Oscar varieties

[torque]

Hi all,

Just a question to see if anyone has seen any different Oscars to the following. I've seen:

- Tiger Oscar
- Red Oscar
- Albino Oscar
- Snakeskin Oscar

Anyone seen any others and info on source?

Thanks,
Paul.

 

[Ben]

Veil Tail, the only one ive personally seen other then the ones you listed

DD

 

[nc_nutcase]

There is an albino red and an albino red tiger... slightly different and you only mentioned 'albino'.

The weird colors (blue purple etc) are not natural.

 

[torque]

I've only really noticed one type of Albino (they look the same to me) which is why I labelled them as purely an 'Albino'. Some tend to have more orange in them though.

 

[taylorhedrich]

I've never in my life heard of a snakeskin oscar. There are also Common Oscars, also known as Zebra Oscars, or Wild Oscars.
~Taylor~

 

[nc_nutcase]

I've never in my life heard of a snakeskin oscar. There are also Common Oscars, also known as Zebra Oscars, or Wild Oscars.
~Taylor~

or snakeskin Oscars...

 

[taylorhedrich]

I've never in my life heard of a snakeskin oscar. There are also Common Oscars, also known as Zebra Oscars, or Wild Oscars.
~Taylor~

or snakeskin Oscars...

Ahh, thanks for telling me that. I've never heard them called that...you learn something everyday..

 

[Jason_S]

there is also a Gold oscar.

 

[Ferris]

I've also seen marble oscar's but i suspect they are the same as the snakeskin!

 

[taylorhedrich]

I've also seen marble oscar's but i suspect they are the same as the snakeskin!

Oh yeah, that is also another "a.k.a" of the common oscar. They are known as so MANY different aliases....
~Taylor~

 

[torque]

I don't know wether or not a "snakeskin" is another name for a common Oscar but I can describe to you what they look like. I've only ever seen them twice in one lfs in Stirling. They were labelled as 'snakeskin' because both sides of them have a snake looking pattern..kind of like a leopard.

I've never seen any adult ones mind you. These were all 2inch babies.

I'll get some pictures for you guys as soon as I can

 

[guppymonkey]

Would you consider the natural common oscar to be the same as the marbled oscar? The common oscar I have has the natural black, grey and orange stripes but the marbled that I have seen have no orange to them.

 

[cichlid]

I've only really noticed one type of Albino (they look the same to me) which is why I labelled them as purely an 'Albino'. Some tend to have more orange in them though.

do u really even have those tanks in ur sig? and that 100G is overstocked...

i have a hard time believing u have those tank.. specially a 500G sw

 

[pica_nuttalli]

my lfs has a 3" pure-white long-fin oscar. the first (and probably only) oscar that has ever tempted me...

 

[Jason_S]

I've only really noticed one type of Albino (they look the same to me) which is why I labelled them as purely an 'Albino'. Some tend to have more orange in them though.

do u really even have those tanks in ur sig? and that 100G is overstocked...

i have a hard time believing u have those tank.. specially a 500G sw

um, why does it matter?