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Re: oscars

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Jonathan Mewborn

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Date Posted: 23:54:29 07/14/02 Sun
In reply to: andrew canning 's message, "oscars" on 17:38:48 05/16/02 Thu

Hi, I purchased 2 oscars a couple of days ago and they were doing fine. Now only 1 of them are eating and he has plucked fins. The albino stopped eating his normal rate and now all he does is drift around. I checked the ph and nothing was wrong. Then I checked the ammonia levels and I had alot of ammonia. I added some ammo lock2 and that didn't seem to help so I made an 80% water change and he is still lofting around. I did change the enviroment but I dont think that is the problem. There still is a little bit of ammonia left though. They're babies. I really need some help!

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[> Subject: Re: oscars

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Martin
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Date Posted: 13:04:06 07/24/02 Wed

Jonathan,
I would think that the ammonia is definately your problem.
Oscars are prone to creating a lot of waste matter and this can cause water quality problems unless your filteration is capable of dealing with it.
What type of filtration are you using and how long has it been set up for.
The only thing you can do for now is to keep up with the water changes until the filter(s) have matured. During this time your oscars will probably continue to sulk and wont be too happy.
Do not overfeed at this stage, maybe once every 2 days until things have settled down.
Good luck.

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