i think my oscars are ill

Question
my Oscars orange spots are going white and they aren't eating as well as they were they just look at the food or sulk on the bottom of the tank please can you tell me what is wrong and how to cure it? thank you

Answer
Hi Hannah,
 Have you been doing regular, partial water changes?  For oscars, you need to change 25% of the water, once a week, every week to keep them happy and healthy long term.

 The other thing is that I hope you haven't been feeding them feeder goldfish.  Feeder goldfish too often contain all sorts of parasites that subsequently affect and infect oscars. Every week I deal with sick and dying oscars because of feeder goldfish.  Never use them.

-- Ron
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