First of all since this is more first post I would like to say I love the site. And this is the site that I normally go to first if it comes up on a Google search. Quick back story:
I've been keeping fish consistently for 8 years but I just started surfing the sites again and really getting excited again about the hobby roughly 2.5 months ago. I had a 4 year old Trimac that died around that time, probably due to loneliness or boredom since he wiped his tankmates over the first 2 years of his life. He tolerated 2 silver dollars (8 years old over 6") and 2 convicts (about 8 months old when trimac died) and a sun/eclipse catfish (that i thought was dead for months and only came out after the trimac died). The catfish and convicts were purchased at the same time. His death was real odd. Looked fine, went without eating for 2 days and that was it, which is very strange for a 13" fish (TL) in a 135 gallon tank. So anyway I picked up some new fish about 2 weeks after he died and this Oscar is one of them. Also got a red devil and some sort of Vieja/paratheraps (listed as a Rio Junapan at LFS) around the same time. Ok, on to the point of the thread...
The oscar was about 2.5" when i got him and he's over 6" now. My question to the forum is, "what do you think his adult color will be?" When i got him he looked like a standard lutino. White base with orange/red markings. He was the biggest fish in his tank and had the least amount of orange/red, but other than that pretty standard fish. As you can see he's more of a yellow/light peach (?) color now with hardly any red. He had more red when he was 2.5" than he does now. He sort of reminds me of the lighter colored Midas' that i've seen in photos... I used this picture since you can see him in comparison to the bright orange red devil in the background. You can also, sort of see, my miracle convict that lost his tail in a battle with my other convict just weeks after i brought them home. The tail-less convict actually dominates the red devil in the tank, while the red devil dominates the paratheraps and the paratheraps dominates the tail-less convict (rock/paper/scissors)...the other con is the king of the tank aside among the cichlids. the catfish is the actual king tho when he decides to show himself. The oscar doesnt bother anyone and no one bothers him...so what do you think? I know he will change more as he ages but Orange/peach would be pretty cool...
I've been keeping fish consistently for 8 years but I just started surfing the sites again and really getting excited again about the hobby roughly 2.5 months ago. I had a 4 year old Trimac that died around that time, probably due to loneliness or boredom since he wiped his tankmates over the first 2 years of his life. He tolerated 2 silver dollars (8 years old over 6") and 2 convicts (about 8 months old when trimac died) and a sun/eclipse catfish (that i thought was dead for months and only came out after the trimac died). The catfish and convicts were purchased at the same time. His death was real odd. Looked fine, went without eating for 2 days and that was it, which is very strange for a 13" fish (TL) in a 135 gallon tank. So anyway I picked up some new fish about 2 weeks after he died and this Oscar is one of them. Also got a red devil and some sort of Vieja/paratheraps (listed as a Rio Junapan at LFS) around the same time. Ok, on to the point of the thread...
The oscar was about 2.5" when i got him and he's over 6" now. My question to the forum is, "what do you think his adult color will be?" When i got him he looked like a standard lutino. White base with orange/red markings. He was the biggest fish in his tank and had the least amount of orange/red, but other than that pretty standard fish. As you can see he's more of a yellow/light peach (?) color now with hardly any red. He had more red when he was 2.5" than he does now. He sort of reminds me of the lighter colored Midas' that i've seen in photos... I used this picture since you can see him in comparison to the bright orange red devil in the background. You can also, sort of see, my miracle convict that lost his tail in a battle with my other convict just weeks after i brought them home. The tail-less convict actually dominates the red devil in the tank, while the red devil dominates the paratheraps and the paratheraps dominates the tail-less convict (rock/paper/scissors)...the other con is the king of the tank aside among the cichlids. the catfish is the actual king tho when he decides to show himself. The oscar doesnt bother anyone and no one bothers him...so what do you think? I know he will change more as he ages but Orange/peach would be pretty cool...
