Wild ‘Columbia’ Oscars

[DMD123]

The little monster update

Oscar#1 - the dominate one

Oscar#2 - my favorite patterned. Hope the contrast of light and dark still shows when older.

Oscar#3 - the smallest and the one getting picked on hard by #1. It gets plenty of food and overall is doing well, just getting nipped at constantly by the other two.

 

[Tony A.]

Nice

 

[dan518]

Are you going to move the smallest one out, I would be concerned about him getting stressed and picking up a infection.

 

[DMD123]

Are you going to move the smallest one out, I would be concerned about him getting stressed and picking up a infection.

Im watching them closely and have isolated the bully so #3 could get a break. But of course then Oscar #2 steps up as dominant and starts to bully. But it seems the difference is that Oscar #1 is shredding fins while #2 just chases. I do have a friend who likes the pattern on #3 and would take it but I am giving it a little bit of time still.

 

[dan518]

Im watching them closely and have isolated the bully so #3 could get a break. But of course then Oscar #2 steps up as dominant and starts to bully. But it seems the difference is that Oscar #1 is shredding fins while #2 just chases. I do have a friend who likes the pattern on #3 and would take it but I am giving it a little bit of time still.

Don't blame you for trying to make it work, the three would look great together once they get a bit of size.

 

[jaws7777]

Looking good D they are putting on size

 

[knifegill]

I love that these have faint morphometric cues indicating how gigantic they are going to be. The forward-set eyes, loooooonnng belly - these are going to be CHUNKERS. Think 16-17 inches in 5 years, I'd put money on it. As long as you change the water like a maniac...

 

[DMD123]

I love that these have faint morphometric cues indicating how gigantic they are going to be. The forward-set eyes, loooooonnng belly - these are going to be CHUNKERS. Think 16-17 inches in 5 years, I'd put money on it. As long as you change the water like a maniac...

Yeah the body shape is elongated, will be interesting to see what they turn out like. They are growing so well and eat like they are starving all the time.

 

[Gourami Swami]

Looking good. Chunky little guys. Like the patterns

 

[DMD123]

The first casualty... Oscar #3 was getting picked on hard. It was eating like a little piggy just this morning but Oscar #1 was pretty rough...