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hey guys i have a quick question for you guys. I just got two LARGE oscars and they have hith. Anybody ever have any luck with this disease and what were your methods of fighting this disease
It's mostly due to internal parasites which causes nutrient deficiencies.
DO YOU KNOW REMEMBER THE NAME?this is so true. one of my peacockbass had it really bad. but the only thing he would eat was feeder fish. So i purchased some vitamins you would usally soak food in and i injected them into his feeders. He cleared up in no time.
SO IF A PERSON FEEDS NO FEEDERS DOES 70% WATER CHANGES WEEKLY AND FEEDS NLS AND KENS FISHFOOD WHAT WOULD BE THE CAUSE INTERNAL PARISITES AS MENTIONED ABOVE?In oscars it is often caused by poor water change discipline and the misguided feeding for entertainment of disease invested feeder goldfish (and nothing else).
In oscars it is often caused by poor water change discipline and the misguided feeding for entertainment of disease invested feeder goldfish (and nothing else).
As you may already have noticed, there is no general agreement as to what causes hole in the head. I consider it a symptom and can only guess that it is caused by any number of things. I suspect it might be like people puking. What causes it? Want a list?
I have a 135 gal. tank of real beasties. One is a 14 inch pike with the worst case of hole in the head you may have ever seen. It has had it for about 6 years. The fish eats like a pig and fights with every thing else in the tank. I have no idea why it has hole in the head but it looks very ugly. This tank has ALWAYS gotten regular water changes. One of it's tank mates is an Oscar. The Oscar has been in there for well over a year. If it was parasites, don't you think the Oscar would have them? The Oscar is fine. The Chocolate Cichlids in this tank have been there for 3 or 4 years. They have no holes in their heads. There are just no easy answers to this one.
All you can do is take good care of your Oscars. The problem may heal some but the bad news with hole in the head is that it always leaves scars, sometimes worse than others. Yours will never be show fish but Oscars are very cool with or without scars.
George