Albino red oscar

Question
QUESTION: I have an Albino Red Oscar, that I have had for about five months.  I live in the country and only have well water, that I have been using for my fish tank.  My Oscar used to share a tank with my piranha, but there was a divider between the both of them.  Recently I bought a 80 gallon tank, and put a Red Devil, a few other fish, and my Oscar all in the fish tank.  The fish all seamed to be getting along well with each other, but recently I noticed that the fish seamed frightened.  My Oscar is all white with reddish/orange stripe, but a little while ago I noticed the Oscars eyes seam to pop out more, and is getting a blackish tint to him.  The other fish besides my Red Devil are mostly black.  What is causing my fish to go from white to blackish?

ANSWER: Hi Stephannie,
  Take some time and watch your tank closely from a distance.  I suspect that the red devil may be bothering the oscar.  Could this be possible?

-- Ron
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QUESTION: I have been watching the Oscar for about a week now, and  he seams to just keep getting darker.  The Red Devil doesn't seam to go around the Oscar too much, he tends to go after a different fish that i believe is pregnant.  I have been trying to get rid of the Red Devil but no one will take him.  Is there a pet shop that you know of that i can take him?

Answer
Hi Stephanie,
 Unfortunately many pet stores will not take large red devils for precisely the reason you want to get rid of him -- they don't play well with others.  You might try something like craigslist.  

-- Ron
  rcoleman@cichlidresearch.com
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