OSCAR
HEALTH
THERE
ARE TWO MAIN CAUSES OF ILL HEALTH IN OSCARS .POOR WATER QUALITY AND POOR DIET..
IF YOU MAINTAIN EXCELLENT WATER QUALITY WITH REGULAR 20 % WATER CHANGES EVERY
WEEK WITH AN EFFICIENT FILTER COMBINED WITH A BALANCED VARIED DIET OF LIVE AND
FROZEN FOODS THEN THERE IS NO REASION WHY YOUR OSCARS SHOULD SUFFER ILL HEALTH.
LOW WATER QUALITY CAN EASILY LEAD TO STRESS IN THE FISH CAUSING HOLE IN THE
HEAD DISEASE. POOR DIET IS ALSO SUSPECTED OF BEING ANOTHER CAUSE OF HITH. IN
ALL THE YEARS THAT I HAVE KEPT OSCARS I HAVE NEVER HAD A CASE OF HOLE IN THE
HEAD DISEASE IN ANY OF MY TANKS. I HAVE HOWEVER TREATED OTHER PEOPLES OSCARS
FOR HITH.. THE DISEASE MANIFESTS ITSELF WITH SMALL PITS IN THE MOUTH AND NOSTRIL
AREA OF THE FISH. THIS CAN OFTEN BE CONFUSED WITH THE OPENING UP OF THE SENSORY
PORES IN THIS AREA WHICH IS QUITE NORMAL FOR OSCARS. THE DISEASE PROGRESSES
UNTIL IT COVERS VAST AREAS OF THE FISHES HEAD AND THE FISH WILL NORMALLY REFUSE
TO FEED AND LIE AROUND ON THE BOTTOM OF THE TANK.TREATMENT IS AVAILABLE BUT
HERE IN THE UK THE TREATMENT IS BY AN ANTIBIOTIC CALLED METRONIDAZOLE, WHICH
HAS TO BE PRESCRIBED BY A VET. SINCE THERE ARE VERY FEW VETS FAMILIAR WITH THE
DISEASE, IT IS HARD TO OBTAIN. MANY VETS WILL ASK YOU TO BRING IN YOUR FISH
CAUSING IT MORE STRESS. BY THE TIME THAT YOU OBTAIN THE CURE, THE DISEASE HAS
ALREADY CONDEMNED YOUR FISH TO DEATH. MY WAY TO DEAL WITH HITH IS TO PREVENT
IT RATHER THAN HAVE TO CURE IT . MAINTAINING YOUR OSCAR TANK IN TIP TOP CONDITION
WILL TAKE YOU NO LONGER THEN A COUPLE OF HOURS A WEEK.SURELY A PET LIKE AN OSCAR
DESERVES THIS AMOUNT OF QUALLITY TIME FROM YOU. IF YOUR FISH DOES FALL PREY
TO HITH THEN CLICK HERE CLICK
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e-mail steve@bettasplendens.co.uk until further notice
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