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MAD-GTi · 05-02-2006, 06:13 PM

Well this morning i come out and my oscars got a small VERY small patch of skin missing on his head, Is this Hole in head ?

ORCA. · 05-03-2006, 01:36 AM

Mad-GTi,
A photo would help, but Oscars can be somewhat clumsy and he might of just bumped his head on a rock or decoration, are there tankmates?

Georgia Peach · 05-03-2006, 04:56 AM

if its the oscar in your avatar, hes a bit small to get HITH - he probably scraped it on something.. HITH usually starts out as an indention

MAD-GTi · 05-03-2006, 09:03 AM

Yeh its healed up a bit now! Cheers for the help.

joe kool · 05-03-2006, 11:36 AM

HITH is also usually a sign of bad water quality. most oscars I've seen that were eat up with it were in tanks that got "top off" water "changes" and the oscars were fed like pigs. "fourtunatly" or un-fourtunatly depending on which way you look at it. once they reach 3" or so oscars ar pretty much bullet proof and will survive in some pretty rancid water conditions. this leads owners to be lazy with water changes IF their done at all and causes this sort of thing.

moral of story ... don't slack on your water changes and you shouldn't have much trouble with hole in the head

05-02-2006, 06:13 PM	#1
MAD-GTi Fishy Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 20 Posts: 15	Help Well this morning i come out and my oscars got a small VERY small patch of skin missing on his head, Is this Hole in head ? __________________ 1 X 1988 GTi Suzuki Swift 1 X TE Cortina 2 X Oscars 1 X Barramundi

05-03-2006, 04:56 AM	#3
Georgia Peach Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gray, Georgia Age: 42 Posts: 1,581	if its the oscar in your avatar, hes a bit small to get HITH - he probably scraped it on something.. HITH usually starts out as an indention __________________ *Cichlids have more personality than most people I know !*

05-03-2006, 09:03 AM	#4
MAD-GTi Fishy Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 20 Posts: 15	Yeh its healed up a bit now! Cheers for the help. __________________ 1 X 1988 GTi Suzuki Swift 1 X TE Cortina 2 X Oscars 1 X Barramundi

05-03-2006, 11:36 AM	#5
joe kool Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Age: 36 Posts: 572	HITH is also usually a sign of bad water quality. most oscars I've seen that were eat up with it were in tanks that got "top off" water "changes" and the oscars were fed like pigs. "fourtunatly" or un-fourtunatly depending on which way you look at it. once they reach 3" or so oscars ar pretty much bullet proof and will survive in some pretty rancid water conditions. this leads owners to be lazy with water changes IF their done at all and causes this sort of thing. moral of story ... don't slack on your water changes and you shouldn't have much trouble with hole in the head __________________ A conglomeration of cichlids from all over living happily in my "melting pot" of tanks. Breeding: currently nothing ... I'm sequestered in South Korea, "Osan" to be exact 2 days till I'm back in the states!!!! Florida to be exact, those Floridians have no idea what they're in for!! current Fry: see above tanks: 100, 55, 46 BF, 26 BF, 20L, 5 fry tank 20L planted with CRS is the only thing up (easy for the wife to care for in my stead)

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05-03-2006, 01:36 AM	#2
ORCA. Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Africa Age: 57 Posts: 48	Mad-GTi, A photo would help, but Oscars can be somewhat clumsy and he might of just bumped his head on a rock or decoration, are there tankmates?

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