Heres a pic of my new oscar got it last week was black and red at the store but since i brought it home has switched to green nd orange. The thing I notice is that when the lights are off its colours go back to black and a darker orange but when the lights go back on its colour changes back in about 5 sec. Is this a part of the fish gettin used to the environment?

Other than that its still active and is accepting a variety of foods;
Hikari Gold pellets
Generic pellets
Algae wafers
shrimp pieces
blood worms

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Nice oscar and welcome to the site.

im guessing maybe he dosnt like the light too much... is it very bright?
Oscars change colours alot... usually going paler when scared or uncomfortable and darker when the are angry etc...

if its the light he should get used toit soon

That is a pretty baby you have there!

My o gets pale around the nose,i can allways see what mood he's in.

welcome to the site!
you have unique oscar color over there.

mine does the exact same thing but changes to gray when i feed him