My dream come true.... True Lemon Oscars

So my dream for years has been to own a pair of True Lemon Oscars- not yellows/ albinos

You do come across yellow oscars every now and then which are actually a colour variant of the albino read.
These are yellow, usually a deeper yellow and their eyes will have the pink/red/orange of an albino

True Lemons are a genetic strain bred from the tiger and do not carry the albino gene
Their yellow is more a lemon yellow, solid and no pattern and their eyes are dark like tiger oscars

For years I have wanted some... but never thought it would happen
About.... just under 2 years ago, Cesar said I mustn't loose hope, I would get them one day and I laughed at him
Unbeknown to me one of the LFS's had managed to find a breeder and the order was placed then but he was warned it would be a long wait

Well... they arrived last week out of the blue....

 

few more

 

At this stage, their little eyes are brown/black like my tiger oscars, they have no red in them like my albino reds....

All other small albinos I have seen have the red from small so... will keep fingers crossed and we will see what happens... it will certainly be interesting so hold thumbs for me!

 

I can sense your excitement... Very glad for you.

 

Me tooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!

 

They awsome very very awsome

 

Awesome hey!

 

really cool great to have and rare .. also let to beleave that in the wild some oscars have a green colour or shine. but i was told they are rare even in the wild but amazing to see.

 

Thanks Guys...
@Broder, excited is an understatement... I feel like a kid and I think my kids think I'm crazy...
@thysie... We keep our fingers crossed now..
@rednox ,yes... I have also read that the wild ones can have a green colour/shine to them, have seen some pictures.

 

Think that will be great to get would be nice...

 

Hahahah NO!!!!.. I think I have enough on my hands for now with these little brats!!! No new additions for a while now....

This is something I have wanted to do for years and there is a lot to prepare for these little guys who wont stay little for very long ...

 

LOL... Sure u are going to get a breeding pair there aswell..

 

Well.... that's what I am hoping for....

I have a passion for genetics and breeding which comes from many years of doing so in other fields so yes... this is a chalenge i am excited about...

 

That is what makes this hobby so great is the rewards u get and u can show people your hard work, and to bring a smile to child when they see it and to amaze people when they see what u did is simple amazing.. I love CA SA Cichlids.


Keep the updates coming all the best

 

Hey @MariaS, very nice O's <3

I hope you get a breeding pair from those, you usually need six to be guaranteed a pair, but four should work What did they go for if I may ask? How big are they, they look to be 3cm about from shape and eye vs body size?

 

i think they bigger 5cm and the picture looks like 6x of them

 

one of the pictures

 

Yes, saw now that I looked closer, one has what looks like 6 in it.