Re:badly injured Oscar (1 viewing) (1) Guest
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TOPIC: Re:badly injured Oscar
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evila727 (User)
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evila727 (User)
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Re:badly injured Oscar 4 Months, 3 Weeks ago
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What should I do?
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Sprout (User)
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Re:badly injured Oscar 4 Months, 3 Weeks ago
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Hi evila727, wow that appears to be a fairly significant injury. The good news is oscars have amazing regenerative powers. The first thing to do is ensure your water is as pristine as possible, generally speaking clean water is the first step in most aquarium issues. To promote healing your nitrates should be as low as possible ( I would recommend no higher than 10 ppm). Also, depending upon what other tank mates your O has, a dose of salt will aid in osmoregulation. 1 tblspn per 5 gallons of water should do the trick. If the oscar begins to show any sign of infection treating the tank with pimafix and melafix is what I would do.
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Re:badly injured Oscar 4 Months, 3 Weeks ago
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I would add a treatment thats treats fin rot or body sores to help things along
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