Oscar Experts And Other Alike

[ReMz]

My recent concerns regarding my oscar, Pumba, turned out not to be a false alarm. Pumba has taken a turn for the worse.

Topic with explanation is posted in the emergency section here:
http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showto...p;#entry2115692

If anyone has additional advice, plz let me know. Thanks

 

[Dave Ehl]

yikes. i've never enountered anything like that. my only advice is be careful and diligent with medications. if you can, i know its a 5 gallon tank, make pumba comfortable and give him lots of attention. i know that most oscars love human presence. also try increasing the heat to about 85 (slowly) and make sure there is plenty of air running in the tank. good luck.

 

[ReMz]

yikes. i've never enountered anything like that. my only advice is be careful and diligent with medications. if you can, i know its a 5 gallon tank, make pumba comfortable and give him lots of attention. i know that most oscars love human presence. also try increasing the heat to about 85 (slowly) and make sure there is plenty of air running in the tank. good luck.

I'll raise the temp a bit. He just got a bubbler in the treatment tank about an hour ago. unfortunately he is still non-moving and non-responsive with his gills going in and out

thx for the reply

 

[shelaghfishface]

aww mate this is awful for you both, im so sorry,i have never seen anything like this before, but gosh i really hope you get it sorted,i had no idea he was ill,with any luck he will show just how tough he is now, and pull through

thinking of you
shelagh xxx

 

[ReMz]

aww mate this is awful for you both, im so sorry,i have never seen anything like this before, but gosh i really hope you get it sorted,i had no idea he was ill,with any luck he will show just how tough he is now, and pull through

thinking of you
shelagh xxx

Thanks Shelagh

.... i really hope he does pull thru

 

[minxfishy]

Sorry to hear he's worse mate

Good luck and I hope he gets better

 

[Spishkey]

Oscars are damn strong fish (as you probably know) so big chance pumba will make it (i hope, fingers crossed) never seen anything like that either, the emergency section seems very slow lately, perhaps it may help posting the problem on some other fish forums too?

 

[Spishkey]

also it may be an idea to get in touch with the seller you got the pleco from? perhaps his fish have the same infection and he knows what it is and what to treat with? its worth an ask eh?

 

[Sarette]

Hope he pulls through xx

 

[shelaghfishface]

any news??

 

[england]

again iam stumped, dam shame, ok keep water changes very regular, daily, atleast 50%...
when my oscars got beat bad, they formed a white film all over there wounds, one was 1.5weeks laying on the floor, i did 50% waterchanges daily in my 566litre tank ,,,,,,but to my amazment and everyone elses, they pulled through perfectly and all i did was waterchanges,,,,

hope you find out the problem, hope MISS WIGGLES Sees the post, shes good with these sorts of things

slightly acidic shouldnt be a problem as oscars come from the amazon, which is acidic in the forest regiens......

good luck, dont give up until theres nothing more you can do,, i nearly felt like giving up with gandulf,, his li got ripped clean off, had huge wounds all over body,,,,now shes grown a new lip

 

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[mike os]

looks like columnaris, more pics would help

 

[Davo86]

increase aeration and add some aquarium salt if you can, this will help with his gill function and reduce his stress

 

[ReMz]

any news??

He's still in the 5gallon treatment tank. I noticed what appears to be Ich on the Blood Parrot and checked out the Oscar and he looks to have the same thing. The blood parrot is in a newly acquired 10gallon now. I would swap the Oscar and BP, but I don't want to move disease around and mess up the medication process I already have going with the Oscar. That Pleco brought in some bad stuff. I'm suspecting that because the tank was not fully cycled, his immune system was just down and he got hit hard.

Still no movement or improvement really.... but the white "fungus" appears to be going away. Gills are still going in and out really fast. Not eating either. Just dosed him on his second treatment of tetracycline. Hopefully he will start showing improvement by tomorrow.

If the tetracycline doesn't work, the guy recommended a broad spectrum treatment that should work. we'll see.

also it may be an idea to get in touch with the seller you got the pleco from? perhaps his fish have the same infection and he knows what it is and what to treat with? its worth an ask eh?

They said that the 2 other royal plecs were sold and had not been returned as of yesterday. They run a realllly clean operation....... so it seems very odd that this happened.

again iam stumped, dam shame, ok keep water changes very regular, daily, atleast 50%...
when my oscars got beat bad, they formed a white film all over there wounds, one was 1.5weeks laying on the floor, i did 50% waterchanges daily in my 566litre tank ,,,,,,but to my amazment and everyone elses, they pulled through perfectly and all i did was waterchanges,,,,

hope you find out the problem, hope MISS WIGGLES Sees the post, shes good with these sorts of things

slightly acidic shouldnt be a problem as oscars come from the amazon, which is acidic in the forest regiens......

good luck, dont give up until theres nothing more you can do,, i nearly felt like giving up with gandulf,, his li got ripped clean off, had huge wounds all over body,,,,now shes grown a new lip

Thx, that gives me some hope.

looks like columnaris, more pics would help

I wish I could, he's just been hiding in a little cave and has not moved. That's as good as I can get at this point

increase aeration and add some aquarium salt if you can, this will help with his gill function and reduce his stress

He's got the bubbler in there and I did dose with some aquarium salt. I really don't think there is much else I can do except wait.

edit: Thanks for your help everyone. Much appreciated