quack Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 hey, im looking at buy an oscar from a slightly out of town lfs(blehinem). he is brown in colour with no oragne and only about 3cm i already have a red o, albino o, albino tiger and now am looking for a black tiger o. the shop dont know if he is a black tiger, so im wondering if they start off with no colour and colour up when they get bigger?? any help would be good (espicaly someone from blehinem who has seen him) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharn Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 baby oscars change their patterns big time as they age. baby oscars are really stunning and are often sold as fancy new breeds ( :roll: ) but as they get older they turn out normal Tigers will normally be black/green/grey with orange, some have heaps of orange some have only a few spots here and there. its hard to tell what he might turn out like as an adult without a pic but i would suspect he would turn out a Red. baby Tigers normally do have some orange on them even at 3cm. perhaps youll just have to buy him and see how he turns out :lol: the exisiting three may not take kindly to another O in their tank so make sure you have a place he can stay if they decide they dont like him once hes introduced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quack Posted November 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 thanks sharn. two of my os are only about 15cm and the other one is only tiny (5cm max) im hoping that the little dudes will grow quick enough to go in the main tank before the other 2 get to big and fussy on new inmates, but if i put them in to early they get eaten yeah well im going over to blenhimn today so ill have a look but i really dont want another red o ive got my hart set on a tiger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gannet Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 pity u arnt up these ways, we get some realy nice tigers in at time, atm we have some albino tigers, (not true albino i dnt thnk) coz they have black fin tips but still look wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quack Posted November 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 yeah ive been looking down here for ages and cant find one. i always see nice ones upnorth on trademe my albino has the black fins too. looks really cool 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharn Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 not true albino i dnt thnk youre right Gannet TRUE albinos are extremely hard to find and we would probably never get any in this country except in the very rare chance they came from a spawn here. a friend of mine in the states who owns an importing/exporting/selling to LFS business has only found 2 in his search that has been going on for over 10 years. he offered that person a five figure amount (and the last two aint cents!) and was still refused the people that do have true albinos are very secretive about them. sadly albino x albino doesnt equal more albinos the white ones are called lutinos, you can get really red lutinos or you can get the tiger lutinos (both look awesome). Quack- hes got a lovely big mouth on him, they look so neat when they open them up like that 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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