Short Body Oscar

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I found this in a random wholesale oscar shipment
How rare is this?
Is this evidence that florida is breeding short bodied oscars?

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his name is muffin
 
Are you a breeder? You're telling me you think breeding animals for exaggerated traits is wrong? Have you ever been to a fish store?
In other words this is a very naieve response from a beginning fishkeeper.

I was just wondering if anyone has seen this before
 
Eh, really depends what you breed for. I look for great coloration and excellent form and always cull any fish with deformities that relate to body form such as "short-bodied" fish. Sure, there's a weird market for them, but it's the same type of market that covets tattooed fish.
 
To the OP having a personal preference and personal feelings about what a fish breeder would do doesn't make someone naive. Fish on Fire stated something that a lot of responsible breeders would do, which is far more likely than line breeding for the short body trait. I also agree with ecoli73 I personally don't see the short body trait being expressed to any great degree, which you would see in a line bred fish. So it stands to reason since the Oscar is barely expressing the short body trait and it was in a mass shipment of regular Oscars it's a deformed Oscar not a line bred short body. That's just a far more logical conclusion. Mind you this is coming from someone who likes the short body trait expressed on certain fish.
 
koltsix said:
To the OP having a personal preference and personal feelings about what a fish breeder would do doesn't make someone naive. Fish on Fire stated something that a lot of responsible breeders would do, which is far more likely than line breeding for the short body trait. I also agree with ecoli73 I personally don't see the short body trait being expressed to any great degree, which you would see in a line bred fish. So it stands to reason since the Oscar is barely expressing the short body trait and it was in a mass shipment of regular Oscars it's a deformed Oscar not a line bred short body. That's just a far more logical conclusion. Mind you this is coming from someone who likes the short body trait expressed on certain fish.
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This. :iagree:

And some people need to watch their words before they spin this thread into wild fire. Thanks.
 
koltsix said:
To the OP having a personal preference and personal feelings about what a fish breeder would do doesn't make someone naive. Fish on Fire stated something that a lot of responsible breeders would do, which is far more likely than line breeding for the short body trait. I also agree with ecoli73 I personally don't see the short body trait being expressed to any great degree, which you would see in a line bred fish. So it stands to reason since the Oscar is barely expressing the short body trait and it was in a mass shipment of regular Oscars it's a deformed Oscar not a line bred short body. That's just a far more logical conclusion. Mind you this is coming from someone who likes the short body trait expressed on certain fish.
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Agreed 1000%
 
Lupin said:
This. :iagree:

And some people need to watch their words before they spin this thread into wild fire. Thanks.
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Agreed 2000%
 
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