Blue Oscar

Question
My Husband can home w. a "Blue" small Oscar from the pet store.very pretty we had a 5 gallon w. an albiano Oscar all ready in it they get along fine. the albiano one has gotton bigger so we moved both into a 20 gallon tank. we found out later that the blue oscar had been INK INJECTED had we knownd we would have never got him. he is not growing in size at all and its been a few months the 2 fish get along fine the little one will distracts the feeder fish and the other one will go after. they play  

Answer
Hi Stephanie,
  Yes, unfortunately, blue oscars are not that way naturally.
I think pet stores should be forced to tell customers about things like ink injections before selling you a fish.  

-- Ron
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