Recent content by Froglily

I'll do it. Thanks for the support.

Changed half, Nitrates still hi I did change half the water and I will commit to daily changes rather than every other day, as first advised. If he heals I can rehome him, but the wound did spread a LOT before it started to get some color. I've always tested 0 for ammonia, didn't know to test...

Does this look like he is healing? I've been changing out water every other day and dosingg the tank with metronizadole. His appetite is great.

Anyone want a giant Oscar who is currently recovering from some kind of affliction? I didn't think so. I think my LFS would take him, once he is healed. It's impractical to change out 20 gallons of water every other day, even if I were physically capable of doing it (which I'm not). I knew...

He's in a 40-gal (I’d rehome him to a bigger tank if I could). Normally I spot clean daily with a turkey baster during the week and change out 20% of the water weekly, but I've gone to changing 20% every other day (& spot cleaning). Between the Oscar and the pleco, I realize I have too much...

Thanks much. I'll do that, and read up more about that. It didn't look like that until just yesterday, so mi didn't study it much. If there's no treatment I'd rather not leave him to suffer, but if there's anything I can do I will.

Help. My oscar scratched himself, and looked like he was healing, but then the damage spread, got fuzzy, saw some spots, thought it was ick. So i raised the temp to 87, added salt, and have been changing about 20% of the water every other day. He looked much better fie a few days. Now he looks...