Hello,
thought i would throw up a few updated pics of my Oscar. taken 3 days ago. He is approaching the 4 inch range now. He is growing fast and seems to be happy and healthy. I don't think he would ever stop eating if I just kept putting in pellets.

Pics taken with my cell phone (5mp and doesnt have flash) so the quality isn't great. I must have lost my digital camera, so I just bought a new one off ebay, it should be here soon, then i will play around with lighting, flash, etc.

Nice tiger oscar and nice color

He is so Cute! I love reds!

TigerOscar99 wrote:


Thank you TigerOscar99. My Oscar is actually a Red (or supposed to be ) I think as he gets bigger and mature, he will lose some of the tiger pattern near his tail.

Nicki--Sue wrote:


Thanks Nicki, I love Red Oscars too. I like when they get that purple velvet tint to the reddish scales. That was my favorite part about my first Red Oscar that got to about 12 inches. Also, I always felt like they grew more quickly too, though that is just my impression and obviously no scientific data to back it up.

nice looking o you got yourself

Great looking Red, very similar to mine when it was at that size. Is it just me or does the tank look a bit cloudy?

aus-car wrote:


The tank water ins't cloudy, the white rocks on the bottom make a glare from the florescent light (also the inside of the glass has a little bit of a hard-water sodium deposit haze that I have been gradually removing with elbow greese and a razorblade during water changes). hence cell phone pic with no flash. But thanks for your concern. And as far as the Oscar, aus-car, i would be happy if mine came out looking similar to your O.

Beauty. Very nice.

JamieM wrote:


Thank you Jamie. Did you ever put fish in your small tank yet (besides the gf's)?

When I get the big one set up I am going to put the goldies in it too cycle it, along with some of the media from the filter and whatever water I take out when I do a change. That way it should cycle in no time i believe.
When they are in there I will put African Malawi's in the 2'er

nice looking fish bud

I have that sodium build up on the 6'er of mine and it is a pig to get of. I tried teh razor blade (stanley knife) even wirewool on the upper glass strut. Nothing will move it. :angry:
A guy at work said to leave kitchen roll on it and soak the paper with vinegar for a while but nothing.

cebosound wrote: