all red oscars

[Hybridfish7]

so i know these things are really hard to find and all, but if one were to get their hands on one, how long would it live? would the diet and line breeding of southeast asian fishkeeping practices catch up to it in a few years and cut it short a decade in terms of the maximum lifespan of an oscar? i personally would think so, but i wouldn't think it's as bad as guppies, since their current state is literally more than half a century in the making.

 

[tlindsey]

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so i know these things are really hard to find and all, but if one were to get their hands on one, how long would it live? would the diet and line breeding of southeast asian fishkeeping practices catch up to it in a few years and cut it short a decade in terms of the maximum lifespan of an oscar? i personally would think so, but i wouldn't think it's as bad as guppies, since their current state is literally more than half a century in the making.

I don't know about Asian line breeding but Oscar line breeding has probably been done before guppies .

 

[ryansmith83]

They look juiced, honestly.

 

[Krismo962]

Yeah I've heard some of these are injected with hormones or dye.

 

[Bbuckley]

Yeah I've heard some of these are injected with hormones or dye.

It's not an uncommon practice unfortunately.

 

[duanes]

A well kept oscar should live at least 10 years.
As to whether or not dying and line breeding shortens that lifespan is another story.
Guppies have been line bred since the 20s or 30s (maybe before), and way back in the late 50s, is when I first saw oscars appearing with extended fins, and some color preferences appearing.

 

[The Masked Shadow]

They do look dyed. People seem to die cichlids in general. Blood parrots, convicts, and a few others is what I’ve seen.

 

[HybridFinatic]

They do look dyed. People seem to die cichlids in general. Blood parrots, convicts, and a few others is what I’ve seen.

So infuriating and so stupid lol.