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Humm

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OK thank you very much!! What should I do if I think one of my oscars is suffering from the hole in the head disease, what kind of food is considered infected? I mostly feed my oscars frozen cubes, like blood worms and beef heart (made for oscars) because they won't eat fish flakes. I did notice one of my oscars have a scar over his right eye, could this be the hole in the head disease? what do I do?
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I noticed on your site that you said each oscar should have 55 gallons to itself, but I didn't know that and I have two in a 55 gallon aquarium, and it's been about two months, so far they seem to be fine, what should I do?
Answer -
They should be fine.They just won't get as big as they should.In the future I reccomend Just one in a tank that size.And with Oscars watch out for the hole in the head disease.This is deadly to an oscar if not treated right away.They usually get it from infected food.

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You should be fine feeding them what you are feeding.When i mean infected food i mean like gold fish and other live food.As for the scar it don't sound like it.It wouldn't hurt to go to a pet store and get some paragon and keep it on hand.It's a little expensive but it will save your oscar if caught fast enough.

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