Your the fucking dumb ass dude!! Oscers grow to be like 14" You my friend are an ignorant mother fucker!!! You have got to be the stupidest person on the face of this earth! Learn about the fish before you go buy one and put it in a 20 gallon tank you dumb fuck!!! If I here you say something as stupid as that again I'll lose my faith in humanity!!
oscar in a 20 gallon limited to feeder goldfish and water changes 1 time every 6 months? nothing good about that. young oscars can be in a 30 gallon minimun ,,once they get big you gotta upgrade unless its only him in the tank which i doubt,, and dont only feed live fish and tank should be cleaned 1 or 2 times a month, oscrads are very messy eaters.
i've had a oscar for about...9 years. never changed the water untill it got murkey about a year and a half) it has never been treated for anything exept ick. i had about...70 holes in its head, and is just fine...calm down....mine has a way worst life than this....oh, its my moms. not mine. im still a minor. im the only person keeping that poor fish alive. :\
please answer this question for me! i need to know as fast as possible.. ok I just bought 4 cichlids that kinda looks lika my piranhas but just alot smaller and i got them for a cheaper price becouse they had Hole in the head disease, the guy in the pet store told me that its okey to let these cichlids to be fish food for my piranhas, and that it wont make the piranhas suffer for HITH or spread it out in the water plz answer !, couse if it can i will throw the cichlids in the toilet!
i have a red devil with a huge ulcer between his eyes.every now and then it heals completely over but appears again every 3 months or so.i have tried just about everything but it doesnt seem to be hith
@Patthew113 yeh i know i was just been silly.sadly i had him put down there is no known cure for it.the symptoms are very much like hole on the head and can be passed onto humans.
@napoleontak 55 gallons is fish prison. It is too bad the fish can't speak for themselves. Great would be a 300 gallon tank with an amazonic template.. flies for them to jump out of and catch like they do in the wild. Stop acting like the bare minimum is "great!" lol
@velhg73 its not great but its great enough to keep them happy. sure bigger is always better but a 55gal is good enough. if u want then u can make it bigger. and if u want them to be like the wild then put yours in the amaon jungle in the wild.
a 100 gallon is not the minimum for just 1 oscar,it is 55 gallons,but if you wanted to add more fishes to the tank,getting at least a 120 gallon to 150 gallon aquarium set up is the best thing to do depending what you get.Right now I have quite a few in my 55 gallon for a grow out tank,will be buying a 120 gallon long tank in a couple of months.
@burzumaske20 IF you want to squeeze a fish that gets 12+ in size and provide the smallest sized tank.. then a 55 would be MORE than appropriate! IF you want to make it comfortable and allow it to stretch its proverbial legs... a 100 is the utmost MINIMUM.... these guys are amazing hunters in the wild. They dart 10-25 feet to catch their prey at amazing speeds... I suppose keeping a prisoner in a 6x9 cell is the minimum... but ideally you want them to have some room to move.
@velhg73 it just depends if you go with a tall or long tank.I have a long 55 gallon,plenty of room for him to turn,swim,hunt for rosey fishes.The 150 gallon I am considering to buy instead of the 120 gallon is 73 x 19 x 29.That is plenty of room for a 15 inch Oscar to grow in,with out issues.
@velhg73 "plenty of room" is such a subjective word that NEVER takes in account what these fish really need or if asked would prefer. All I know and go with is what I have seen in the wild and the DRASTIC difference in their behavior when kept in a 55 gallon tank vs much bigger situations. In what many people consider ok, a 55, 60 etc.. they are sedintary and swim limitedly. in MUCh bigger their true personalities come out.. they are agile.. and exercised. 50 adequate? maybe to keep alive.
@velhg73 Either way,I have upgraded anyways,to keep more fishes in a tank,I already knew from the start the Oscar would outgrow the 55 gallon,that is why I was able to get a 125 gallon set up 72x18x23.That isn't consider a minimum,since he has plenty of room to go from one side to another and sit sideways to look at me.
My oscar came down with hith and this is what I did. First I got some plain unflavored gelatin. Then I got some good oscar food and melted it down in water. Then I added some dried blood worms to that. Then I bought some small shrimp. I mashed it all up and added the gelatin. It made a nice fish jello not to firm but not so soft it falls apart in tank water. I also stuffed fish mox into that jello. He LOVES his jello. Along with FREQUENT tank cleanings. It cleared his hith right up.
i dont see any holes im new to oscar keeping and just bout a 2cm one for my 51 gallon . i just got it today and has only had tropic flakes that i hand feed. dont worry i will buy oscar food. but can they die from "hole in the head"?
This is sad, someone brought in an albino Oscar to the petstore where my friend works with a bad case of "hole in the head" and they didn't even understand that it was their fault. I have two Oscars and I always make sure they have a diverse diet, a pellet staple with vitamins, bloodworms, brine shrimp, and a few feeders for the exercise.
if you're not a football player, then playing football for a professional team is also stressful. If you love fish it's not stressful its just what you do. Why buy an oscar if you don't want one in the first place that's brainless.
fuck yer it shore can be my 4 1/2" oscar has just got a small cause of HITH and my diet is ,cichlid pelet,mealworms,beef hart,color encharter HELP!!!!!
poor oscar. =[ my oscar eats everything. cichlid pellets, guppies, small goldfish, flakes, bloodworms, sometimes he'll murder off a ghost shrimp and eat them too.... everything. o.o
You can get some good medicine out there which will cure hole in the head. My yellow belly piranha had it and I've treated him and he's fine now. I can't remember the name of the medicine to hand but I've still got the bottle at home if anyone wants to know the name of it
the water in the tank should be fullly changed about 6 month up to year with fortnightly part changes the fish build up important bactaria that helps them fight disese and bad bactaia
@hawnted Petsmart employees should educate people before they buy fish. I knew a lot about fish before I purchased my cichlids, but if I didn't I could've bought them and put them in a fish bowl with no filter and when they died, I could've just gone right back and bought more with no questions asked. Frustrating.
