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Title: blue oscar?
Post by: madtat on August 25, 2006, 03:01:16 PM

i remember c`ing a blue oscar at a lfs and just wondering if this would be a hybrid.

thanks

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Post by: JT on August 25, 2006, 04:35:18 PM

Did you google it first ?... :lol:

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Post by: aquariumwarehouse on August 25, 2006, 06:46:13 PM

injected

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Post by: madtat on August 25, 2006, 08:54:06 PM

EWWW so like needle stuff or some thing (will this be a long tell or short term helf issue

Thanks
mark :wink:

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Post by: casperbgk on August 25, 2006, 08:59:00 PM

im pretty sure theres a narurally occuring purple oscar out there. i doubt youd see any in australia..have a look at http://www.oscarfish.com/

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Post by: wonna on August 25, 2006, 09:50:18 PM

it would be dyed :evil: , not only do they look like crap( compared to the nice looking normal oscars ) they have health issues most of their life :(

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Post by: Tabbycat on August 25, 2006, 11:11:47 PM

here is a link about why you should not even think about it

http://www.firsttankguide.net/painted.php

All I can say is I am glad I have never come across this before

(By the way i googled it)

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Post by: madtat on August 26, 2006, 06:55:22 AM

good for u i just want to no if it was painted or is a hybird

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Post by: madtat on August 26, 2006, 07:04:44 AM

arrr they think that the purple oscars look blue ok thanks it turns out i will try to get them since they sound abit uncommon

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Post by: Benji on August 26, 2006, 08:13:32 AM

[quote:a8ea9b6f3e="madtat"]arrr they think that the purple oscars look blue ok thanks it turns out i will try to get them since they sound abit uncommon[/quote:a8ea9b6f3e]

you serious? after all the info you've just been given? have you read it? i don't think it's very smart to support the practice of painting/dying fish by buying them.

Not only will your fish loose it's colour after a few months, it may die soon after you buy it and you will have waisted your money. These fish painters are relying on people like you.

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Post by: madtat on August 26, 2006, 09:30:50 AM

ITS NOT PAINTED
after all the info i have been given i actully read the info on the oscar fish website and there r natural strands of purple oscars in amrica but r very uncommon these days

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Post by: wonna on August 26, 2006, 06:13:34 PM

[quote:82f637238b="madtat"]ITS NOT PAINTED
after all the info i have been given i actully read the info on the oscar fish website and there r natural strands of purple oscars in amrica but r very uncommon these days[/quote:82f637238b]

if its very uncommon then theres a VERY HIGH (100%) chance that its DYED

oh and in case you dont know we live in AUSTRALIA ( not america )

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Post by: Calvus on August 26, 2006, 07:57:08 PM

Hiya's,
My 2 cents worth. Blue(purple) oscars are a natural colour in the wild. Ive seen quite a few here in Aus (injected or real)and had a breeder trying to grown some up to breed(at least 15+). From what I can gather the blue strains in Aus are injected/dyed from someone hoping to make a quick $$$ as they waste away almost everytime... Now my breeders giv'n up and we never got any more in as they kept dying b4 they sold(except to him)... :twisted:

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Post by: casperbgk on August 26, 2006, 08:18:59 PM

heres a pretty crappy pic of a natural purple oscar. i very much doubt there would be many (if any) true purples in asutralia

[img:d1b1f3d386]http://thatfishshop.com/j_fish/astronotus_ocellatus3.jpg[/img:d1b1f3d386]

Title: blue oscars
Post by: hareysfish on August 27, 2006, 06:16:36 PM

as far as i know ,the blue/ purple oscar is not dyied or painted but are a throw back from the wild form/strain . as most experenced oscar breeders will know that most /if not all oscars that are breed will throw bach a certain amount of strains from their ancestary ,weather it be tigers , red tigers (hybrid), or albino forms.

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Post by: Hypancistrus Zebra on August 27, 2006, 11:24:39 PM

[quote:f7ba130695="wonna"]oh and in case you dont know we live in AUSTRALIA ( not america )[/quote:f7ba130695]

Oscars are an allowable import so there is no real limit on what strains of oscars we can have in the country.

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Post by: here fishie fishie on August 28, 2006, 07:11:06 AM

Has anyone else seen these guys to see what they are.

"Blue Oscars" is a loose term for the dyed variety. The best way to tell, is to see what it looks like a few months down the track, if it lives that long.

Frenchy :D

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Post by: Shrek on August 28, 2006, 08:46:49 AM

[quote:3ea9c8ec09]oh and in case you dont know we live in AUSTRALIA ( not america )[/quote:3ea9c8ec09]

Wilson this didnt have anything to do with allowbale imports

Madtat talked about these fish in America saying they are uncommon there and as you might be aware they arent readily available to import into Australia
Hence the quote from above

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Post by: Penny on August 28, 2006, 09:49:13 AM

I have seen these. They are the same pattern as the white and orange oscars only where the orange is it is a light blue. If these fish are dyed how can they only get the dye to the stripes?

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Post by: Penny on August 28, 2006, 09:49:32 AM

I have seen these. They are the same pattern as the white and orange oscars only where the orange is it is a light blue. If these fish are dyed how can they only get the dye to the stripes?

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Post by: Penny on August 28, 2006, 09:50:06 AM

I have seen these. They are the same pattern as the white and orange oscars only where the orange is it is a light blue. If these fish are dyed how can they only get the dye to the stripes?

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