A few fish wanted

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    Hi and good day...I'm looking for the following:fire eel(±30cm)blood red oscar(±15cm),lemon oscar(±15cm),or 1 or 2 rare oscars aswell as black arowana(±20cm) and larger plecos that would fit in with these fish...also catfish of the bigger species!pls email:"Email removed for security reasons"

    *Please pm Shannon rather*
     
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    I think you could find most of these very easily. You might even find a few LFS that have them, even at that size.
     
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    Black arowana. Think you would pay a pretty penny if you get hold of one
     
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    Been looking,phoning and nothing small fire eels for rediculas prices...blood red oscars and lemon oscars when asked for they offer albinos and normal red oscars...I really don't mind paying upwards of 1500 for a black arowana
     
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    Not too sure what you mean by rare Oscars, but just beware of strawberry, blueberry, etc. Oscars. These are fish that have been coloured by painfully injecting dye into them. They seldom survive for long and the colour can fade. See my signature if you would like more info...
     
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    Thanks for the concern.I am fully aware of the dyed fish and do not agree with the selling of them....my meaning of rare oscars is oscars you don't find everyday eg:wild type,blood red etc..I'll pm you my email and will respond to a blank email with the pics I have found of some amazing oscars none of which have been dyed
     
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    Thanks, good to hear :) Have a look at this video of Ted Judy's wild type Oscars. It's one of my favourites - they're quite shy Astronotus sp Orinoco 1 - YouTube

    And then a little later: Wild_oscars_April_2011 - YouTube
     
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    Reason for these specific fish is that I'm building a 2000lt tank and these all get big...catfish I'm looking for are tiger shovelnose(not hybrid),zebra shovelnose.and even a decent sized clown knife fish(preferably royal)
     
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    I've seen a Jaguar Oscar once. Beautiful thing.
     

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