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Yes, oscars are a lot of fun in an aquarium. But they absolutely have no business in waters north of the Rio Grande.
I was going to comment that we have no issues with tropical fishes becoming viable in our non-temperate climate. But then I exercised my Google-fu. I had heard of a colony of convict cichlids in a hot spring in Nevada. But I was surprised to learn at least a couple of colonies exist in Idaho, Wyoming, and Nevada.

They probably became established in association with a hot spring. But how many years will it take for them to adapt to cooler temperatures and begin to replace native fish in a damaging manner.

But then the same thing could be said about lm and sm bass, bluegill, crappie, pheasant, and a host of other animal and plant species.

Convict cichlids are no joke. I had a spawning pair that were under 4" long. My buddy gave me a 55gal tank with an Oscar that was over 8" long. I tried to tell him that the Oscar was going to get its butt kicked but he didn't believe me. Those convicts killed it overnight. Mean little fuggers.

I have had a couple of convicts which had to learn to live out on the deck with the kitties. Guess who won?

Should of flushed him down the toilet. A fish that can't survive in a sewage treatment plant isn't worth keeping anyway.

We have two different batches of convict babies right now, half a dozen or less will make it and not be a munchie for adults

I doubt Oscars can survive in the wild here apparently even Talipa can't. I have read reports of them being caught but F&G says no populations exist...
Then F&G says we only have turtles in North Idaho but I have seen two near and in the Payette River

Fish Lives Matter.. You Florida guys are gifted w/ a rapidly changing ecosystem, Oscars, Pythons, Cubans, 'flave.



mike r

Travis will be the death of them, I'd imagine.

People really don't think about the long term effects of what they do. There is a lake in Indiana that anyone can drop a boat into, but no one can take that same boat anywhere else. There is a parasite in the water they do not want to escape the lake alive, and it gets inside outboard engines. Launching a fishing boat there is a one way event.

There was a big ass goldfish in a little garden pond out back when we moved in here. It froze last winter. (What do I know about goldfish maintenance?)

I pitched it out in the yard and the neighbors dog et it.

I hope the law don't find out.

Little ones get to swim in the septic tank, but I really do not want to have to snake decomposing fish carcasses out of the toilet throat.

Local Boise news was all over a story a couple years ago about some prehistoric armored fish found along the banks of the Boise river.

Someone finally took where it could be identified. A very common plecostomus sold at every pet and aquarium store in the nation for the purpose of consuming algae from the aquarium walls. But they do not do well in water below 70 degrees.

At 40-50 bucks you would think he would have sold them.

At least channel cats are good eating.

Jag, 40 to 50 bucks is totally unrealistic. Usually one can not even give away an adult oscar. Oh, and oscars are very popular sport and food fishes in their native waters. About like a really warm water specimen of a small mouth bass and about the same size.

The juveniles at a couple inches length can be purchased at Walmart every day for $5 to $10.

The only way one would see the price mentioned might be from a specialty aquarium service company to supply an adult fish for a mature display. Think professionally maintained tank in your waiting room or a hospital. Or for a special designer color pattern.

I did receive an award from the Fish and Game service for salvaging this fish from a sewage lagoon...

Nice. But how cold was that Montana water? That was taken in September, after all.

Morons

Yup... if this can stick it is a pretty short dance to outlawing sticking sharpened iron in their lips...

And a spotted sucker fish called a Plecostimus, they are everywhere!

People should be fired.

https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/n...bandoned-pet-has-charges-dropped-da-says

I’d get the death penalty if the green weenies saw what I did after landing a keeper. I initiate a blunt force injury to the cranium and slice the gills while the heart is still pumping. That’d be a great way to deal with a large segment of our population come to think of it....

I have an uncle that lives in Naples, Fl and back in the 90's I would go visit him in the spring
just to go Oscar fishing in the Everglades, People had dumped the Oscars in the canals along
Alligator Alley and the had taken over the canals. There were every where in abundance. One morning
there was an unsuspected cold snap that dropped to about 58 degrees and when we got to our
area the cold had killed all of the Oscars in the area, They were laying on the bottom of the canals dead. It took a few
years for them to come back in fishable numbers. They were fun to catch on light tackle and are very
good eating.