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Posted	sick oscar
01-08-2006 16:25 by chris east	got a tiger oscar thats been on its side for 3 weeks ,have tried swimbladder treatment and anti bacteria treatment at different times,it still lies on its side at the bottom of the quarentine tank,it has not eaten for this period of time,any suggestions
01-08-2006 16:28 by von	Any obvious physical marks on him?
01-08-2006 16:38 by jonie	he might have swimbladder but it takes time for them to heal/cure
01-08-2006 16:46 by mannings	hi chris would u sell the butterkofferi, marea, synspillum for 25pound?
01-08-2006 16:56 by chris east	hi no physical markings at all,how long for it to regains upright after swimbladder treatment
01-08-2006 16:59 by chris east	martin synspillam not for sale,only buttikoferii and marie fry for sale,but not as yet,anyway this is about a sick oscar,
01-08-2006 17:02 by von	Should of improved during treatment really, is he gasping
01-08-2006 17:15 by chris east	no improvement at all,was thinking of putting him out of his misery but have not got the heart to do it,just lies motionless at the bottom of the tank
01-08-2006 18:21 by kevin george	is he eating anything yet
01-08-2006 18:23 by chris east	hi kevin,no ,he has not eaten for three weeks
01-08-2006 18:42 by kevin george	hi would fish him out and put him in a bag then get something heavy and hit the bag with the fish in to put it out of its misery
01-08-2006 18:45 by heros hero	How old is it and what are your water parameters?
01-08-2006 22:49 by cos-ram	i had a large silver dollar that acted very similar, i thought he was a gone'r, however a last ditch attempt was to put him in a friends tank with 2 other silver dollars, he is now happy as can be!!
02-08-2006 02:10 by mannings	is there anyway u could put food rite near his mouth to temt him to eat. this problem has happend to me but never this long i try to place the food rite near his mouth mite work to get him eating and make him a little stronger
02-08-2006 07:28 by Danny Boy	dont worry about the fish starving itself. they can go for 2 months without food. the fact that it lies on its side would suggest swimbladder problems. when the fish does try to swim does he sink when he stops swimming? it could be internal parasites of some kind too? id sit it out and see what occurs.
02-08-2006 08:10 by rob r	live food
02-08-2006 10:39 by Bruce	How many oscars have you got. he could be bullid. i had three and the smallest one had symtoms the same as yours, and after a week he died.
02-08-2006 17:08 by chris east	hi oscar is on his own in a quarentine tank,not very old,water parameters ok,will see how he goes...
03-08-2006 20:31 by thomas	hi budy just thought i would see how your friend is doing, i have oscars myself so feel for you.have you tried giving him a small fish to waken up his instincts, cruel but kind.
09-08-2006 08:30 by chris east	have tried live river shrimp,still not eating
21-08-2006 19:38 by jonie	put a group of 4 tiger barbs so he would be with fast fish! to wake him up

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