I had my Albino Oscar for two months know and he isnt growing. My Tiger O has almost doubled him in size when I got them they was the same size. Know my albino is about 3.5in and my Tiger O is going on 5.5in. i feed them an assortment of food like freeze dried krill, brine shrimp pellets, frozen blood worms, frozen shrimp, and frozen beef hearts. My Albino eats but he is not growing and sometimes he just sit in the corner all day. Water conditions seem to be fine


ph 7.6
nitrate 20
nitrite 0
ammonia 0

water temp 80-82 degrees

Stupid question, but you are sure it is an Oscar? It is not unknown for people to confuse other cichlids with Oscars. Anyway, if the fish is eating okay then just give it a little longer and see how things go. I'm afraid that if he's eating okay, your water conditions are fine, then that is not really much that we can suggest for the time being. Touch with, he will start growing, maybe he is just a little slow than the other one, not all Oscars grow at exactly the same rate

Iraq?? :-/

i was thinking the same thing! lol ?????

ummm yea im pretty sure its and Oscar and what is iraq? I dont get it?

wats the tank setup..? tank size, tank population etc. that could be the reason..

J-MASS wrote:


no worries about iraq, OFL had typo'd and wrote " not all Oscars iraq exactly the same rate" instead of "not all Oscars grow at exactly the same rate "

hope that explains.


lol jmass, to help us eliminate some confusion, can you post a pic of the fish in question please?

haha yeah.

pic would enbale us rule out any goldfish posing as oscars! the little rascals