Hey i woke up and noticed some circles on my oscars head, knew for a fact its not supposed to be there first thing that poped into my mind was that. I was thinking i might have to way more water changes? Or if that dosent work meds. What do you think and dont ask for pics cause my phone wont get good pictures.

Matt E. fish lover wrote:


I'm afraid without a photograph we are really shooting in the dark. You describe these are circles on the Oscars head, without actually seeing it I have absolutely no idea so I am afraid that is me out, unless of course you can provide a photo.

Okay well ill descibe them how i see them there say like a needle head in size and they look like pin pricks with white on the edge of them, i can only see it with bright light though. It was nite and oscar or someone hit something so i took a flashlight looked in and say those needle prics its not cleanly visible though water isnt dirty cause i JUST did a water change its only tan causae of my plants? i think no reason it should be tan though.

the circles of pinpricks are the Oscars sensory pits and are perfectly normal.


(and the big hole is her nostril, of course)

If it looks like that, there's still nothing to worry about...
here's some info you may have missed, with some examples of what HITH may look like:

www.oscarfishlover.com/helpful-articles/hith-disease

one of the reasons for development for HITH disease is poor waterquality, due to overstocked tanks.
But that's all in the responsible fishkeepers hand, to contol that.

Noddy wrote:


Well it dosent look like that but its just a circle with a white edge its not in a cluster like that its along his head and forehead on his forhead he has one big hole but i know thats normal ill try hard to get a good camera and get a good picture

Yes, if you had said you can only see them with a bright light, or maybe a flash from a camera, we could have told you straight away that they are more than likely sensory pits, quite normal and nothing to worry about.

oh okay thats good thanks what are things i need to watch out for cause these just came in i guess never seen em before