Hello to all i'am a new owner of an oscar(but not my 1st fish) just have mine last tuesday and i think he has HITH!!although i suspect he has it before i bought him foolish huh!??believe it or not i fell in love with the fish 1st time i saw it!!i did a fair amount of reading b4 buying him..can i cure him by just giving him a good water quality and a proper diet w/o using meds?right now he's about 7-8inc and on my 55gal tank he swims a lot!!and just today he took his 1st meal of pellets!!!i saw at the LFS they feed him goldfish and some feeders and they told me it's all they feed him...any advice is much appreciated thanks...

I haven't faced HITH -hope I never will- but so far I see you are going in the right direction.

If you could post some pics -please compress them to under 500K and use photobucket to load them by copying the link in your post- so you get better advice. The sooner HITH is addressed, the better the outcome.

A 55gal with adequate filtration and well maintained tank is perfect, as far as I know, to heal your Oscar. Glad you're changing food habits since poor nutrition seems linked to HITH.

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pristine water and healthy diet are 2 of the most important things needed for curing hith. try to keep your nitrates below 20 ppm and feed a healthy diet and yur oscar should improve but remember that it can take quite a while to completely cure the disease so be patient and keep the water in pristine condition.

Thnks guys..heres a pic it's the best i can get img126.imageshack.us/img126/2852/hith2ym7.jpg i check my water ammonia,nitrites are zero but my nitrates 40-50!!!!ph is 7.2 my temp 26°C,,is it ok if i do 2x 25% water change a week to lower the nitrates?right now i do 20% a week...if i can give him the best water quality and diet how long usually will it take to cure him weeks,months or year?,,thanks again--

Maybe it is my eyesight but I can't see anything on the head region. The only suspect area which could be a cause for concern is around the Gill plate area. I have marked it off on your photo. However, it may just be a blemish on an Oscar. If you can tell us what you can see and where it is, it will give us a better idea what to look for

sorry for not giving any description on the pic,,i have noticed wrinkling on the head and tiny pinhole, i'am may be just paranoid,,honestly i've only seen HITH on pictures, tomorrow i'll try to make a got shot on the head so that you can look more closely... about the gill plate ur right it's only a blemish.... my oscar may be just fine after all:) thanks...

i fully agree with OFL. theres nothing wrong with
your oscar. pinholes in the nostril are normal.

your oscar has a nice color pattern tho.

well it's a relief that he's ok assuming he is male..thanks kabayan(PAUL) and thanks to all for the quick reply...happy new year!!

i love to know that meron
akong kabayan in this site. sorry to others but
masaya ako to know someone out there marunong
ng sariling wika.
location please!

what does that "angok langok nangip" stuff mean ??????

sorry BGM.... i was carried out by excitement....
those were just local dialect which means:
meron akong kabayan - i have countrymen (others called it local)
masaya ako - i am happy
marunong ng sariling wika - knows our language

thanks for that paul , what language exactly is that ?i have not come across it before, is it a local variation of your national language:huh:
??????????????..shwdwch im heddu..= how are you today. in my native language:woohoo: thats a beautiful language you have there paul its written a bit like nz maori