Are these chili/super red Oscar?

[zmkm]

Hello, I got these 3 oscar today. They were sold to me as chili/super red Oscar. I have never kept chili Oscar before, and they look reddish color but not as red as online pictures show. Can someone please help confirm they are chili Oscar or just normal Oscar on red color? Thanks

 

[HUKIT]

I’m not a fan of all the names that breeders come up with to sell fish like ruby red, super red, or red chili but to me those look like regular Luecistic(Lutino)ocellatus. Where and how much did you pay if you don’t mind me asking?

 

[thiswasgone]

I agree with HUKIT, doesn't look like a unique/new strain of Oscar to me.

 

[EricTheRed]

Very healthy looking Oscars though. I think the general market value on young red Oscars is about $15 each.

 

[Jexnell]

Chili red are know to be more striking red, not so orange.

Not my pic thank Google

 

[Cal Amari]

If the only thing making them unique is their striking color, and you just got them today, with the stress of being bagged or bucketed and put into your tank they've never seen before, they will take some time, maybe a few days maybe even a few weeks to settle in and display their normal coloration, so you probably won't know until then.

 

[qldmick]

I have heard of some shops feeding their Chili Red Oscars Hikari Blood Red Parrot food.

 

[RD.]

In Asia they would use hormones, or Carophyll Red in feed, or both. The OP's fish don't look chili anything....

 

[FLA]

I think the chili red probably has more to do with diet and probably hormones like RD. said. From what I am hearing they seem to fade out not long after import. It is possible the shop bought those as chili red and now that is what they became over time. You will still enjoy your fish for its behavior, but I sincerely doubt you will get them to the brilliance you are looking for. Jexnell 's pic looks more intense than any I have seen coming to the US.