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	Oscar color variations?
genrene Small Fry Posts: 3 Kudos: 1 Votes: 0 Registered: 28-Feb-2006	Hi. I'm new to this site and to Oscars. I recently bought 2 oscars. They aren't tigar oscars. They look alot like little zebras. Does anyone know of a good site with pictures that may help me? PS. I did my research before I bought them. They are in a 125 gallon tank...they are only about 2-3 inches long and look so tiny! Thank you! Jenny
Posted 01-Mar-2006 00:54
Sin in Style Mega Fish Posts: 1323 Kudos: 1119 Votes: 165 Registered: 03-Dec-2003	zebra? meaning they are all black with white/greyish scribbled lines kinda...? hmm like this? http://community.webshots.com/myphotos?action=showPhoto&albumID=135626317&photoID=1119716318053844551&security=kDXVlb
Posted 01-Mar-2006 01:11
Sin in Style Mega Fish Posts: 1323 Kudos: 1119 Votes: 165 Registered: 03-Dec-2003	guess he lost interest
Posted 03-Mar-2006 00:36
genrene Small Fry Posts: 3 Kudos: 1 Votes: 0 Registered: 28-Feb-2006	YES! Just like that but with darker black and brighter black! What is this one called? PS-Sorry for the late reply...
Posted 03-Mar-2006 16:19
genrene Small Fry Posts: 3 Kudos: 1 Votes: 0 Registered: 28-Feb-2006	Sorry, I meant darker black and brighter WHITE...
Posted 03-Mar-2006 16:20
Sin in Style Mega Fish Posts: 1323 Kudos: 1119 Votes: 165 Registered: 03-Dec-2003	Edited by Sin in Style if i remember right they are just baby stripes for a common oscar. the stripes will become smaller and grow out as it grows. the yellow in the ye will disapear and the stripes in the eye will also fade out. in the end i believe they become mostly black with faint lines here and there were stripes use to be or maybe a stripe or two left behind. not entirly sure. the pic i showed you was my own oscar when i first got him. that was a couple yrs ago and i gave him away shortly after. i very oscar imformative site is http://www.theoscarspot.com/
Posted 03-Mar-2006 16:28
genrene Small Fry Posts: 3 Kudos: 1 Votes: 0 Registered: 28-Feb-2006	Thank you! I've been on the website you gave me, thank you for the link.. I also have two albino oscars that have black tint on their dorsal and tail fins. Are they just a morph of the albino?
Posted 03-Mar-2006 18:30
Sin in Style Mega Fish Posts: 1323 Kudos: 1119 Votes: 165 Registered: 03-Dec-2003	dont take offence but more then likely bad breeding quality. oscars are mass produced unfortently so the black tint in the labinos is inperfections. by the way nice tank size for oscars. cant believe how many people try to stuff 2 of these large fish in a 55g and think they are fine.
Posted 03-Mar-2006 19:40
Sin in Style Mega Fish Posts: 1323 Kudos: 1119 Votes: 165 Registered: 03-Dec-2003	well i made a mistake. i wasnt to sure about the black pigment so i researched it. this is a quote from theoscarspot.com. "Albino – Rarely true albinos. A mostly white Oscar. May contain small patches of red, orange, or yellow. Albinos where the patches of color form vertical stripes or have black pigment considered Lutino Oscars."(www.theoscarspot.com) so according to this you have lutinos sorry for the confusion.
Posted 03-Mar-2006 19:51


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