My husband came home with what our LFS called a Blueberry Oscar Friday. It's
about an inch and a half long and such a pretty blue. After watching it for
awhile I googled on it to see what I could find out. (it stays around the top of
the tank near the air bubbles and acts like it's uncomfortable or something)
What I've found is that this is an albino oscar that has either been put in a
dye tank or injected with dye. I'm guessing that could be why it acts a little
sickly...not much of an appetite, swims like it's off balance and keeps charging
the sidewall.

Is this a common practice or is there a possibility they didn't know what they
were on about when they called it a Blueberry Oscar? (if you look closely, you
can see the same markings and spots that a lot of the albinos have, or the red
ones for that matter) It sickens us to know anyone would do this just to be able
to charge double the price for them. What I've read says they usually live
around 2-4 months with some lasting as long as 6. *If* they make it to a year,
they are no longer blue. We're thinking about taking it back to the store today
and telling them what we think of this practice and why we feel it's wrong. I
doubt it'll do any good, and they will probably sell Frankensmurf (the blueberry
oscar) to someone else.

Are there any other types of blue oscars that are naturally blue and would do
well in a fresh water tank suited for the S.American (reds, tigers, ...) Oscars?
Two of my kids favorite color is blue and they've been SO excited just watching
this one. Kinda sucks that now we have to tell them how he got his color and why
we're taking him back...will probably confuse them.

noname
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*** It's a shame society would
rather fill their time with junk
than their souls with substance. ***