Hormones? Steroids?

[darippa]

Im not having alot of luck with these peach colored oscars. Ive included pics of my other oscars whom pretty much take care of themselves but every time I bring home these light colored ones they just break down. Ive never seen these fish as adults in shops. Only pictures in books. Leads me to believe that these guys are hopped up on hormones or steroids. And Im probably buying fish with one foot in the grave. If anybody out there have pics of adult peach colored oscars please post em. Cya.

 

[japes]

They're just plain Red Oscars.

 

[cichlid2006]

agree with Japes they are just your standard red oscar. nothing special done to them. see tons of adults here at 10"+.
it could be where you get them from recieving from the same breeder who just farms them crazy to make money and takes no thought into the health of the stock he is providing. other than weak bloodlines (severe inbreeding, bad diet etc) i cant think of anything else unless your tank is badly maintained but the others survive ok so i doubt this is the case.

 

[darippa]

Thanks for the reply. You're probably right it's in the genes.

 

[Knowdafish]

Thanks for the reply. You're probably right it's in the genes.

Levi or Wrangler?

(Sorry! Couldn't resist!)

 

[mbunafishkeeper]

yeh.. no steroids, just plain red oscars... they are no harder to raise then tiger oscars...

 

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

another problem i've seen is a lot of internal parasites on young oscars in lfs (even compared to other fish)