I saved an Oscar yesterday

SMSChris

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Feb 23, 2014
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This poor guy was stuck living in a little 20 gallon with another oscar his entire life. Probably never had a water change and was barely fed. My little brother found them yesterday and brought them home with him. He's keeping one in his 125 while this one is in my 150, where he seems to have made friends with my baby red devil. He's about 6 inches or so and I just feel so terrible about the situation it was in. So hopefully I can give him a better life than he had before. Wish me luck guys.

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Manu8__too

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Nice work. I'm sure with proper care, you can bring him back to good health.


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robham7770

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Wow, that fish looks like it took a real beating! Glad you have him, and with a little tlc I bet he fills out and looks stunning in a couple of months.
 

Belly up

Piranha
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I would like to see him again after you bring him back from the brink. Good save.
 

justarn

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well done pal, hope the rd plays nice, have a divider ready or it could get ugly fast. looks pretty stunted with those big eyes, he could still grow into them with proper care!-)
 

suprd71

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Poor little fella.. nice save. Get some quality feed into him with a good dose of vitamin supplement. And yes, for sure keep watch of the Devil, not a good Oscar tankmate, but certainly a far better situation than he had. Good luck, hope he comes into his own.
 

swifty

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I seen another guy on here that saved a GT a year or so ago and the progress was amazing. I look forward to yours, I'm sure it will be a night/day difference as the GT was!
 

SMSChris

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Thanks for all the support everyone. And no worries on the devil, I'm just holding him in my tank until my little brother finishes setting up his other tank for it. So he'll probably be gone by tomorrow. I've never been much of an Oscar fan, but when I saw that I felt so bad for it that I couldn't turn it down. I'll do everything I can to help heal him up.
 
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