Take two minutes and educate the buyer for the good of living creatures!
o my little oscar {not really little lol 7" smallest of the 2} had holes in his gills not head???? they grew huge then he died now my bigger 1 has like 4 hole on the top of the head!!!!!!! wtfffffff i hope he doesnt die 2 but i kinda want him 2 so i can get my piranhas
I have two tigers for four years, early on they in a 20 gallon tank. They devolped hole in the head. Hole in the head is caused by a parasite in their crap. It was so bad that one of them almost lost an eye. Now they have recovered and its been over a year. They are in a 60 gallon tank. I feed them cat food (it does not break down into the water) and fed them gold fish (20 at a time) but only once a month. We used some chemicals but limited. Stress coat and some stuff to help them heal.
yea thats true the feeder fish u get at the petstore are breed with hormones and other chemicals so they can produce more offspring so unless ur feeding him guppies u personally grew its not a good idea
people please read this-----my oscar has a hole in head and i need your best answer i i care about him and how to cure is hole in head--------thanks-------
man my fish has the same thing but I changed the water gave him Pimafix and Melafix medicine put some veggies in his diet added some salt and now he's getting better but I still need to clean up the tank hope ur gets cured!
@velhg73 no....... 55gallon fits two. 100 you could do maybe three or a school of turq jewels. my friend and i share a 55g with 2 osscars one being his the other being mine. full grown and happy.
there is a medication that starts with "My" mya something my memory fails. this will cure it but the fish will be scared for life. My oscar hase this. I thought it was ick. the fish store said to check for electrical current in the water. supposedly thats what causes it.
wow. as a fellow oscar keeper this makes me sad :( if some one mis treated a puppy the whole world would be pissed, but if some one puts a oscar in a 20 gallon tank and only feeds it feeders no one gives a fuck. fish still living things, just because they live in a tank dose not mean they can be negelcted. They need care just like all other pets. If it was up to me, oscars should not be sold to people with a tank smaller then 70 gallons.
Kills me to know the many people that adopt fish because they look cool. After taking care of Juno, my oscar, I would definitely say do your homework before adopting.
HOW DO YOU FREAKIN CURE IT .... I HAVE A BLACK ANGILFISH(FULL GROWN)... HE HAS IT bad I CAN SEE THE INSIDE OF HIS HEAD.....its depressing... i feel bad for him.... and how can you help stop[ the pain ... he looks terrable...
most ppl put too much gravel in their tanks. Forget the under gravel filters. They promote filth. Put only one layer of gravel on bottom and let your over the side filter do the work. Makes for healthier fish
Yes, I take the carbon section out of my filter out and replace it with non-carbon based filter rocks. I've also been told that a very high protien diet can cause hole in the head.
a 20 gallon tank for that big of an oscar? BIG mistake, oscars that size need maybe a 100 gal minumum this is proven to just ask a pro (i am not ofcourse but my info is from pros) i have 2 tiger oscars that are 4 maybe 5 inches and have them in a 25 gal but will need to get at least a 150 gal before they get much bigger.that bulg on your oscars head could be because his internal organs(in this case his brain) are outgrowing his skeleton which if in a 20 gal would have stoped growing long ago.
Its not his brain trying to grow out of his skull. Its called Hole in the Head disease or Heximita caused by parasites/nematodes/flagelites from lack of clean water, poor food quality, and or stress.
His brain growing out of his skull....LOL right. My jack starting showing signs of HITH. I've heard that carbon filters accelerate the illness by irritating the fishes skin so I took the carbon pad out of my eheim...it really did seem to help
this happend 2 my 2 oscars execpt like 4 months after it when they healed they died... my other fish no clue what it is kept picking out their eyes n shit
Hole in the Head is really cause by "Heximita" according to the "University of Florida" the following medications have been used to cure hole in the head: "Parasite Clear" "Pimafix" "Melafix", use these three medications together until your fish is healthy and eating again.
Heximita is a flagellate protozoa that starves your fish to death, treatment is easy.
Levamisole and Metronidazole are going to be more powerful when dealing with advanced stages of Heximita. Always look at the mg per dose that you are Actually treating. Sometimes parasite clear and primafix dont have the required strengths. Melafix... I would NEVER treat for heximita with it. Its more anti fungal and anti bacterial.. so perhaps for secondary infections but will do very little for Heximita itself
The two medications Pimafix and Melafix are designed to work together, I have used a combination of all three to treat HITH.
Parasite clear, pimafix and melafix works well when you can't find Levamisolo and Metronidazole at a local store in a small town of about 65,000 people. True, having those medications around would be very nice, and will work better then what I used.
They are also sometimes harder to find then what I used.
