Is Your Oscar Healthy?

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Is Your Oscar Healthy?

Postby callen » Sun Aug 03, 2008 7:36 am

We thought we would post some pictures of some heathy O's so you can compare them if you suspect anything with your Oscars. We will continue to add pictures as questions come up.
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Healthy looking eye and sensory pits

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Normal for fins to whiten around edges

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Eyes clear and fins look healthy and the spot on the lower lip is normal...calus from digging gravel

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Very normal for a Lutino to have gray areas
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Re: Is Your Oscar Healthy?

Postby callen » Wed Nov 18, 2009 10:00 pm

Many people mistake sensory pits like the dots on this O's face as HITH. It is completly normal for them to have them. :fro:
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