Lemon Oscars

[Immus21]

Was wondering if Lemon Oscars are a color morph or just an albino oscars with little to no red coloring?

[eternity302]

Out of what i wuz told, the yellow oscars are mainly from the wild! Hope someone can answer this question as well! Im curious now too!

[BigFatLyre]

by now Oscar breeders have had lots of time to come up with "leucistic" lines; that is, missing their chromatophores. Just a suspicion.
In some fish that gives you gold (yellow) and others it gives you plantinum.
Shows up on close breeding or just natures accident if really, really rare. (platinum red tail cat, ex.)
just a guess.

[Aaron]

I have heard they ar just a normal white tiger oscar or Lutino tiger & the name lemon is just a marketing ploy.

I have also theard they tend to change color to the normal white/albino tiger look & grow to look like a normal albino looking fish.

[Adz1]

all the lemons i've seen look like albino tigers to me.

[pisces]

what is Lemon Oscars ?
i only saw dark brown / white clour only!!! any pic ?

[paul_28]

are oscar adults lazy? they seem to move slow and stay still for ages in our local pet shop. the man said how big your tank i said well my largest tank is 30inches long and approx 25g and he said i need bigger just for 1 oscar, but they not making use of the space i was observing their 100g tank.

[`GhostDogg´]

What you saw were probably bored fish, & yes you will need a larger tank much sooner than you expect.
4-5 times the size you currently have y our fish in.
Oscars grow quickly, & most O's I see do much better in a larger tank.
IMO 90G min per 1 Oscar.


Way to bring back a dead thread.

[paul_28]

the one im thinking of is black with red patterns and it just says oscars. they are small now like 4inches but matey said they will get 16inches for length in approx 2years time.

[240sx]

Please don't buy an Oscar unless you know what you're doing.

I've had my Albino Tiger Oscar for almost 8 years now and if it wasn't for him I'd be outta the hobby by now. Started him in a 25 gallon when he was the size of a toonie, moved him to a 90 gallon and now just bought a 130 gallon for him....

They are messy eaters that need large tanks, and good filtrtation. Very unique fish I must say, he has a personality all his own, but I don't think I'll ever get another one.