Get a local vet to prescibe the metro and or levimasole. Order it online. Primafix and Melafix do NOTHING for parasites, nematodes, and flagelites. They are anti bacterial and anti fungal of which doesnt cause Hexamita. Its probably your parasite clear thats doing the job of which it contains praziquantel and metronidazole. Its only limiting factor is the ammounts of each per dosage which for severe cases of HITH you might need a stronger dosage of metro and include levamisole.
they changed the water once every 6 months and he was in a 20 gallon tank! who ever had this fish seriously needed 2 give that oscar away cuss they don't know how to take care of it properly wtf kind of owner does that and lets it go untreated
Sorry to hear that your fish got sick. Good to hear he's getting better. Ignore everyone who sez it was ur fault. Fish get sick, and obviousey ur a good owner cuz that Fish is getting better.
changing water every week and "diet was good" is probably an indication that there were still factors you were omitting that oscars require. What are the water parameters that you are working with and what exactly is his diet? A 60 gallon tank is on the minimum range of an appropriate tank for a single oscar. What other fish husbandry routines do you follow?
that vidio was bloody awfull who ever owend that oscar needs to be taken out the back paddock and have some sence kicked into him. i have owend over thirty oscars in the past two years and i have never seen one so ... i cant describe it. i dont know gallons but for any one else reading oscars need a min of 300L of water to grow to full size. i hope i dont come a cross a vidio like this again
Hey genious... where did you get that this fish died?.... this is a "do not do" video. This fish is doing well after being rescued. Have a great day and work on your reading comprehension.
what an ass hole who ever had that fish is a mother fucker ......a fucking 20 g, only feeders, and water changer every 6 months like dude come on !!!!!!!!!!.....ass fucker
I know, I clean my Oscar's tank every week, scrub off the algea in his tank every day, and give him night crawlers, "beefheart", live freshwater fish, and fresh earthworms. Whoever owned this fish before needs to learn how to care for a fish and {quote my dad}get his head out of his ass.{unquote} SERIOUSLY.
worst than putting him in a 20g was feeding him bad...i read somewer that oscars need a new diet each week and hw can they never clean the tank in 6 months??
complete water changes shouldn't be made more than every six months, however partial water changes should be made frequently. i believe no more than 2/3 of the water could be changed at one time. Its harmful to your fish. 23% water change is to be done every few weeks i believe. Feeders aren't good for oscars. I read it in a book that I have about them. Try freeze dried foods or pellets. I feed mine worms, minnows, guppies, brim, spiders, roaches.. anything lol. never overfeed. Never satisfied.
I feed my Oscars Shrimp pellets every day and frozen bloodworm cubes every 3 days. On the bloodworm days they get 1/2 the regular amount of pellets. And once a week if they are good little fishies they get 12 rosie reds. From what I have read the hole in head is mainly cause by a constant diet of goldfish.
Man you keep him in a tank 30 gallons too small, and feed him the worst possible diet ... fukin feeder's man common.. Get some damn flake food they arent piranha's...
Man, poor Oscar. Glad to know you've adopted it and helped it along. Big water changes is kinda a no no, IMO. Big water changes keeps the water conditions constantly altering making it unstable aiding bacterial and parasite infections. Change 10%-20% once a week, EVERY week. Add some aquarium salt, which is extremely helpful for healing and overall fish health. Keep the temp around 75-78 and only add treatment chemicals if conditions fail to improve. Otherwise he should heal right up.
hey my tiger oscar is 35cm and fat slut y does it move so slow and sometimes it lies down on the ground like its sleeping on the side..i dont feed it alot to..tell me more on oscars
my tiger oscar is 1 and 3 mothns old i got it when it was 3.5 inches long and 1.4 inch wide now 12.1 inch long 5 inches wide it had very little of thoese holes but so i keep the water between 76-79. feed feeders every 3 weeks mostly everyday it's pills.and give it some ANTIBACTERIAL FISH REMEDY or natural fish medication to kill some bacteria that is eating on your fish's skin .don't always give feeders often.u can give krill or shrimp it gives the oscar more color in them
antibacterial medication isnt a cure all... hole in the head isnt a bacterial ailment. There are other most likely culprits like nematodes and other parasitic infestaions like fagellites that can cause a fish to get sick of which anti bacterial mediction is again a bad choice. Always diagnose properly before using in appropriate medication .. In this fish's case.. I used metronidazole which is an anti parasitic medication.
my oscar has hole in the head some1 gave her 2 us becoz they were moving.they told us it was hitting its head on the rocks but we looked it up and it was a match so now its in a 3 ft tank getting well on its way 2 health
maybe temporarily for treating diseases as heat usually help speed up the life cycle of some like ICH but in terms of constant temp... 88 is TOO HIGH.
This fish was adopted in this state. I have fed it a variety of high quality cichlid pellets, medicated food, and some vegetables mixed with shrimp paste to help its digestive tract. He was kept in a bigger tank with large frequent water changes and dosed with metronidazole and it has helped. He is now swimming in a 7000 gallon pond with other Oscars and cichlids.
78 is good, no higher though. Mine are at 75-76. They used to be at 82 and that was way too high. Just make sure it doesn't spike or else they will become very aggresive.
You've done a good job on recovery. I'm sure the fish looked much worse when you took over. I've seen HITH so bad you could see the skull. If you don't have a large tank and do not wish to do water changes, Oscars are not the fish for you. 50 gallons, each Oscar, as a minimum, with large weekly water changes.
now I am stuck with watching the remaining fish suffer all because I did all my research to late, they should really warn people more cause I use to think plecos could do well with goldfish inside a 20 gallon tank but then wondered why it died so soon but now I know they need alot more than a 20 gal and that tropical cant go with goldfish.
I made the same mistake by buying 2 oscars(alive) 2jack dempesys(alive)2convicts(dead) 2 plecos(1alive) and a tiger oscar(dead) all when I first got my 29 gallon tank and I wish petsmart would have asked me how big of a tank I had and just told me not to buy them ......
