What kind of fish is this?

[fadetoblack06]

Picked up this little guy at the store and was wondering if you could help me out and let me know what it is.

 

[jcolon]

Nice looking fish... Looks like an Oscar, but not sure which type.

 

[Convict2161]

Looks like a tiger Oscar. They get big! What size tank is it in and what are its tank mates?

 

[bruinsbro1997]

Sorta hard to tell...best guess is Tiger oscar. If not some weird variety of spotte leaf fish.
Look like this?

 

[joel618]

I agree oscar, beautiful fish

 

[joel618]

Sorta hard to tell...best guess is Leaopard bush fish.
Did it look like this?

If you mean leopard ctenopoma, I had one for a couple years and it never looked like that.

 

[bruinsbro1997]

If you mean leopard ctenopoma, I had one for a couple years and it never looked like that.

I have to agree with you there. After looking at it a bit more it does look like a juvenille tiger oscar.

 

[fadetoblack06]

I think it's a tiger Oscar too but I didn't see any red in it only black and white. It's in a 75 with an arrowana and a royal pleco.

 

[bruinsbro1997]

From the pic it looks very orange...

Is this a permanent home or a temporary home? IDK how an arowana will do with an oscar, let alone how an arowana will do in a 75 Gallon tank...

 

[fadetoblack06]

It's temporary. I have a 125 that I'm cycling right now for them. I figured since the arrowana stays at the top and the Oscar stays in the middle they would be fine together.

 

[bruinsbro1997]

It's temporary. I have a 125 that I'm cycling right now for them. I figured since the arrowana stays at the top and the Oscar stays in the middle they would be fine together.

Good to hear!

How long is the 125? From what I've read online arowanas need 8 ft tanks.

 

[fadetoblack06]

6 feet long 18" wide and 23" tall.

 

[DragonFish71]

Honestly, I wouldn't put an oscar with an arowana.

1) oscars are usually the meanest of the cichlids (not including the african family)

2) arowanas can have their own attitude problems.

3) arowanas are expensive fish, you're adding a fish that has known aggression issues, you could very well be on your way to have an expensive fish killed.

4) oscars are messy fish, arowanas need near perfect conditions.

IMO, you should re-home the oscar before the problems start.

 

[fishyperson3010]

You could put the arowana in the 125g and leave the Oscar in the 75g

 

[Hondatek]

I had a baby aro and a Oscar a long time ago. One day the Oscar decided to bite him on the bottom of it's throat . Instant death. Separate them.

 

[Megacichlid]

Looks like a tiger oscar,very cool looking
Markings

 

[boadams87]

Its an oscar. I've got 2

 

[Denny1985]

it defo looks like a tiger oscar to me

 

[fadetoblack06]

The arrowana is 11" long and the Oscar is 2" so if anything the Oscar will become a meal for the arrowana.

 

[LyndaB]

Most important rule..... never ever ever ever purchase a fish for your tank when you don't even know what it is. That just doesn't make sense and can bite you in the butt or, even worse, result in your existing fish being killed.