Oscar looking not so good.....

[hmgonzalez]

Hi this is urgent....  i havent seen my oscar eat for a couple of days... he is like tired or like sleeping... he doesn't swim to much.... his tankmates are acting normal....  does anybody knows what is happening?... he is laying in the glass or in the rocks almost all day long...

[ryanp15]

Here are some things I want you to answer.

- Did you recently do a water change?
- Did you add any new decor or take any out?
- Did you give him a new food to which he is not accustomed?

In general did you do anything to upset him???

[hmgonzalez]

nop... the water is fairly new, i have just set up this tank anout 2 or 3 weeks ago....  he was shy the first day for never like this....  i'm planning to do a 50% water change tonight....

he is an albino oscar so it's more difficult to find a skin desease... but the fish look with some darken spots... like black dust.... not literaly, but i have been lokking at him for a while during my meal and i notice that...

[clothahump]

New Tank Syndrome, tank not cycled which means you are poisoning your fish with Ammonia and Nitrite.
Have you got a back up filter running in another tank, if so put it on your uncycled tank immediately, and run alongside the original, a 50% water change will help.
Stop feeding for at least 4 days, do not clean filter unless it is clogged and then only use tank water to rinse it.
You should get yourself a good book, and read it.
If you go into the articles section on this site, you will find some usefull information on cycling. 8)

[hmgonzalez]

it was not a new tank... just the oscar has lived in another tank before, this tank host some bala sharks and other comunity fishes, i took out most of the fishes there excepta clown loach, a pleco, and a weather loach (later moved beacuse he was beaten by the oscar), then i clean then tank (with a syphon), and in that process i took like a 60 % of the water out... i didnt change the filter on the tank....  i have read a lots of articles and i'm suppossing that is some internal illness, maybe Tuberculosis or the hole in head...  his swimming is erratical, and sometimes vertical with his head down... and very slow...  i'm going to put him in quarentine (sorry for the writing) in another tank... but shoul i put there some medicine for bacterial or Hole in head illness?

[clothahump]

Sorry did not realise it was established,
From the symptoms you have given I would be more tempted to go with internal bacteria.
Move him to a hospital tank and treat.
Do not use any carbon in the filter, and aerate well.
I hope the anti internal bacteria treatment does the job for you. 8)

[hmgonzalez]

thanks... hope will work

[ryanp15]

Definitely move him to the hospital tank and treat. Hopefully that will help. Also you should try to make the lighting in his tank not so bright. Albinos lack somting in their eyes to where bright lights hurt them. I know that has nothing to do with your question but just thought I'd say that. ;D

[hmgonzalez]

last night i put him in a 10 G hospital tank with a General Cure tablet, hope will work... thanks for the advises.... i'll keep you informed... I won't fwwd him, it's that OK?

[ryanp15]

fwwd ??? I think that should be feed ;D

I don't know about not feeding him. I would say he should be fine for a while if you don't and hopefully he'll be okay. ;D