@robertmp002
Your the fucking dumb ass dude!! Oscers grow to be like 14" You my friend are an ignorant mother fucker!!! You have got to be the stupidest person on the face of this earth! Learn about the fish before you go buy one and put it in a 20 gallon tank you dumb fuck!!! If I here you say something as stupid as that again I'll lose my faith in humanity!!
mikail69nova 1 week ago
too sad............why do people keep pets and know nothing about them.. how ignorant...baad karma...
hectorresume 1 week ago
wheres the ho,e in its head, i wantd to see live brain
blahblerbblab 1 month ago
oscar in a 20 gallon limited to feeder goldfish and water changes 1 time every 6 months? nothing good about that. young oscars can be in a 30 gallon minimun ,,once they get big you gotta upgrade unless its only him in the tank which i doubt,, and dont only feed live fish and tank should be cleaned 1 or 2 times a month, oscrads are very messy eaters.
rudyyy911 1 month ago
my oscars were sick because of the the bad filter , i got a new one 1000 gallons filter with uv for a 100 gallon tank
they are still not getting better :( any tips anyone please
they are always at the bottom of the tank they eat only little and my black oscar has something on its head
will20091995 1 month ago
Ok i care about my fish and treat themlike gold but REALLY? the music from platoon seems a but dramatic. I'm going to eat fish for supper....
zyclonb6 1 month ago
so sad :(
ThEsUbMaRiNeGirL 2 months ago
Twice a year water changes and nothing but feeder goldfish to eat? Amazing he's still alive.
fantom58 2 months ago
i've had a oscar for about...9 years. never changed the water untill it got murkey about a year and a half) it has never been treated for anything exept ick. i had about...70 holes in its head, and is just fine...calm down....mine has a way worst life than this....oh, its my moms. not mine. im still a minor. im the only person keeping that poor fish alive. :\
xernoff 5 months ago
omg that's so sad. i have a large oscar in my 90 gallon with lots of open space, lots of filtration, and i change 50% of the water every 7-10 days
HolySasquatchTurd 5 months ago
@HolySasquatchTurd make water change max 20% you make 50% change that makes you a killer.
priksarxida 3 months ago
@priksarxida Been doing 75% for years. Nothing happens. All you have to do is match your water chemistry.
HolySasquatchTurd 3 months ago
@HolySasquatchTurd it's the best to battle nitrate in a tank that has no plants and giant heavy eaters.
HolySasquatchTurd 3 months ago
My tiger oscar is about 8 inches,in a 55 gallon and hoping to upgrade to either 75 or 90 gallon for him
Abowden3489 7 months ago
where the hole?
mizzbahamas88 10 months ago
please answer this question for me! i need to know as fast as possible.. ok I just bought 4 cichlids that kinda looks lika my piranhas but just alot smaller and i got them for a cheaper price becouse they had Hole in the head disease, the guy in the pet store told me that its okey to let these cichlids to be fish food for my piranhas, and that it wont make the piranhas suffer for HITH or spread it out in the water plz answer !, couse if it can i will throw the cichlids in the toilet!
TheFishKeeper100 1 year ago
i have a red devil with a huge ulcer between his eyes.every now and then it heals completely over but appears again every 3 months or so.i have tried just about everything but it doesnt seem to be hith
boogieou818 1 year ago
@boogieou818 sounds like herpes.........haha idk what it is hope your red devil does okay how is he now
Patthew113 5 months ago
@Patthew113 it was tuberculosis.how did he get herpes?he didnt suck me off?
boogieou818 5 months ago
@boogieou818 It just soundslike herpes because it dissapears then comes back, i wasn't actually implying thta he had it, how is your red devil now
Patthew113 5 months ago
@Patthew113 yeh i know i was just been silly.sadly i had him put down there is no known cure for it.the symptoms are very much like hole on the head and can be passed onto humans.
boogieou818 5 months ago
i have a red devil with a huge ulcer between his eyes.every now and then it heals completely over but appears again every 3 months or so
boogieou818 1 year ago
55 gallon is great so stop acting like it hurts them so badly. u shouldnt get a tall 55 gal though a 55 gal long is best.
napoleontak 1 year ago
@napoleontak 55 gallons is fish prison. It is too bad the fish can't speak for themselves. Great would be a 300 gallon tank with an amazonic template.. flies for them to jump out of and catch like they do in the wild. Stop acting like the bare minimum is "great!" lol
velhg73 1 year ago 2
@velhg73 its not great but its great enough to keep them happy. sure bigger is always better but a 55gal is good enough. if u want then u can make it bigger. and if u want them to be like the wild then put yours in the amaon jungle in the wild.
napoleontak 1 year ago
@velhg73 my oscar is in a 20g tank and he's doing just fine... you dumbass' don't know what you're talking about
robertmp002 1 week ago
@napoleontak not really, a 55 will be to small for them, because the tank only have a 13" wide size, it'll have turning problems.
1Rockyboxer1 1 month ago
a 100 gallon is not the minimum for just 1 oscar,it is 55 gallons,but if you wanted to add more fishes to the tank,getting at least a 120 gallon to 150 gallon aquarium set up is the best thing to do depending what you get.Right now I have quite a few in my 55 gallon for a grow out tank,will be buying a 120 gallon long tank in a couple of months.
burzumaske20 1 year ago
@burzumaske20 IF you want to squeeze a fish that gets 12+ in size and provide the smallest sized tank.. then a 55 would be MORE than appropriate! IF you want to make it comfortable and allow it to stretch its proverbial legs... a 100 is the utmost MINIMUM.... these guys are amazing hunters in the wild. They dart 10-25 feet to catch their prey at amazing speeds... I suppose keeping a prisoner in a 6x9 cell is the minimum... but ideally you want them to have some room to move.
velhg73 1 year ago
@velhg73 it just depends if you go with a tall or long tank.I have a long 55 gallon,plenty of room for him to turn,swim,hunt for rosey fishes.The 150 gallon I am considering to buy instead of the 120 gallon is 73 x 19 x 29.That is plenty of room for a 15 inch Oscar to grow in,with out issues.
burzumaske20 1 year ago
@velhg73 "plenty of room" is such a subjective word that NEVER takes in account what these fish really need or if asked would prefer. All I know and go with is what I have seen in the wild and the DRASTIC difference in their behavior when kept in a 55 gallon tank vs much bigger situations. In what many people consider ok, a 55, 60 etc.. they are sedintary and swim limitedly. in MUCh bigger their true personalities come out.. they are agile.. and exercised. 50 adequate? maybe to keep alive.
