WTF, HITH?

[hojo1621]

Got a problem.

Yesterday I was checking out my 2 month old 3" long oscar and noticed a fairly large divit right smack dab between his eyes. I know its not a sensory pit because those are also visible and not nearly as large or as deep, and this appeared out of no where and is fairly noticeable.

The thing that really gets me is how I do everything by the book. For example, 20% water changes every five days, varied diet (hikari gold, sinking carnivore, and freeze dried blood worms), and wayyyy over kill filtration on its grow out tank (2 Emperor 400's and a 8 watt UV on a 40 gallon breeder). Water is prestine and so are the parameters.

Anything I can do to help this fella? I've been soaking his Hikari in vitamin water for now and changing the water 20% every three days...

Thanks.

 

[ewurm]

Got a problem.

Yesterday I was checking out my 2 month old 3" long oscar and noticed a fairly large divit right smack dab between his eyes. I know its not a sensory pit because those are also visible and not nearly as large or as deep, and this appeared out of no where and is fairly noticeable.

The thing that really gets me is how I do everything by the book. For example, 20% water changes every five days, varied diet (hikari gold, sinking carnivore, and freeze dried blood worms), and wayyyy over kill filtration on its grow out tank (2 Emperor 400's and a 8 watt UV on a 40 gallon breeder). Water is prestine and so are the parameters.

Anything I can do to help this fella? I've been soaking his Hikari in vitamin water for now and changing the water 20% every three days...

Thanks.

Sounds like you are doing everything necessary. Try an antibacterial and treat with melafix. All I can think of.

 

[vicedretard]

i did all that and used melafix and worked out well...except i didnt have as much filtration.

 

[HoangLan]

Got a problem.

Yesterday I was checking out my 2 month old 3" long oscar and noticed a fairly large divit right smack dab between his eyes. I know its not a sensory pit because those are also visible and not nearly as large or as deep, and this appeared out of no where and is fairly noticeable.

The thing that really gets me is how I do everything by the book. For example, 20% water changes every five days, varied diet (hikari gold, sinking carnivore, and freeze dried blood worms), and wayyyy over kill filtration on its grow out tank (2 Emperor 400's and a 8 watt UV on a 40 gallon breeder). Water is prestine and so are the parameters.

Anything I can do to help this fella? I've been soaking his Hikari in vitamin water for now and changing the water 20% every three days...

Thanks.

The Hith probably was there before you bought him, if the hith doesn't grow then ur ok, what 's water temp?

 

[gomezladdams]

You said it looks like a divot and it could be just that.See if you can examine it closely enough to see if its a wound.Oscars often strike at water droplets that form on the inside of the hood and injure themselves right where you said in the process.

 

[big train]

the o aleready had hith when u got him he just got big enough for u to see it every o i have seen at a lfs has had hith. but it sounds like u are doing everything possible to clear it up and it should heal keeping what u are doing i have seen hith heal completly so it can be done lol.

 

[nomadofthehills]

You might have some stray current in the water from a bum filter, or it might be an injury. Try adding some more variety to his diet, and up the temperature.

 

[hojo1621]

Water temp is @ 79 degrees.

Is it really possible that he had HITH when he was under an inch long?

I thought this was a disease due to continous poor variables, he couldn't have been at the lfs that long.

 

[SiestaSkyy]

They dont have to get it from the lfs exactly. I've met one of the biggest oscar beeders in the us. his tanks are injected with liquid O2 to fit as many fish in one tank as he can. If you walked up to the tanks you wouldn't even know they had fish in them. It just looks like one huge wiggeling mass. there are thousands of fish per vat. then your fish went to a whole sale lot where it sat in the poorest of conditions. and from there a local seller. then the fish store where you bought it. Your fish went through a whole lot before he made it to your tank. and at every stop he could have picked something up. thats the reason quarintine tanks are so important. if it truly is hith i would take it back to the pet store explane your situation and demand a refund/ replacment. No matter how attached you are to the fish hith is not something you really want to deal with if you havn't had it that long, not worth it, and he will always have a busted up face afterward.

 

[SiestaSkyy]

good luck