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etwee
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hey
my oscar has ick. it sucks cos hes still only a baby.
i think he got it when i added new water, it wasnt perfect temp. and could have shocked him.
now hes on the gruond. he laying on his side and is gasping for air. do i need to be serisouly concerned?
water paremeters
nitrites 0
ammo 0
nitrates <40
hes been in a bit of stress lately, as i forgot to turn the heater back on for 1 whole day. so it was colder than usual. increased to 28 DEgrees
i have added some salt, but im really thinkig i should go out and buy some ick treatment
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If he's laying on his side, there is need for concern.
Do a water change, try and lower those nitrates a bit. Then, I would suggest you slowly turn the temp up a couple degrees, perhaps to 30 C (86 F).
Then, get some meds, too (you'll wanna be on the safe side). Buy something with methylene blue, most other ick meds are slow-working or just don't work at all.
Good luck,
Art
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etwee
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gday is there any specific prodcuts you woudl look out for?
i heard melafix is good.. how bout that?
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Not sure about melafix, check the "ingredients" for methylene blue. I wouldn't think so though, because melafix is generally used for healing injured fish, not healing sick ones. Not sure on that one though.
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also do you know how i could get him to eat? he doesnt eat at eth surface as he hides behind rocks all the time
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PAUL
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hi mate, sad to know you've got ICK. for some input, do water change,
raised the temp between 27 to 30 deg, add ick medicine, and in not
time, ick will be gone. i am not sure about others belief but mythalene
blue works wonders in some of my client's gold fish.
hope this help
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etwee
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sorry. oscar didnt make it. im not too sure why he was so weak.
i thought that raising temp and adding salt would cure it as it did for my other fish. but it seems i needed meds.
ah well.
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7ft oscar tank with tilapia and convict
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Really sorry to hear that:(
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yes. im quite disappointed wiht myself.
iv had 2 so far. this one lasted just one week. -__________________-
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ah man, that sucks. sorry for your loss 
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PAUL
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ouch! may be i'm not good enough to help
you help your oscar. sorry for the loss.
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thx guys.
when u guys bought oscars did u buy babies? i thniking maybe i just buy semi baby, so its more stronger.. like 10 cm+
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7ft oscar tank with tilapia and convict
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