velhg73 1 year ago
@velhg73 Either way,I have upgraded anyways,to keep more fishes in a tank,I already knew from the start the Oscar would outgrow the 55 gallon,that is why I was able to get a 125 gallon set up 72x18x23.That isn't consider a minimum,since he has plenty of room to go from one side to another and sit sideways to look at me.
burzumaske20 9 months ago
it's impressive he survived at all
lola26granola 1 year ago
thats not that bad you should be lucky my oscar has allmost no face left and now he wil not eat eny thing
lyndonconard 1 year ago
My oscar came down with hith and this is what I did. First I got some plain unflavored gelatin. Then I got some good oscar food and melted it down in water. Then I added some dried blood worms to that. Then I bought some small shrimp. I mashed it all up and added the gelatin. It made a nice fish jello not to firm but not so soft it falls apart in tank water. I also stuffed fish mox into that jello. He LOVES his jello. Along with FREQUENT tank cleanings. It cleared his hith right up.
jsb400 1 year ago
i dont see any holes im new to oscar keeping and just bout a 2cm one for my 51 gallon . i just got it today and has only had tropic flakes that i hand feed. dont worry i will buy oscar food. but can they die from "hole in the head"?
jetmea 1 year ago
10% water change EVERY WEEK + varied diet = happy long living fish. feeding Goldfish are not a varied diet and is cruel.
lndac02 1 year ago
Song?
TheMirnovec 2 years ago
dam every 6 months you even be able to see my oscar after 2 mo. he is a poop factory
adl16v 2 years ago
This is sad, someone brought in an albino Oscar to the petstore where my friend works with a bad case of "hole in the head" and they didn't even understand that it was their fault. I have two Oscars and I always make sure they have a diverse diet, a pellet staple with vitamins, bloodworms, brine shrimp, and a few feeders for the exercise.
BOBWAFFLES 2 years ago
where is the hole in the head?
kurtinge 2 years ago
i dont think that is a hole in your head i think its more like a more maturity type
eastsidahboy 2 years ago
UVC lamp,and plants solve the problem most of them
quipuing 2 years ago
damn that oscar is really old
eastsidahboy 2 years ago
it;s not old it's rooted from hith
hazza1z1z 2 years ago
I see this all the time! Some of these people need a hole in their head!
Smokeondavidp69 2 years ago
thats a disgrace, a terrible diet and living conditions, the guy clearly didnt do any research into getting an oscar
haduardo1 2 years ago
keeping these fish is fucking stressful
eggmanburrito 2 years ago
if you're not a football player, then playing football for a professional team is also stressful. If you love fish it's not stressful its just what you do. Why buy an oscar if you don't want one in the first place that's brainless.
ramzevans 2 years ago
keeping fish is so fu£king depressing
idunnosia 2 years ago
fuck yer it shore can be my 4 1/2" oscar has just got a small cause of HITH and my diet is ,cichlid pelet,mealworms,beef hart,color encharter HELP!!!!!
temper1995 2 years ago
My 1st pair died because of this and a bacteria overload. They got every disease at the same time. It was horrible.
carag001 2 years ago
no offense but u dont put a oscar in a 20 gal tank unless of a small about 4 in size
coolrepublicans2032 2 years ago
idiot. HE DIDNT DO THAT. the other people did.
lolilikesnakes 2 years ago
what "other people"
coolrepublicans2032 2 years ago
i didnt see any hole?
was it that little black thing on the nose?
marcusmarkmus 2 years ago
poor oscar. =[ my oscar eats everything. cichlid pellets, guppies, small goldfish, flakes, bloodworms, sometimes he'll murder off a ghost shrimp and eat them too.... everything. o.o
LayZtheSOXROXER 2 years ago
Replace the goldfish and guppies with frozen silversides, It will eliminate the chance of sickness, and has more nutrition.
metalfish24 2 years ago
a hole in the head is cause by feeder fish everyone!
xxvolcomkidxx13 2 years ago
hey evrybody plz look at my fish tanks i put a lot of hard work in them and paid for them to
xxvolcomkidxx13 2 years ago
You can get some good medicine out there which will cure hole in the head. My yellow belly piranha had it and I've treated him and he's fine now. I can't remember the name of the medicine to hand but I've still got the bottle at home if anyone wants to know the name of it
Charlesa77 2 years ago
my little sis's 2nd fish got that disease
patriciangan101 2 years ago
the water in the tank should be fullly changed about 6 month up to year with fortnightly part changes the fish build up important bactaria that helps them fight disese and bad bactaia
freddietheakita 2 years ago
The water should never be fully changed!!!
supaflywilkins 2 years ago
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freddietheakita 2 years ago
best of luck little bud.
Hopefully your owner stays away from petsmart feeders
hawnted 2 years ago 5
@hawnted Petsmart employees should educate people before they buy fish. I knew a lot about fish before I purchased my cichlids, but if I didn't I could've bought them and put them in a fish bowl with no filter and when they died, I could've just gone right back and bought more with no questions asked. Frustrating.
Take two minutes and educate the buyer for the good of living creatures!
