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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: fishguy420 on January 22, 2013, 09:13:10 AM

Title: oscar ?
Post by: fishguy420 on January 22, 2013, 09:13:10 AM

i saw last night a wild caught green oscar for sale has any 1 ever heard of a green oscar before
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wild-Green-O...em3f213f a8c5
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Title: Re: oscar ?
Post by: danielratti on January 22, 2013, 09:25:24 AM

Chances are it was dyed to be that color so.it would be virtually impossible for it to be wild caught. But I could also be wrong. The add has been taken down so its even harder to tell

Title: Re: oscar ?
Post by: Helloitsme on January 22, 2013, 10:04:59 AM

Oscars are one of my favorite fish. I had some F1's not too long ago. They were a bit more "greenish" than what you would typically find in the pet trade today. If I recall correctly the guy I got my F1's from acquired his wild caught stock from Jeff Rapps.           

Title: Re: oscar ?
Post by: scifisarah on January 22, 2013, 10:24:22 AM

I was suprised that there wasn't a single oscar at the auction. I guess they are just too common for people to bring?

Title: Re: oscar ?
Post by: Regalblue on January 22, 2013, 11:24:13 AM

Quote from: danielratti on January 22, 2013, 09:25:24 AM

Chances are it was dyed to be that color so.it would be virtually impossible for it to be wild caught. But I could also be wrong. The add has been taken down so its even harder to tell

It still could've been WC.  They could've caught it & then dyed it.

It was probably some idiot that caught it down in Florida tho.

Title: Re: oscar ?
Post by: Helloitsme on January 22, 2013, 12:01:19 PM

If I recall correctly the original description of the Oscar referred to it as being "olive" in color. Dang it, now you are making me want Oscar's again! They are on my  "I Swear I'll Never Have Those Again" fish list...