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March 13th, 2010
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| Our New Oscar
Here is a pic of our new oscar. We haven't named him yet. You can see that he's pretty tiny. He's going to have to grow a little bit before I put him in with my JD's in the 90g. | 
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March 13th, 2010
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| Hey Bolivianbaby How are you. I love the new oscar. He looks very happy in his new home. Cograts on your new addition. | |
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March 13th, 2010
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by brokenwing  Hey Bolivianbaby How are you. I love the new oscar. He looks very happy in his new home. Cograts on your new addition. | Doing fabulous, BW-how are you? Thanks for your kind words  . I've been wanting an oscar for a very long time. | |
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March 13th, 2010
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| What a cute little guy. I wish I still had mine. They have such great personalities. | |
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March 13th, 2010
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| Im doing find. I know what it is like to wait on a fish. I have had this 75 gallon empty for two months almost waiting to be setup for cichlids. Its killing me. I love oscars, and maybe one day I will get one. I just dont have the proper setup right now. | |
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March 13th, 2010
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| Ah, he's so little! How cute 
Congratulations! | |
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March 13th, 2010
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| Congrats on the new boy, bb! | |
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March 13th, 2010
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| awwwwwwwww I love him!! he looks like a "brittle" like peanut? LOL
cant wait to see how he progresses and grows...you will be amazed at the colors he morphs into....congrats to you and princess....great achievement for you both...im proud and very envious  | |
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March 13th, 2010
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| OMG I'm jealous. Beautiful fish you have there. I almost got one for my 45g when I first started picking out fish for it but I discovered that it would be torture for the oscar after he started growing  (especially since it's a 45g TALL, only 12" wide so the poor thing would have trouble turning around). Maybe one day. . . | |
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March 14th, 2010
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| Thanks, everyone He is going to be one spoiled fish and I'm really looking forward to watching him grow. It's going to be really fun because the 90g is in the kitchen which is a pretty active room.
I like that name, Shawnie. I'll see what the princess says when she wakes up. She's pretty excited about him, too. She wasn't with me when I bought him, so she was pretty surprised at how small he is, especially with her knowing how big he's going to get.
I know he was at the LFS for about two weeks (I've been watching him closely hoping no one would take him home) while I got the tank set up, but with his size, does anyone have a rough guess at how old he is? | |
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March 14th, 2010
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| I LOVE OSCARS. Baby Oscars are my favorite. I wish someone would develop a dwarf oscar. That would be great, smaller tank, less mess, same personality. Get to work on that! | |
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March 14th, 2010
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by bolivianbaby Thanks, everyone He is going to be one spoiled fish and I'm really looking forward to watching him grow. It's going to be really fun because the 90g is in the kitchen which is a pretty active room.
I like that name, Shawnie. I'll see what the princess says when she wakes up. She's pretty excited about him, too. She wasn't with me when I bought him, so she was pretty surprised at how small he is, especially with her knowing how big he's going to get.
I know he was at the LFS for about two weeks (I've been watching him closely hoping no one would take him home) while I got the tank set up, but with his size, does anyone have a rough guess at how old he is? | I'm not sure about Oscar fry ages, but I do know one thing. They grow FAST. It won't take long to get to six inches then move on his way to his full size. They are such voracious eaters. How long is he now? | |
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March 14th, 2010
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Originally Posted by Treefork I'm not sure about Oscar fry ages, but I do know one thing. They grow FAST. It won't take long to get to six inches then move on his way to his full size. They are such voracious eaters. How long is he now? | I agree, they are voracious eaters. There were a few "leftover" convict fry in his quarantine tank. They've already "disappeared". Chomp, chomp, num, num.
I would say he's around 1". So in maybe a month or two, he'll be ready for the 90g? | |
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March 14th, 2010
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| I looked around a bit. It seems to be the consensus that they grow about an inch a month until they get 9 inches, then it's slow growing until they reach full size. Oh those convict fry are probably just hiding... in his belly. | |
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March 14th, 2010
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| Beautiful Oscar BB!
Thanks for sharing.
Ken | |
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March 14th, 2010
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| OMG!!!!! He is georgeous!!!!! I am soooooooooooooo happy u got your oscar!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!  | |
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March 14th, 2010
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| Thanks Ken & Lorabell | |
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March 14th, 2010
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| LOL I was just teasing about the name BB 
im glad princess is excited! as well as you
he will become your new obsession but I also wouldnt train to hand feed or one day he could be on your floor just from opening the hood to feed ...not fun picking up a large fish like that LOL | |
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March 31st, 2010
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| UPDATE: Here's a new picture of the oscar. | |
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April 1st, 2010
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| Looks like he's growing! | |
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April 1st, 2010
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| Looking good BB!
Ken | |
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April 1st, 2010
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by Treefork Looks like he's growing! | Yeah, and quite fast!  | |
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April 1st, 2010
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| Thanks, everyone! He's on my NW cichlid mixture and gets bloodworms and brine shrimp a few times a week. When he first went into the tank, he ate all of the convict fry in it, so maybe that gave him a "protein growth" boost.
I'm really hoping in the next month, he'll be big enough to go in the 90g. My male JD is decent sized, so I have to make sure my baby boy won't fit in his mouth. | |
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