GeedGott 1 year ago
lol platoon music good!
sebastianproductions 2 years ago
omg guys got so many big liter i only got 15 gal fish man u guys are so rich my mom just bought dis for 99$
caliburn0911 2 years ago
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same here man
dodgersr4ever 2 years ago
Every six month water change no fucking wonder he got hole in the head even if you had 2 canister filters thats still bad
LOACHABLE 2 years ago 2
To Coconutpie8:
how u gonna get an Oscar fish...and kinda hope for it to die so u can get another fish? You bored with it or something? thats not cool
ltsplaylacrosseX19X 2 years ago
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o my little oscar {not really little lol 7" smallest of the 2} had holes in his gills not head???? they grew huge then he died now my bigger 1 has like 4 hole on the top of the head!!!!!!! wtfffffff i hope he doesnt die 2 but i kinda want him 2 so i can get my piranhas
Coconutpie8 2 years ago
i hope the piranhas bite ur fingers off dumb fuKC
KCguero816 2 years ago 5
i have 140 gal for 4 fish and i want to get bigger for them
hazza1z1z 2 years ago
I have two tigers for four years, early on they in a 20 gallon tank. They devolped hole in the head. Hole in the head is caused by a parasite in their crap. It was so bad that one of them almost lost an eye. Now they have recovered and its been over a year. They are in a 60 gallon tank. I feed them cat food (it does not break down into the water) and fed them gold fish (20 at a time) but only once a month. We used some chemicals but limited. Stress coat and some stuff to help them heal.
scotytohotty 2 years ago
yea thats true the feeder fish u get at the petstore are breed with hormones and other chemicals so they can produce more offspring so unless ur feeding him guppies u personally grew its not a good idea
manafish1 2 years ago
people please read this-----my oscar has a hole in head and i need your best answer i i care about him and how to cure is hole in head--------thanks-------
jmgs020 2 years ago
I have fishes and some other animals but here they all are in good condition
Soldierfromhungary 2 years ago
this is a worthwhile video. maybe it well help some people learn how to treat animals
3rina13 2 years ago
man my fish has the same thing but I changed the water gave him Pimafix and Melafix medicine put some veggies in his diet added some salt and now he's getting better but I still need to clean up the tank hope ur gets cured!
GeneralZergie 2 years ago
water change every 6 MONTHS??? WTF WAS HE THINKING
initbludz 2 years ago 3
if that video didnt turn people straight then i dont know what will.......
knifeguru350 2 years ago 2
how big of a tank does 1 tiger oscar need to be happy?
HedgehogsRule101 3 years ago
imho.... 100 gallons minimum
velhg73 2 years ago
okay, my oscar is a lil baby, is 45gal enough
Pl0wned 2 years ago
@velhg73 no....... 55gallon fits two. 100 you could do maybe three or a school of turq jewels. my friend and i share a 55g with 2 osscars one being his the other being mine. full grown and happy.
MrSexybeastxx 1 year ago
@velhg73 75 is recommended. 55 is absolute minimum.
BlueDiamondSaver 8 months ago
no not 100 gall, 45 per fish
supatroopa411 2 years ago
the minimum for one and just one is 55 gallons ive asked numerous ppl
JS5074 2 years ago
@HedgehogsRule101 75-100 gallons for sure.
jessasaurusrex90 1 year ago
lol chit
smylee3760 3 years ago
yes, cried and retarded
RetardedAdult 3 years ago
its a fukin shame
RicMoss87 3 years ago
there is a medication that starts with "My" mya something my memory fails. this will cure it but the fish will be scared for life. My oscar hase this. I thought it was ick. the fish store said to check for electrical current in the water. supposedly thats what causes it.
medusasworldofstone 3 years ago
wow. as a fellow oscar keeper this makes me sad :( if some one mis treated a puppy the whole world would be pissed, but if some one puts a oscar in a 20 gallon tank and only feeds it feeders no one gives a fuck. fish still living things, just because they live in a tank dose not mean they can be negelcted. They need care just like all other pets. If it was up to me, oscars should not be sold to people with a tank smaller then 70 gallons.
just my two cents
redoscar21 3 years ago 3
Kills me to know the many people that adopt fish because they look cool. After taking care of Juno, my oscar, I would definitely say do your homework before adopting.
tamra1975 3 years ago
im sorry.....my fish just died.....like 5 minutes ago... i feel terrable now ;(
1000birds4 3 years ago
HOW DO YOU FREAKIN CURE IT .... I HAVE A BLACK ANGILFISH(FULL GROWN)... HE HAS IT bad I CAN SEE THE INSIDE OF HIS HEAD.....its depressing... i feel bad for him.... and how can you help stop[ the pain ... he looks terrable...
1000birds4 3 years ago
sad music. i cried. but im retarded
RetardedAdult 3 years ago 2
most ppl put too much gravel in their tanks. Forget the under gravel filters. They promote filth. Put only one layer of gravel on bottom and let your over the side filter do the work. Makes for healthier fish
alcoholic714 3 years ago
where is hole??
monkeybone13579 3 years ago
i don't see any hole in the head.
Vojak3 3 years ago
I buyed a Jack dempsey from a walt mart, they were 4 in a 20 gallons max...But he is in a very good condition and happy now in a 75 gallons.
yanbmaster17 3 years ago
sad
alleison 3 years ago 2
hows he doing now, is he cured
Sickness796 3 years ago 2
Has anyone ever heard of NOT using active carbon with Oscars to prevent Hole-in-the-head?
AllBlanks 3 years ago
Never tried it but was told about at a fish swap
AllBlanks 3 years ago
Yes, I take the carbon section out of my filter out and replace it with non-carbon based filter rocks. I've also been told that a very high protien diet can cause hole in the head.
RALB008 3 years ago
i buy lots of figh from wall mart and i treat them good then i realese them to a place where there safe or let my frend have some.
TheBorinShowz 3 years ago
Poor guy. Is he still alive?
cleancutamerican 3 years ago
You should check out the fish they sell at wal marts. Poor buggers. Everytime you buy a fish from Wal Mart it should be considered a rescue.
Accendo13 3 years ago 2
yeahh it is they dont even care and peta shut down the fish thingy at wal mart by my house
mikelike1234 3 years ago
my oscar has popeye now!
cooldude179066 3 years ago
is that your fish?
