I came to the conclusion my oscars have hole in the head..
Now i am using this because i have a 125gl tank.
Thing is what's best to do?
Add salt raise temp when treating any help will be great.
Active Ingredients: Metronidazole, praziquantel, trichlorfon, diflubenzuron.

Pond Fizz Tabs Parasite Treatment with praziquantel removes external and internal parasites from fish including flukes, internal worms, lice, anchor worms and flagellates such as hexamita or spironucleus associated with hole-in-the-head disease. Special ingredients have been added to protect fish from secondary infections. And, with the added benefits of allantoin, fish experience the soothing effects of this natural protectant as it helps heal.

Thank you for suggesting a medication to treat HITH disease. This may be of use to someone.

Remember that water conditions play a big pots in fish health. One of the best ways to combat any disease, including HITH is to keep your water in good condition, this means regular water changes. Medication really should any be used as a last resort.

Well guy's do not use the product above i have been using it since the post and it has done nothing for my oscars!!
I did order this on e-bay and i should have it in a day or so the guy selling it is nice and helpful he sells 250mg Metronidazole tablets and the 500mg tablets he said it will cure the hole in the head my oscars have for sure!
And it's very cheap not like the expensive rediculous prices the stoors sell it for!!
Well just wanted to share what i found if anyone ever needs fish meds he sells some other stuff also.

OFL wrote:


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to cure hith what you really need is pristine water and a varied healthy diet. a couple of things to remember is that it can take a very long time to completely cure hith and water parameters should be perfect. and by perfect i mean 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites and a nitrate reading that never goes above 20 ppm. ever.

OFL wrote:

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pristine water and varied healthy foods is the first and foremost
defense against any fish diseases. if you maintain these two items,
you won't need any medication. i, for one, never had used any
meds on my tanks, but i did with the tanks of my clients who doesn't
believe on that principle until they got the problem.

necromancer4 wrote:

Yes but my tank was never dirty to begin with and i was feeding them the best top 3 pellet foods you can buy on the market ...what i think it was is when i purchased them a few months ago they may have been infested with it...Also i don't see how you guy's can say just clean your tank more and it will go away...as i am a reptile breeder and if a animal has parasites it will never go away no mater how clean it's invironment is they must be treated to destroy any parasite in the animals body and invironment or the problem will just come back and get worse later on and the parasites will eventually kill the animal if not treated properly?

yes, this is true. but if the tank is in tip top condition, fortified with good feeding habits, the immune system of the fishes will eventually cope up with previous exposure to bad condition.


i, for one, is just telling what i would do to keep my fishes in good health. keeping your tank will keep your fishes in good health too. even if they were expose to bad condition, they would recover eventually... unless the damage is beyond repair.


yes, i totally agree on this. but reptiles and fishes requires two different approach in health maintenance. plus, what may work for others may not work for me or for you.

the good thing is, we exchange our ideas and experiences, share it with the forum so others may pick something out of it.

jsut because you cant see any dirt in your tank does not mean the water is in good condition, the only way to know is to test your water for ammonia nitrites and nitrates. high nitrates is a major cause of hith so by reducing the nitrates in the water you give the fish achance to recouperate and start to heal. unfortunetly you cant see nitrates so only by testing can you get a reading on them. what are your water parameters now?

necromancer4 wrote:

Hi I never had any problems with anything and 20ppm was the hieghest the nitrate ever got.
I just got the meds i put 500mg per 20 gal of water as i seen on a site ...I am doing this for 8 hours and then changing out 30% water then doing the normal 250mg per 20gal dosage and then again the 500mg per 20gal the next day... This should do the trick hopefully!

That's the medication I used. Just be careful that med is made to use in ponds with pressurized filters so if i were you i would use one tablet. not two. i used three in my 150gal and ended up having to do a huge water change b/c my babies couldn't handle the meds. Another thing i did was soak their pellet food in about a 1/2 a tbls of tank water with some Seachem Metronidazole (about 2 measures) and Seachem Focus (focus is used so that when you feed the medicated food all of the meds wont dissipate into the water)about 2 measures of that too. I have hears that it's better to get the meds inside the fish but that's hearsay (although i believe it worked for me)
Hope this helps

It may be worth trying to get rid of your carbon in your filters if your Oscar is getting HITH and your water parameters are good.

My Oscar started to have a HITH problem when I moved him to my main display tank. I was really confused as to why he was getting HITH because I kept this tank cleaner than my other tanks and it was larger than his previous tank. After reading up on HITH, I realized that the tank I moved him too had carbon in the cannister filter and the old tank did not have a carbon insert. After I removed the carbon, the HITH healed within a matter of a month.

I had also gotten behind on my tank maint b/c i broke my hand and i do believe that played a major role in why they contracted HITH. Now there are parasites that oscars and other fish live with in their intestinal tract: Hexamitia (spelling). There are theories that the fish can live with the parasites their entire life but when something starts to stress the fish (whether it be a bully fish or bad parameters)the parasite begins to multiply in rapid #'s and HITH becomes a problem due to the infestation and the stress. So before you go medicating do a 15-20% water change a day and see if that doesn't help. Make sure that you dont have a fish in there bullying the other also. There are so many theories about this disease the best thing to do before you stress the fish with meds is to do some extra maintenance and add some vitamin supplements to their water.