I was at my lfs and I saw these wild oscars. They were the same price and normal captive bred ones but they looked alot different. It was sort of a charcole black color where the black is on normal tiger oscars and a dark grey color where the red normally is. They were really good so hopefully when I get my 250G some will still be in for me to get. The shop does not stock dyed fish so how do you think they were different color's? Also I just saw a XXL black piranha advertised and was wondering what they mix with?
:-Wild Tiger Oscar's
- Thread starter Kieranuk
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black piranhas should not be mixed with anything you don't consider to be disposable.
captive-bred oscars have been selectively bred to produce more attractive coloration, its quite natural that the wild caught ones would be less colorful.
captive-bred oscars have been selectively bred to produce more attractive coloration, its quite natural that the wild caught ones would be less colorful.
Okey thanks for that now I won't make the mistake of getting one 
. The oscars I saw looked much nicer than the captive bred ones and would look really good when fully grown. Will oscars be able to mix with a arowana, stingray, simease tiger fish, birchir, fire eel, snake head and a leiarius marmoratas catfish? Also my lfs just got some needle mouthed gar's in and I was wondering if I could get one of them?
. The oscars I saw looked much nicer than the captive bred ones and would look really good when fully grown. Will oscars be able to mix with a arowana, stingray, simease tiger fish, birchir, fire eel, snake head and a leiarius marmoratas catfish? Also my lfs just got some needle mouthed gar's in and I was wondering if I could get one of them?Okey I will look for a alternitive for that catfish. I have seen a Hemibagrus wyckii (http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/bagridae/hemibagr/94_f.php) catfish for sale also. Also would I be okey with a pacu? Not the giant ones maby a black pacu.
The black pacu is the giant one. I had a couple of black a long time ago and they grow exceptionally fast and break everything when they hit like 8'' in length. Its like have a skittish tetra that grows 3-4 ft.
Which type of pacu is the non-giant one and could I get it? My tank woll be 7ft long x 2ft high x 3ft wide.
doesnt the red belly only get like 18"? or maybe a lil bigger. btw nice cat, but id look into a marbled sailfin cat http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/pimelodi/leiarius/290_f.php
or a sturgeon catfish http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/pimelodi/platysto/319_f.php
if i had a tank that big...or a bargariusbargarius
or a sturgeon catfish http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/pimelodi/platysto/319_f.php
if i had a tank that big...or a bargariusbargarius