im not sure what to make of these white spots,they just showed up the other day,his behavior is fine hes alittle over 1yr old.

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Do these marks look raised at all. I'm just wondering if it is some kind of fungal infection? I can't do it now, but tomorrow, I'll have a good look through my health book and see if I can see anything that resembles your photograph. Just another question, did your Oscar have any wounds were those marks are.

In the meantime, I will ask you to check your water for unknown yet, nitrite, nitrates and pH. It is extremely important that you know what your water conditions are doing. the water conditions can often indicate why a fish becomes ill.

No, they do not look raised at all,there wasnt any wounds there before either.I am out of my tests for right now,i did take a sample to a local fish store,had them test it,i didnt get any exact readings but they said everything was fine.

Thank you for all your help!

Are these the only 3 marks or are there more all over as the rest of the fish looks ok??

okay, to be perfectly honest with you, it is very difficult to diagnoses what this could be just from a photograph. It does rather looked like a fungal type infection, however you have already said it does not like it's raised. On the other hand, it could be a parasite that is causing this.

I would suggest doing some water tests just to make sure the water is in good condition. Check for ammonia, nitrites, nitrates and pH. To be absolutely sure what this is, you would need to get a vet to take his skin smear, this way it can be analyzed to find out exactly what is causing it. trying to help out with these sorts of problems over the Internet is rather like sending a photograph of a mole to your doctor and expecting him to diagnose it without seeing it. leave it for a couple of days, see if these marks get wore, or indeed get better. You might find they just clear up by themselves without having to medicate the tank. Oscars often develop strange marks which go away as quickly as they came. don't hesitate to come back if things don't improve. However, you will be very wise to speak to a vet, he would be your best bets in situations like this, I like to tell people this because it really is difficult doing this type of stuff over the Internet

Its really hard to tell from that photo, any chance of getting a clearer one (i know this can be difficult). Do they look like holes or does it look like the skin is scraped off (Oscars sometime injured themselves), or is it like cotton wool on the skin. Is the fish behaving normally?

In the meantime i would do some extra water changes to keep your water tip top and just see if they get worse

What size is your tank and how many fish and what are they and how big

As already said can you test your water and post the actual results

well he has been bahaving just fine,and the spots are gone.they didnt not seem like wounds.I do have two O's in the same tank and a smaller one in another tank,i did get someone test kits.
30gal(2 O'S,i know i need a bigger tank)nitrites:0,Nitrates:160,PH:6.0,Amonia:0(10gal,one O about 3inches)Nitrites:0,Nitrates:200,PH:6.0,Amonia:0.I hope i read the kits right.
Thank you everyone for all your help!!

since you know you need a bigger tank i wont comment on that however if you did your test right your nitrate are really high. when your nitrate reading reaches 40 you should do a water change to lower them. my test kit doesnt even give readings over one hundred so im thinking you might have not done your test correctly. perhaps you can try the test again and see if your readings are accurate and repost the results.

im glad your o's is better and the spots are gone

If the nitrates are that high you will need to make some water changes more often as already pointed out, I'd say this may be why your o's got mild white spots. I think it could have been the onset of hole in the head?? This is why I asked earlier if there were only 3 spots on the head area. good that its gone, but i'd say retest for nitrates.

Your nitrates are way too high. You need to get them down fast otherwise you will end up with real problems with your fish and they will suffer ill health and eventually death. Do 50% water changes daily until they get to below 40. Test your water every week before you do a water change and if they are above 40 they do more/bigger water changes. as you said you need bigger tanks ASAP

I did however do a small water change about 30%,i know not as much as i should have,and did test again the nitrites are 0,and nitrates alil over 40 I do wanna thank you all for helping,it means the world to me and my wonder O's!!!