Oscars fighting, what can i do? Loss of scales and white holes

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Aqualoon;5116710; said:
Can't trust an RTC's stomach :D
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your right lol. He will eat 5 large comets by himself, ill think hes full as his stomachs bulging looking like its ready to pop, and as soon as the lights go off, he goes out and eats another 5. unreal.
 
Well...short update...Came home from work yesterday to find the Albino Oscar beat the hell up from the tiger oscar. He was pretty bad, on his side, all his scales coming off, blood red fins, So last night at 11pm i set up the 20 gal hospital for him. But woke up this morning to Death! :( In the end, he did not make it, just as i was ready to pickup a 220 gallon too, they couldnt wait one more week
 
ok sooo you are def still going to need that 220 if you plan on keeping that RTC for a little longer, and obviously you dont know that this still will not be nearly large enough to keep it for life, also the diet you are feeding them is absolutely horrible, im surprised if they didnt get HITH if they didnt have it already, im sorry for your loss it sucks losing a fish but in your case it was inevitable, get your remaining oscar off of those horrible feeders and onto a good balanced pellet, also you shouldnt be feeding beef that often (if at all) it just leads to problems down the road since they cant digest that kind of meat properly, PLEASE PLEASE do more research and actually take to heart the advice that you read on here, if you absolutely have to feed some type of feeder as a treat then stay away from those parasite riddled store bought feeders that are extremely unhealthy for them anyways and feed them some of your convict babies or something, or just do insects and what not.

oh and that beefheart and everything is also very bad for water quality which you are already having issues with, you should not let your nitrates go above 40, better is to keep it below 20
 
Thanks Sarah for the advice. The feeders seem to be ok, and i keep a close eye on them to make sure for any signs of problems. Unfortunately the oscar wont touch pellets. He prefers krill mostly, and the beef from everything ive read was a highly recommended diet, especially on all the cichlid forums ive read and on google. This is the first time ive heard NOT to feed them that.

Trust me i take all the advice i can get as this is/was my first ever attempt at keeping Oscars, but ive keep cichilds for 10+ years. The water conditions arent bad, nitrites were kept balanced to feed the live plants as well. And my fish thrive in the tank now. I perform a water change ever saturday and monitor it well.

But yes, i understand the 220 will still be too small eventually for the RTC, but will allow me to get another oscar, or perhaps some other bottom dweller, when it comes time to release my RTC.
 
release?? as in into the wild?? I sure hope thats not what you mean, doing so is 1. very illegal 2. very irresponsible, introducing non-native species into your water ways can cause very large problems such as the snakehead problem in the Potomac River; zebra muscles throughout the midwest; and the flying carp in the Mississippi, Illinois, Ohio, and Missouri rivers.

If you cant keep your RTC for life then you need to find a proper home for it, not release it
 
I would plan on donating him to my local aquarium if it came to that so he can grow larger in their tanks, or let him go in a local lake, and hopefully obtain a few more, and start to let them take the lake over.

p.s please note im just busting balls here ;) i tend to be a smartass
 
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