Rescued a cutie!

[Ocellatus]

About a week ago I saw this little cute albino red shinning between some common tiger oscars in a dirty LFS in a dirtier tank, add to it Ich and a hollow belly maybe because of being kept hungry for long time.
got him for $2 and brought it home in the quarantine. now hes in my 40g with parrots and rainbows. at least its a better home for some months. hes 2 and half inch long now.

eats well and acts normal but his belly looks a bit deformed. theres a small hump on the anal area. it occurred after the first feeding. seems when I started feeding him after being kept hungry for a long time his intestines got extended unusually :( I think I should feed him less than normal for a while to help him get better.

also he has got some blacks on the fins and tail edges during this week, I have no experience with albinos but I think its not unusual as I've seen an albino red with black edges on the Hikari cichlid Bio-gold+ cover! lol

here are some of his pictures.

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[Dave66]

Very attractive Oscar, Blu, great color. I do hope you get him back up to snuff.

Dave

[Lady Hobbs]

He looks good. Hope his belly problem is not a serious one and he'll be OK.

[angelcakes]

cute oscar :19: hope all gets better with his belly soon:19:

[Tolley]

Good luck with him blu keep us updated!

[Northernguy]

Nice Oscar! What are doing about the stomach problem?
Are you feeding it anything to soften its stools,it may make it easier on him.Don't peas work for that?

[Gayle]

Awe how cute! Good luck!!

[mrs fishpatrick]

he is lovely

[Ocellatus]

Thanks for all your kind words, buddies.

Nice Oscar! What are doing about the stomach problem?
Are you feeding it anything to soften its stools,it may make it easier on him.Don't peas work for that?
I think that was a mistake to feed him like normal. poor O was hungry for a long time and suddenly eating a lot of food caused this problem. I should have fed him gradually.
now hes in with some other fish and its hard to prevent him eat much! but I will try to control his diet to make him compress back his stomach. and I will try pea, it may help. thanks.

[Northernguy]

No problem,I hope it works! Poor O:11:

[chronic]

Nice fishie!! Definitely try feeding them some peas, if it is constipation, they will help.
Mine dont really like peas, but since they look like something moving in the water, they eat them and get a few down. Most are spit out.

[Ocellatus]

his stomach looks better now after 10 days. he eats some little pieces of pea when he is hungry.
and his fins and tail's edge has turn to black.
here is 2 new pictures.
ps: ignore those 2 peacock bass cichlids :14: they won't stay here for long!

[angelcakes]

im glad all is working out for the oscar and hes feeling better:19:

[Gemstone]

that is a pretty little fellow you have there...glad he is so much better.

[Northernguy]

Nice job Blu-ray,he looks a lot better!:19:

[Demjor19]

Nice save and an even nicer Oscar! Congrats!

[teach]

great job i love hearing when someone saves an animal(especially fish)

[lovleeko]

Good for you saving this fish!

[Brookfish]

Nice save, great looking 'O' love the tank set up to, nice job.

[MCHRKiller]

Great looking O :) Cant wait for updates as he continues to progress.

[Binnsey]

Nice Oscar!

[Ocellatus]

Thanks for the kind comments.
now its near 6 weeks that I have the Lemon.
new shot from today.

[Binnsey]

Looks like a happy and healthy Oscar to me. Good job recouperating it!

[Northernguy]

Thanks for the kind comments.
now its near 6 weeks that I have the Lemon.
new shot from today.

You did it again Blu-ray! What a beautiful Oscar.
Thanks for sharing!:19:

[Demjor19]

That's one of the nicest O's I've seen! Great job!

[Sharon]

He is gorgeous!!!:19: I'd love to have an Oscar, but it doesn't seem in the cards for me. I do enjoy seeing others though...

[Ocellatus]

Glad you like it buddies.
got a good shot yesterday.
its 2 months since I got him and I guess hes about 5 months old now.
hes developed a nice black on the fins edge.

[Northernguy]

It sure is turning into a beautiful Oscar!
Great job!:22:

[Binnsey]

Wow! What a change. Your Oscar looks better and better by the day. I'm not huge on Albinos generally (dunno why) but that is a fish I would keep. Awesome oranges and blacks on it.

[Ocellatus]

Hey there! :22:

here is a new photo of him after 2 months.

[Crispy]

looking great! Doing much better than in the LFS tank you described in the first post! You definitely saved him! :19:

[Northernguy]

You gotta love those black fins!thumbs2:
He looks fantastic Blu-ray!:22:

[troy]

He's a stunner.thumbs2:

[donvichu]

Awesome fish and a very god job on him....you have made another fish happythumbs2:

[Jellygirl]

Well done you for rescuing him.

He's looking really well and coloured up lovely.

Jellygirl

[Deleted User]

I am just catching up with this thread.

Well done for rescuing him and looking at the different stages of his recovery. You are looking after him very well.

Great shots. He is looking very healthy. thumbs2:

[Ocellatus]

Thank you all for the compliments.
he is doing very well and has become one of the best looking oscars I've seen. also he is very kind with his smaller tank mates. I'm glad that I picked him up that day.

[Ocellatus]

A 9 months update!

seems the pictures in the first post are dead, but there are some in the other pages.

Now I think I need to find a new tank to rescue him from the current tank!!!

[dragoonwoman]

He's BEAUTIFUL!! I can see why you bought him that day, and I'm sure HE appreciates it too!! I don't think I've seen another Oscar quite like that. He really is striking looking!

I understand about taking a ragged looking, half-starved animal and turning it into something beautiful. We rescue horses, and a few of them were literally HOURS away from death when we took them.

GOOD FOR YOU!! thumbs2: thumbs2:

[rich311k]

Great fish and photos!

[Rue]

He looks great! Good job!thumbs2:

[bushwhacker]

in the last pics he appears to have lost his black edging thats to bad i really liked that coloring... but he is a great looking fish in any case

[Ocellatus]

Thanks everyone for the comments! :11:

Yeah unfortunately that black color on the edges slowly faded away. I liked it too!

[Northernguy]

I really like the white sorta stripe on the top. That is really different
Great looking Oscar Blu-ray!thumbs2:

[Katt]

Awesome job with him\her. thumbs2:
One very nice looking Oscar for sure.