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It's not wild. The zebra pattern is common for very young Oscars. Mine is a Red Tiger. It started off looking like yours, then like the picture TheMightyOscar posted, then very very dark with not much color, then light with not much color, then slowly developed into what she is today.

TheMightyOscar must think it looks like a wild adult oscar which has much less orange/red color so that the grey/dark grey contrast is very noticeable similar to the young zebra pattern.
 
I don't care to much for O's but that one is really nice
 
Fry;890210; said:
TheMightyOscar must think it looks like a wild adult oscar which has much less orange/red color so that the grey/dark grey contrast is very noticeable similar to the young zebra pattern.
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i've never had any that looked like his turn out with any, or much red at all. all i am saying..is that type is commonly referred to as the "wild" type or zebra, red tigers have the red coloring at a very young age, the pattern fades some and the red coloration takes over..i've had my 13 inch tiger since he was 1" he didn't have any white or grey coloring, he looked more like the picture i posted..but with more red.

i grew two which were identical to the one pete posted, untill they where 7 inches and neither changed much, one developed some red speckling around the ocelli and some red coloration on the abdomen, the other stayed a brown/grey/black color, im not saying his will be a drab, no color oscar, im just speaking from experiences i've had keeping them.
 
TheMightyOscar;890228; said:
i've never had any that looked like his turn out with any, or much red at all. all i am saying..is that type is commonly referred to as the "wild" type or zebra, red tigers have the red coloring at a very young age, the pattern fades some and the red coloration takes over..i've had my 13 inch tiger since he was 1" he didn't have any white or grey coloring, he looked more like the picture i posted..but with more red.

i grew two which were identical to the one pete posted, untill they where 7 inches and neither changed much, one developed some red speckling around the ocelli and some red coloration on the abdomen, the other stayed a brown/grey/black color, im not saying his will be a drab, no color oscar, im just speaking from experiences i've had keeping them.
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I am speaking from experience too, mine also looked just like that and turned out to be a Red Tiger. I've also read that all Oscars look like that when very young, mine already had a good amount of red when it was the juvie size you posted. Besides Pete's already has red on the top.
 
Fry;891652; said:
I am speaking from experience too, mine also looked just like that and turned out to be a Red Tiger. I've also read that all Oscars look like that when very young, mine already had a good amount of red when it was the juvie size you posted. Besides Pete's already has red on the top.
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dont know where you read that all oscars look like that when young, none of the ones i've ever kept looked like that, except the two "zebras". red oscars..when young..look pretty much the same as when they are adults, red tigers have a marbled pattern with or orange coloration inbetween. maybe its just a tiger, and not a red tiger..i dont mean to argue with you..i've just never seen one like that turn out to be a red tiger

Pete..cant wait for some updates :)

heres a shot of my red tiger
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