is this hole in the head disease

[fishguy420]

alright camra is down but i will describe it to you.I bought a tank today had 1 oscar and 2 bristle nose plecs the oscar is 10yrs old it has marks all over the body where its skin looks like its pealing his face has crators all over it aroung the hole head gill mouth head face its real bad if this is how do i treat it and where can i get meds for it and is it contageous sorry bad pics used web cam on my lap top

[djlamonica]

you need to turn off whatever screen is behind it

[fishguy420]

cant its my lap top sorry i know pics suck

[gannmann101]

From the little I can see. (The pictures are bad) but the fish looks worse. I've never dealt with oscars but that's a pretty common thang at that age. Specially if the owner didn't take proper care of him. Hope someone can help you out might have better luck on MFK. Oh wait is that site back up yet?  Stupid energy drink

[djlamonica]

Sight is up has been for a while nothing to do with monster.

 You still need better pics, even with those horrible pics id Qt him and start salt, light heat and some melafix some good air movement as well.  Go from there.

[fishguy420]

here we go better pics

[fishguy420]

this is how i got this fish today hopefully its not to late for him i also put him in with my other oscars hope hes not contagious i put some prime in the tank parrisite remover threw in more salt and im going to get some melifex if i need anything dif let me know and where to get it pls

[djlamonica]

you should separate from the main tank so you can treat easier and do more water changes more frequently, and re treat with out it coasting you an arm and a leg.  I had a rainbow cichlid that look similar to this that I managed to save.  This is what I did.

Set up a 20g tank with another tanks filter removed an active carbon.  I then got a five g bucket  and mixed my salt for a 20g tank in about 3 g of water. I the diped the fish in this bucket let it sit a few minutes then added the fish and the salt water to the tank.  I kept the heat about 84 and added metafix the recommended amount for 7 days and his wounds healed. 

I did this with a severum that had a similar looking thing and he died.

Good luck!

[fishguy420]

ty ill set up my 40 gallon hopefully i can fix this oscar scary thoe an 11 inch oscar in a 40 gal will that be ok for a week

[djlamonica]

I doubt hell be very active...