HeadlessHorseman1234 3 years ago
Poor oscar!
cooldude179066 3 years ago 2
this goes to show, people who dont know about fish should have them.
kreapsta 3 years ago
a 20 gallon tank for that big of an oscar? BIG mistake, oscars that size need maybe a 100 gal minumum this is proven to just ask a pro (i am not ofcourse but my info is from pros) i have 2 tiger oscars that are 4 maybe 5 inches and have them in a 25 gal but will need to get at least a 150 gal before they get much bigger.that bulg on your oscars head could be because his internal organs(in this case his brain) are outgrowing his skeleton which if in a 20 gal would have stoped growing long ago.
BUNCHofxs 3 years ago
Its not his brain trying to grow out of his skull. Its called Hole in the Head disease or Heximita caused by parasites/nematodes/flagelites from lack of clean water, poor food quality, and or stress.
velhg73 3 years ago
His brain growing out of his skull....LOL right. My jack starting showing signs of HITH. I've heard that carbon filters accelerate the illness by irritating the fishes skin so I took the carbon pad out of my eheim...it really did seem to help
sprewel1612 3 years ago
this happend 2 my 2 oscars execpt like 4 months after it when they healed they died... my other fish no clue what it is kept picking out their eyes n shit
ihateemos4life 3 years ago
its sad to tink that someone could do that to there oscar thats just crul
dean30bb 3 years ago 2
Hole in the Head is really cause by "Heximita" according to the "University of Florida" the following medications have been used to cure hole in the head: "Parasite Clear" "Pimafix" "Melafix", use these three medications together until your fish is healthy and eating again.
Heximita is a flagellate protozoa that starves your fish to death, treatment is easy.
SPACEDMADNESS42 3 years ago
Levamisole and Metronidazole are going to be more powerful when dealing with advanced stages of Heximita. Always look at the mg per dose that you are Actually treating. Sometimes parasite clear and primafix dont have the required strengths. Melafix... I would NEVER treat for heximita with it. Its more anti fungal and anti bacterial.. so perhaps for secondary infections but will do very little for Heximita itself
velhg73 3 years ago
The two medications Pimafix and Melafix are designed to work together, I have used a combination of all three to treat HITH.
Parasite clear, pimafix and melafix works well when you can't find Levamisolo and Metronidazole at a local store in a small town of about 65,000 people. True, having those medications around would be very nice, and will work better then what I used.
They are also sometimes harder to find then what I used.
SPACEDMADNESS42 3 years ago
Get a local vet to prescibe the metro and or levimasole. Order it online. Primafix and Melafix do NOTHING for parasites, nematodes, and flagelites. They are anti bacterial and anti fungal of which doesnt cause Hexamita. Its probably your parasite clear thats doing the job of which it contains praziquantel and metronidazole. Its only limiting factor is the ammounts of each per dosage which for severe cases of HITH you might need a stronger dosage of metro and include levamisole.
velhg73 3 years ago
This is just sad.
nancywarren 3 years ago
they changed the water once every 6 months and he was in a 20 gallon tank! who ever had this fish seriously needed 2 give that oscar away cuss they don't know how to take care of it properly wtf kind of owner does that and lets it go untreated
brianvelasquez 3 years ago
wow you have an incredible way of pointing out the obvious. LOL
velhg73 3 years ago
Sorry to hear that your fish got sick. Good to hear he's getting better. Ignore everyone who sez it was ur fault. Fish get sick, and obviousey ur a good owner cuz that Fish is getting better.
Tigerpuffer 3 years ago
you mean those little bumps are hole in the head? cause i dont see any holes. and does it have ick too? it looks like it?
kentran042392 3 years ago
My oscar got this but he was in a 60 gallon tank, his diet was good, and i changed the water every week..
RandomLeanne 3 years ago
changing water every week and "diet was good" is probably an indication that there were still factors you were omitting that oscars require. What are the water parameters that you are working with and what exactly is his diet? A 60 gallon tank is on the minimum range of an appropriate tank for a single oscar. What other fish husbandry routines do you follow?
velhg73 3 years ago
that vidio was bloody awfull who ever owend that oscar needs to be taken out the back paddock and have some sence kicked into him. i have owend over thirty oscars in the past two years and i have never seen one so ... i cant describe it. i dont know gallons but for any one else reading oscars need a min of 300L of water to grow to full size. i hope i dont come a cross a vidio like this again
deaths1will 3 years ago
i clean my water and gravel for my oscar once a week once i did it twice wen he had hole in the head
brazzr 3 years ago
Hey genious... where did you get that this fish died?.... this is a "do not do" video. This fish is doing well after being rescued. Have a great day and work on your reading comprehension.
velhg73 3 years ago
thank you for the video good sir. I hope this opens peoples eyes.
jodom1979 3 years ago
what an ass hole who ever had that fish is a mother fucker ......a fucking 20 g, only feeders, and water changer every 6 months like dude come on !!!!!!!!!!.....ass fucker
OutRageousMike 3 years ago
I know, I clean my Oscar's tank every week, scrub off the algea in his tank every day, and give him night crawlers, "beefheart", live freshwater fish, and fresh earthworms. Whoever owned this fish before needs to learn how to care for a fish and {quote my dad}get his head out of his ass.{unquote} SERIOUSLY.
