Black Oscar?

[aquaticterror]

Does anybody on here own a black and gold/brown (VERY dark) non tiger oscar? If so can I see some pics?

I'm not at home and forgot to take pictures but I have a question as to whether the cichlid I received is even an oscar at all.

The juvenile in question is a "wild caught" fish from Venezuela. It's about 4 1/2 inches and is completely black except for a metallic greenish brown belly that is only visible when light hits it the right way, and a few eyespots- 1 small blood red eyespot on the upper base of the tail and a couple black and gold eyespots across the base of his dorsal.

I received this mystery cichlid yesterday with a few white spots on his pectoral fins and mouth area and is currently being treated with anti parasite pellet food and API general cure in a 10g receiving tank, but if it isn't an oscar I'm not too sure I want to keep it as I want to keep my 250g oscar tank true to its species.
Please help.

 

[aquaticterror]

Correction- 350g, not 250g

what am I doing?

 

[mikem691]

check here
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f100/wild-oscar-315752.html
and here
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f100/wild-oscars-289975.html

 

[aquaticterror]

Thank you!!! You rule!!!

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[aquaticterror]

Unfortunately mine has none of the patterns in those threads ? I'm looking more online now and some of what I'm reading is troubling... 2 types of oscar? One potentially saltwater.....

what am I doing?

 

[Andy Sager]

Maybe a pic here would help.

 

[aquaticterror]

 I found this picture, if it shows up, this is not mine, obviously, but it looks exactly like mine.

what am I doing?

 

[aquaticterror]

Didn't work, here's the link http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/custom/images/medium/4f439c05c78ea.jpg

what am I doing?

 

[mikem691]

not even this one

 

[aquaticterror]

? I wish. I'm kind of afraid that this little bugger may wind up in my research pond. The look is so unique I have to question, still, whether it's truly an oscar or not

what am I doing?

 

[aquaticterror]

not even this one

That is exactly what I was hoping for though

what am I doing?

 

[mikem691]

as Andy said post a picture when you can

 

[Andy Sager]

Didn't work, here's the link http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/custom/images/medium/4f439c05c78ea.jpg

what am I doing?

I am by no means stating factually that this pic is of an Oscar HOWEVER, I have seen a number of Oscars over the years that have a distorted pattern and this might very well just be the case. Since this pic is of a dead fish, it's hard to say for sure but the face, tail, fins and occelli sure do look Oscar-ish to me. You might want to send a pic of your fish to the Oscar or Cichlid society
and see what they say.

Hope this helps

 

[aquarium_Guru]

What about this one


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[aquaticterror]

I will be at my house in the morning and will snap a couple pics.
I have decided to do some tank rearranging to give him a 40g grow out tank. I don't want to introduce him to my other oscars (I have 2 others in my 350g currently) to prevent hybridization if he is a rare or localized variation, as he is a wild oscar imported (not by me) from a place that is still cataloging their cichlid species. I absolutely love oscars.

You're lucky- gorgeous "water dog"

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[aquarium_Guru]

That's a arowanna lol


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[Mogurako]

There is Astronotus sp. venezuela



Where did you purchase it? What's the collection point?


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[HUKIT]

Looks exactly like the ocellatus I catch in South Florida, not wild caught but feral.

 

[aquaticterror]

From what I've been told it was caught in Venezuela along an Orinoco tributary. The collector that sent this specimen to me said that of the 6 specimens he received it was the only one with "undesirable markings and passive temperament" and he didn't want him.

what am I doing?

 

[Mogurako]

From what I've been told it was caught in Venezuela along an Orinoco tributary. The collector that sent this specimen to me said that of the 6 specimens he received it was the only one with "undesirable markings and passive temperament" and he didn't want him.

what am I doing?

What collector?


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