A little bit of context for you: I am not new to keeping fish. I specialize in koi and goldfish and kind of fell into aquatic "rescue" when people began giving me unwanted fish. Over the course of 30 yrs I've kept and rehabilitated several species. I always avoided bigger predatory fish and Oscars tho because i dont often have a large space i can dedicate to just one trouble maker.
A few months ago I didn't get much choice tho when someone left a sick oscar on my porch in an ice cream bucket. Its a lutino(?) But when it first came the colors were not very bright at all. In fact it was pretty much just all gray. I have it in a 125gallon tank with 55gallon sump filter ( only fish in the tank). Treated it for fin rot, internal parasites, opportunistic bacterial infections, and gill flukes (diagnosed by means of scrape and scope). Fish was also very malnourished and looked to be in the begining stages of HITH. It is off all the meds now. Still keeping the water quality carefully maintained. diet consists of API cichlid pellet (not his favorite) krill, Repashy spawn and grow (had good results building up sick koi and GF with this) mixed with Repashy super green, live earth worms from a colony i maintain (hand strip them before feeding to fish), and he/she(?) Really likes pealed grapes...
Is there anything I'm not doing that I should be? Anything I AM doing that I SHOULDN'T be? I've tried to do as much homework as I can for species specific care but direct advice from an experienced keeper can be invaluable.
Thanks for reading
A few months ago I didn't get much choice tho when someone left a sick oscar on my porch in an ice cream bucket. Its a lutino(?) But when it first came the colors were not very bright at all. In fact it was pretty much just all gray. I have it in a 125gallon tank with 55gallon sump filter ( only fish in the tank). Treated it for fin rot, internal parasites, opportunistic bacterial infections, and gill flukes (diagnosed by means of scrape and scope). Fish was also very malnourished and looked to be in the begining stages of HITH. It is off all the meds now. Still keeping the water quality carefully maintained. diet consists of API cichlid pellet (not his favorite) krill, Repashy spawn and grow (had good results building up sick koi and GF with this) mixed with Repashy super green, live earth worms from a colony i maintain (hand strip them before feeding to fish), and he/she(?) Really likes pealed grapes...
Is there anything I'm not doing that I should be? Anything I AM doing that I SHOULDN'T be? I've tried to do as much homework as I can for species specific care but direct advice from an experienced keeper can be invaluable.
Thanks for reading
