Originally posted by Kfamr
My dad said he noticed it getting white yesterday....
My parents may be leaving to Michigan tomorrow, so i'm not sure about getting meds.. plus with these guys with the filter off they wouldn't be able to see AT ALL.

It looks like the eye is completely missing. Would it grow back?

I have a feeling my Pleco did it. He's so mean to those two and I have no idea what to do about it. He's always nudging them.



My other oscar is changing colors. She was completely green, but now she's turning almost a dark green/black like the other. Is this normal?
I didn't mean turn the filter off, just take the filter out, the charcol, effects the med's the filter can still run. You can never have a filter in your pump and the med's work to there full, if there is any charcoal in it.

If it happend that fast, Yeah I'd say he needs med's. It could be that your Pleco did it or that he's sick, what ever way he will need the med's to heal. I've lost a fish to this before, because I waited to long to get the med's in the tank. If you do get them, just look on the back of the package and most will show you a picture of what it treats. You'll see a picture of the poped eye and thats the one you need. I don't trust some of the guys at pet smart etc., to give you good info. There's been cases, I've been in the chain pet stores and they ask me for advice on how to care for some fish.

As a Oscar gets older he's color will change some. The fins will get darker around the edge, their color will darken up some. A really big change, fast is not normal and could be a sign of a problem.

It might be hard to see in this picture but if you can, you can see the tip of his fins have darken and around his head has darken some. He use to be really white there. Thats noraml changes for him in his old age. Now his starting to darken up a little on his body too. Just to give you an idea on what's a normal change is like.


If the eye is gone, Don't count on it growing back, sorry.

Did I happen to tell you I have a thing for Fish. LOL So I might just be a worry wart, when it comes to all this.