Oscar coloring

[Rokl33t]

My oscar is like a grey more then a black, are they supose to be that color? or will he start to turn more black? or is he jus supose to be a lighter grey?

 

[fishdude07]

im assuming hes a regular oscar...ive never really seen a black oscar...gray sounds normal to me for a regular oscar

 

[Rokl33t]

oh alright, but he could be a lil brighter in the red right?

 

[Purple]

Most Oscars can change colour quite dramaticaly - the brown Oscars can go almost grey/orange, and the Tigers grey/gold - usualy triggered by stress - mating - showing off to decide pecking orders - the usual stuff. It only takes them 2 secs to change off - and change back again - but they can hold it for quite a while if they want to.

My Tiger is grey - black - deep orange/red in his natural relaxed state, so for yours to be grey and any shade of red/orange is perfectly normal. There are many variations in adults, and colours can often change a bit as they grow older too

As long as he's not stressed out and your water's ok I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[Cichlidian]

Not only oscars most of the cichlids change their colour now & then. I'd go with purple if ur water & good and he's not stressed then there's no reason to worry. My oscar was grey & brown with no orange at all at 4". But now at 9" 80% of his body is orange.

 

[Rokl33t]

hmm ya what em i thinken i had a bunch of ciclids before this guy. Its just this is the first time i actually "took" care of my fish. Before it was just eh time to feed. But now im all into the water changing and wat not. So thanks for the feedback thanks for more information being drilled into my skull. Thanks again im sure yall will hear from me again

 

[oscarowner559]

My oscar chances color from light grey to pitch black every 5 minutes.He is a mix between a tiger and red oscar.

 

[Rokl33t]

my oscar, Scarface

 

[fishdude07]

nice. he looks like a red oscar...is he? how big is he? what size tank is he in? any tankmates?

 

[oscarowner559]

That is not what my oscar looks like. This is my oscar.

 

[Rokl33t]

That is gigantorrr!!!!!! hahaha well maybe its just the picture but either way i woudln't be suprised. uh my oscar is like 2 inchs and he's in my 10 gal for now
once he is bigger he'll be going to my 50

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Yes the first looks like a Red O and the 2nd pic looks like a Tiger O. So they will look a little different. Fromt the pics i see nothing wrong.