What would you do, or not do?

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LaiistCRD

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May 25, 2010
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Victoria, BC, CA
Just wondering how to go about this, recently well about 2 months ago I was wandering around a local fish store and I noticed a tiger oscar (weird) and in the same tank I saw a oscar that was labeled as a "lemon ice oscar" it was basically a tiger oscar but white with stunning almost neon looking yellow "tiger" markings.
Now ive had it for about 2 months now and it has grown maybe 1-2inches BUT BUT BUT... the damn thing is now orange with black fins... just...like...a...normal oscar, and to top it all off I paid a abnormal amount for it!
I called the lfs today and asked about it and the rep asked me numerous ?'s and basically blamed the color change from the food that I feed them (New Life Spectrum, only because its uber hard to get Hikari)...
 
Enjoy your fish.
 
You fed it properly and it got it's correct color. The supplier was probably feeding him a bland diet to keep him yellowy. Sorry he turned, but on the bright side you have a great new friend!
 
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