one out of my 4 oscars have white spots on its fins and tail. What is it and how can I cure him?
2007-01-23 15:42:36 · 6 answers · asked by ascloud@sbcglobal.net 3 in Pets ➔ Fish
Definitely sounds like Ick, and is quite comon on fish.
In fact, it lives in the gravel of almost all fish tanks. The white spots you see are the eggs of the parisite.
The main cause of the infection is temperature variations, which cause the Ick to start its reproductive cycle. Do you have a heater in hte tank? The best way to keep it from coming back is to keep the water temperature constant, which oscars as tropical fish prefer anyway.
Its very easy to treat and medicine can be found al all pet stores, just remember ot removethe carbon from your filter during treatment asthe carbon will absorb the medicine and make it less effective if left in the filter.
2007-01-23 16:40:27 · answer #1 · answered by urbanbulldogge 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like it is "Ick". You ca go to any pet store, even Walmart I think, and get a little bottle of treatment. You put in a few drops every day (I can't remember how much or how many times) but it usually clears up pretty fast. Although, you should be warned that if it isn't treated it will spread and can kill your fish. :( I have two oscars and love them! Very pretty fish! Good luck.
2007-01-23 15:49:39 · answer #2 · answered by kel_230 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i'm assuming you have between the three undemanding freshwater puffers, the parent 8, Indian Dwarf or the Fahaka. i'm going to be addressing your answer according to that. first of all if its a parent 8 is a brackish fish with seventy 5-eighty two° F, KH 8-15, pH 7.0-8.0 standards. it would desire to grow to be under pressure if housed in a tank set up for an Oscar. The Indian dwarf demands seventy two-eighty two° F, KH 5-15, pH 7.0-8.0 As for the Fahaka I have not have been given any in intensity understanding of it. yet frequently, puffers are aggressive and territorial. There sharp beaks lead them to volatile with different fish, I say this because of the fact there have been situations the place puffers have been housed in large community tanks. I say large by ability of ability of a techniques greater advantageous than 60+ gallons in properly planted settings. i for my area does no longer advise it. although you may attempt, even though it demands close remark on how they are interacting. A small nip by ability of a puffer in an Oscar might properly be devastating and vise versa the Oscars mouth may well be large adequate to consume the puffer. i could advise seperate tanks.
2016-11-01 03:26:42 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is known as ick and it comes from stress. you have to go to any petstore and get a bottle of ick treatment and put it in quickly. if you go to walmart and get ick tablets i insist you tak out any white decorations you have, i used that and my big white coral turned blue. theres no warning anywhere on the box of discoloration of decor. i suggest you use liquid ick away. you have top treat this quickly or it will spread to your other fish and there will be a high chance theyll all die if its too late and one treatment wont take it away.
2007-01-24 02:25:30 · answer #4 · answered by powneverforgotten 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your Oscar does have ich, and you decide to treat him, make sure you don't have any plecostomas (algae eaters) in the tank. Plecos have no scales and the ich meds will kill them.
2007-01-24 04:40:35 · answer #5 · answered by Carol S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does it look like this: http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dfish%2Bick%26fr%3Dyfp-t-501%26toggle%3D1%26cop%3Dmss%26ei%3DUTF-8&w=297&h=204&imgurl=badman2nd.tripod.com%2Farticles%2Fick.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fbadman2nd.tripod.com%2Farticles%2Farticle2.html&size=13.3kB&name=ick.jpg&p=fish+ick&type=jpeg&no=4&tt=476&oid=92c7862546bb4742&ei=UTF-8
If so, it's ick. Easy to take care of. Use Quick Cure, 1 drop per gallon as per instructions on label.
2007-01-23 15:52:01 · answer #6 · answered by copperhead 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