Oscar question again, sorry!

[Etown612]

So he's an albino Oscar, there are little white(not cloudy) parts on his eye mixed with the orange color. I went to lfs this morning and their entire tank of albinos all had the same, so is it a stupid question to ask if this is normal? He's completely fine and back to his normal self, has no problem seeing or finding food or bumping into anything...thanks everyone.

 

[Oscarr19]

Can you get pictures? it would be helpful.

 

[Etown612]

Don't know if it's too small if so I'll take one when I get home

 

[Oscarr19]

Its kind of hard to see. Are both eyes the same size? Do you see anything wrong with his behaviour? Eating?

 

[Etown612]

He's completely fine, no cloudy eyes, no popeye either side and he's acting normal

 

[Oscarr19]

It could be normal but closer pictures of his eye will help a lot.

 

[Etown612]

That's as good as I can get =)

 

[Etown612]

And his fin was always like that since he was small idk if something took a bite out of him when he was smaller but it's not recent

 

[Oscarr19]

Seems completely normal imo

 

[Etown612]

Awesome, thank you! =)

 

[Etown612]

Apparently it's fin rot, I gently netted him today and got most of it off his fin, gotta start melafix again=(

 

[Oscarr19]

I thought u said he had a fin like that his whole life? You can't have fin rot that long let alone in a single section like that.

 

[Etown612]

That's how he was when I bought him. I'm positive, I just thought something else nipped his fin, maybe it got treated before I bought him and it's in the process of healing? He was only about 1-2 inches, and it hasn't gotten worse at all.

 

[Oscarr19]

How long have you had him for again?

 

[Etown612]

About 3 months, but it hasn't gotten worse at all

 

[Etown612]

Err. Maybe 2 months now

 

[Oscarr19]

3 months is a long time to have fin rot. IMO I doubt he has fin rot. You can treat him if you want though. Its not uncommon for a fish to have a deformation. If you want to be safe PM a user here called HUKIT he knows a great deal more about oscars than i do.

 

[Etown612]

I didn't think it was either but high and mighty lfs said it was, like I said it's been the same the whole time I've had him, water has been pretty much perfect since nitrate spike. I added another filter, so it's 750 gph now with 1-2 50% water changes a week, thanks for your input=)

 

[Oscarr19]

i try to do anything i can do to help

 

[Etown612]