Ok my male oscar with the skin disease is now breathing heavily. I added the melafix and salt last night. And he looks a little beter today, but I noticed that he is useing inly one gill! Now whats the problem, whys he doing this, what should I do? please help!

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A wise fishing guide once told me "catching fish is just like picking up girls at the mall" I replied "that is true, but with the girls your not going for the big ones"
FEEDER NAZI

Melafix works great for bacterial problems . . .are you sure its not fungal though? If it started as a skin disease Im willing to bet its probably fungal, if its is its been given enough time to spread to the gills causing respiration problems. Do not rasie the temperature of the tank in this situation, as raising the temp causes a decrease in the amount of O2 carried in the water. I would hurry out to the lfs and get a strong fungal medication, and if you can increase the ariation in the tank by adding more bubble wands.



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Candice
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FEEDER NAZI

i have this medicine called Maracyn by Mardel Labs and i treats body fungus,gill disease and all kinds of other things. a five day treatment is 1 tablet for every 10g once a day. for a 8 tab box i think it was about $5. it worked on my cichlids when they had an outbreak of body fungus. i says the tabs r quick disolving but they werent for me so if they r still there after a hour just break the tab up in your hand.

P.S. if it is possible put the sick oscar in a hospital tank that is already cycled and everything.

GOOD LUCK

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Please help, he not breathing very heavily so I thought he was doing beter, the he sudunly twiched and blood started flowing out of his gills, what the hell is going on!!!! it is realy coming out, I noticed some read wormy sort of thigs floating around, could this be dead parisites, or is it his own blood, please help!!!! please!!!

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A wise fishing guide once told me "catching fish is just like picking up girls at the mall" I replied "that is true, but with the girls your not going for the big ones"
FEEDER NAZI