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my oscar is sick and i adfded some melafix to the tank them removed the filter cartridge like it said to a few day later i added a little bit more still w/the filter pad out,i guess the is working buti was wondering if i could do a "bath" in melafix w/him lie some medications say to.He has HITH and my parimeters r all in chck .5 ammonia .2 nitrite
i deid a big change so these r prolly lower now.
my tank im guessing is not yet cycled b/c of the big water change.

for HITH the best thing you can do is lots and lots of water changes to make sure the water is perfect. if there is any ammonia or nitrItes present then this is very bad. I'm going to move this to the Hospital forum where you should get more help from members experienced with dealing with HITH and other diseases.

i know my fish has HITH but know i htink popeye too.one of his eyes is huge and looks all red and veryblood shot,what should i do.maybe flush him so he wont suffer or try and nurse him back?i think he is cool and dont wan to lose him but i dont want him to suffer for my own desire.plus if he does die i will get an angel more suited for my aquarium.

Cichlid Kid...

If you are having thoughts on destroying the fish why not talk to a local fish store and see if there is someone there that will nurse the fish back to health.

It shouldn't be put down simply because you think its time to change species. Do the fishy a favor and ask someone else to care for it first.

If the fish can't be saved at least the person at the fish store will know how to dispose of the fish humanely. Flushing a live fish is about the cruelest thing you can do to one.

Because you posted multiple threads on this and I had a hard time finding the other thread because of a glitch in the profile that wouldn't let me see your active threads, I'm going to post this up here so that anyone looking at this has as much info as possible:

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i got rid of my oscar and restarted my tank.i will b getting some angels.i did dipspose of the oscar properly.

why didn't you try to fix him up? I'm curious, it just comes across very off-handish the way you posted

i got rid of my oscar and restarted my tank.i will b getting some angels.

I dunno.... Did you even try?

Cichlid Kid...

I don't mean to sound harsh but if you can't keep an Oscar healthy what makes you think that Angels are going to be anymore resistent to problems? Angels are some of the most finicky types of fish to raise.

It seems like you just got tired of the Oscar perhaps because he required alittle more work than you were prepared to perform so you just decided to end it for him. I am not trying to give you a hard time but you need to do what is right by the fish you have not the fish you necessarilly want.

If you can't commit to properly caring for the fish in your charge maybe you should consider another type of hobby. Like pet rocks or something. That Oscar deserved more of a chance than what he got. HITH is very treatable.

I'll gladly help you in any way that I can with problems as I am sure everyone else here will do but if you aren't going to take the care of your fish seriously I doubt you will find much sympathy.

Last edited by Tammy at 17-Feb-2005 07:14

i did try many times to fix him and i cried when he went, i really liked that fish but he was getting worse and was blind in his right eye b/c he had popeye too,is eye was bigger then any case of popeye i have evey seen and it was my mos choice to get rid of him and the lfs said he was suffering.i tried for a whole year.u gotta beleive me i did.i think it was the tank size.