection, add an anti-biotic to the water and that should solve the problem.
 
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