MetaKnightTGT 3 years ago
did u rescue him? poor thing. The old owner of this fish must of been a fucking jackass.
rrcoolj354 3 years ago
HITH IS A BITCH.
doing that to a fish like an oscar is even worse.
my oscar was starting to get HITH
but i saved him quickly.
it's too bad it leaves scars.
djay91 3 years ago
damn is the music necessary
oooaznronnieooo 3 years ago
worst than putting him in a 20g was feeding him bad...i read somewer that oscars need a new diet each week and hw can they never clean the tank in 6 months??
zaracki92 3 years ago
complete water changes shouldn't be made more than every six months, however partial water changes should be made frequently. i believe no more than 2/3 of the water could be changed at one time. Its harmful to your fish. 23% water change is to be done every few weeks i believe. Feeders aren't good for oscars. I read it in a book that I have about them. Try freeze dried foods or pellets. I feed mine worms, minnows, guppies, brim, spiders, roaches.. anything lol. never overfeed. Never satisfied.
darenotspeak 3 years ago
I feed my Oscars Shrimp pellets every day and frozen bloodworm cubes every 3 days. On the bloodworm days they get 1/2 the regular amount of pellets. And once a week if they are good little fishies they get 12 rosie reds. From what I have read the hole in head is mainly cause by a constant diet of goldfish.
Godfish carry many namy diseases.
Crazylogie 3 years ago
Man you keep him in a tank 30 gallons too small, and feed him the worst possible diet ... fukin feeder's man common.. Get some damn flake food they arent piranha's...
Gqgangsterz10 4 years ago
Man, poor Oscar. Glad to know you've adopted it and helped it along. Big water changes is kinda a no no, IMO. Big water changes keeps the water conditions constantly altering making it unstable aiding bacterial and parasite infections. Change 10%-20% once a week, EVERY week. Add some aquarium salt, which is extremely helpful for healing and overall fish health. Keep the temp around 75-78 and only add treatment chemicals if conditions fail to improve. Otherwise he should heal right up.
Cirux321 4 years ago
hey my tiger oscar is 35cm and fat slut y does it move so slow and sometimes it lies down on the ground like its sleeping on the side..i dont feed it alot to..tell me more on oscars
bloodywooo 4 years ago
look it up or you shouldnt own one?? i think that solves alot of problems
avenger7557 4 years ago 2
my tiger oscar is 1 and 3 mothns old i got it when it was 3.5 inches long and 1.4 inch wide now 12.1 inch long 5 inches wide it had very little of thoese holes but so i keep the water between 76-79. feed feeders every 3 weeks mostly everyday it's pills.and give it some ANTIBACTERIAL FISH REMEDY or natural fish medication to kill some bacteria that is eating on your fish's skin .don't always give feeders often.u can give krill or shrimp it gives the oscar more color in them
3471gtr 4 years ago
antibacterial medication isnt a cure all... hole in the head isnt a bacterial ailment. There are other most likely culprits like nematodes and other parasitic infestaions like fagellites that can cause a fish to get sick of which anti bacterial mediction is again a bad choice. Always diagnose properly before using in appropriate medication .. In this fish's case.. I used metronidazole which is an anti parasitic medication.
velhg73 4 years ago
isnt this like a fungus thingy??
zaracki92 3 years ago
aww poor thing why do you not treat this poor animals ???, dont be stupid!! < and let the poor thing die!!
onex567 4 years ago
He is treating it???
2004exrider 3 years ago
poor fishy... (shakes fish at previous owners)
Lucifer54 4 years ago 2
she's so sad...hope that the owner feel sensitive about it..
19weewee84 4 years ago 2
my oscar has hole in the head some1 gave her 2 us becoz they were moving.they told us it was hitting its head on the rocks but we looked it up and it was a match so now its in a 3 ft tank getting well on its way 2 health
challinor5 4 years ago
well the guy under me below me said to put it at 88 isnt that to high?
tyneway830 4 years ago
maybe temporarily for treating diseases as heat usually help speed up the life cycle of some like ICH but in terms of constant temp... 88 is TOO HIGH.
velhg73 4 years ago
You fed it feeder goldfish?!No wonder!How'd he get better anyway?
turtlelover97 4 years ago
This fish was adopted in this state. I have fed it a variety of high quality cichlid pellets, medicated food, and some vegetables mixed with shrimp paste to help its digestive tract. He was kept in a bigger tank with large frequent water changes and dosed with metronidazole and it has helped. He is now swimming in a 7000 gallon pond with other Oscars and cichlids.
velhg73 4 years ago
hey ive got my tank at around 78 if it goes any higher is that better or worse for the fish
tyneway830 4 years ago
78 is good for an oscar. How much higher are you talking about?
velhg73 4 years ago
78 is good, no higher though. Mine are at 75-76. They used to be at 82 and that was way too high. Just make sure it doesn't spike or else they will become very aggresive.
invader545 4 years ago
You've done a good job on recovery. I'm sure the fish looked much worse when you took over. I've seen HITH so bad you could see the skull. If you don't have a large tank and do not wish to do water changes, Oscars are not the fish for you. 50 gallons, each Oscar, as a minimum, with large weekly water changes.
kmuda89 4 years ago
man.... kinda speechless here...
soaptubby 4 years ago
now I am stuck with watching the remaining fish suffer all because I did all my research to late, they should really warn people more cause I use to think plecos could do well with goldfish inside a 20 gallon tank but then wondered why it died so soon but now I know they need alot more than a 20 gal and that tropical cant go with goldfish.
owlmein 4 years ago
I made the same mistake by buying 2 oscars(alive) 2jack dempesys(alive)2convicts(dead) 2 plecos(1alive) and a tiger oscar(dead) all when I first got my 29 gallon tank and I wish petsmart would have asked me how big of a tank I had and just told me not to buy them ......
owlmein 4 years ago
Sorry man.. But did you at least now how big they could get?
invader545 4 years ago
iam glad to see ppl like you do this for animals, i hope that he/she gets well and lives a good rest of its life.
GiveMeAnEncore 4 years ago
dude, with that music, i almost cried.
911CMS420YO 4 years ago