18 months....

**MCHRKiller** · 06-16-2012, 04:52 AM

Here is the fish when she arrived Dec. 16th 2010

Here is the fish March 2011 following a 3.5 month long battle with Hexamita...fish did not feed at all for at-least 4 weeks.

Here is the fish September 2011...really starting to get her bee pattern

**MCHRKiller** · 06-16-2012, 04:52 AM

Here is the fish now

**Brhino** · 06-16-2012, 05:34 AM

beautiful pictures! I want an oscar so badly, and this isn't helping...

**CrunchyLeaf** · 06-16-2012, 05:47 AM

Oh she's sooo pretty!

I want an Oscar too, but I just haven't quite wrapped my mind around such a large aquarium for a single fish. I'm not implying that they should be in smaller tanks, but that I can't imagine myself wanting a single fish more than a large community.

**MCHRKiller** · 06-16-2012, 05:53 AM

Thanks!

These A.orbicularis are extremely deep bodied fish, I would never suggest one in less than a 90-100G tank. If the tank were at least 5ft some tank-mates would be possible so you wouldnt have just a single fish. Typical A.ocellatus dont reach the mass these do so you can get away with a 75G tank. But with any tank with an O....all other fish are just filler, they are worth the investment and tank size

**Lady Hobbs** · 06-16-2012, 05:56 AM

Oh wow. She is just gorgeous and without all your loving care, she would have died for sure. Great job there Dr Jenn.

**Brhino** · 06-16-2012, 06:39 AM

interesting, I didn't realize this is a separate species than your standard oscar. What do you keep her with? I read a few people saying A.orbicularis to be super aggressive.