I bought my O from a petco here, they had him listed as a Tiger Oscar, but I look at other
O pictures here and he/she looks nothing like them? I have seen Tiger O's at another pet shop here
that have the strips and colors.

any ideas?





Zoo

Even though it's not exactly the same as mine, it's more of a red Oscar than any other I would say

looks like a red to me as well

I dont what to sound like a noob, but what is this O thing about,???? i have been keeping oscars for only a few months, but i keep seeing the O thing popping up, could some one please explane?????

if you are referring to phrase like "just picked up a new o at petsmart" then the "o" thing is a short form for oscar.......

mbu boy wrote:

johnnyphoenix wrote:



LOL......sorry
i thought it was a type of breed or somthing

no worries, everybody is a noob at one time or another

mbu boy wrote:


lol, np I'm just messin' around with ya

... funny stuff johnnyphoenix.

@mbu boy:

O= Oscar
RD= Red Devil
JD= Jack Dempsey
SD= Silver Dollar

to name a few for future reference.

While its difficult to tell the difference between Oscars and Jack Dempseys and even I am new to Oscars. I've had my O for about 6 months but been looking at them for a year.

Your fish looks like a JD.

It can't be an albino because it has some colour. It looks white and the only O's I know of so far are Albinos. However Albinos are all white (like a milky white) but Jack Dempseys come in all sorts of colours as far as I'm aware.

I have been told that even experienced aquarium people have mistaken Oscars for Jack Dempseys and visa versa.

for the fish perspective, yes, they all look the same... but oscar
definitely looks different from JD even during their fingerling stage.