"Toni" wrote in
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"Jon Pike" wrote in message
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I've got two new albino oscars and for the first couple of weeks
everything
was peachy. I put a power head in for a bit and found that one of
them didn't like it so I removed it and it seemed to go back to being
okay. The last couple of days one of them has been acting slow and
listing to the side a little. I've checked nitrites and ammonia and
both are virtually zero. temp is 80-82. They're alone in a 25'ish
tank, they've got a rock cave, some plants, and I feed them feeder
guppies and dried shrimp pellets (sinking).



"Virtually zero" ammonia and nitrites doesn't really say much- is
this tank really cycled? What are the numbers?

I'm a little colourblind so it's tough to say -exactly- what the numbers
are. If it's a little darker than the 0 colour I might not be able to tell
so I say it's "virtually" 0.

How about nitrates and your water change schedule?

i've not heard of nitrates causing any kind of stress to your animals.

Those protein foods make for some very messy tank conditions.
Are you perhaps overfeeding them as well?
What is a 25'ish tank- gallons, inches, feet?

gallons of course.

I would probably advise a good sized water change unless I heard
something to make me think differently.

if the water tests as fine, why is the advice still a water change?

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