My Babies Got Teeth (its A Fish)

[shelaghfishface]

no i havent gone completley nuts !! not yet
was just feeding jambo some shrimp and noticed hes now got teeth.OMG!! hes about the 7 inch mark but wont stand still so could be a bit bigger.
so was wondering if anyone could put a rough guide to his age on him, he was about 3 inches when i got him about 3 months ago i think it was .Buddie ( his partner in crime) was rehomed today and he/she was still only about 4-5 inches

shelagh xxxx

 

[Gatorbait]

An Oscar with teeth? Is it a purebreed?

Do you mean teeth like pseudocanines like Parachromis have?

never heard of that before.

 

[shelaghfishface]

oooh bugger!! in my excitement i forgot to add the photo

An Oscar with teeth? Is it a purebreed?

Do you mean teeth like pseudocanines like Parachromis have?

never heard of that before.

not teeth?? wot are they then? now i feel a right plonker !!

 

[Gatorbait]

oooh bugger!! in my excitement i forgot to add the photo

An Oscar with teeth? Is it a purebreed?

Do you mean teeth like pseudocanines like Parachromis have?

never heard of that before.

not teeth?? wot are they then? now i feel a right plonker !!

Not sure. Doesn't look like teeth to me but hard to tell in that pic. Pseudocanines aren't located there so it's not that per my 1st question.

AFAIK, Oscar don't have any teeth, at least like a Parachomis motaguensis, P. dovii or Flowerhorn. (Stating these 3 as hoping you've had or seen them and know what I mean as they're more popular)

Oscar have teeth in their jaws and a pharyngeal set as well but it's more like sandpaper, not actual teeth, afaik.

I could be wrong and would love to know either way tho. Like I said tho, that's one beautiful fish no matter what! Healthy, large and just stunning!

 

[shelaghfishface]

oh right, hope someone comes up with the answer then, thanks for the compliments, he certainly is a beautiful fish and i love him to bits

the plant (tall stringy dracrena(sp)in the pic, has started to be shredded,very finley, i know whos guilty now

thanks for the help so far

shelagh & Jambo

XXXX

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

Not sure about the teeth but I would put him at just under a year old, give or take a few months.

 

[fry_lover]

hi shelagh, how comes the other oscar got moved?

 

[shelaghfishface]

hi thanks everyone,
i had to move Buddie as one thursday night they suddenly decided they hated eachother,Jambo ripped his gills, his fins, made a right mess of him,so i put him into a smaller tank on his own and fixed him up and found a guy that has been after oscars for a while, but couldnt find any local, im confident he has gone to a new home,
i tried to get a new tank so that i could keep him, but i kept being let down, and i really didnt want Buddie to have to stay in a small tank, hes now at home in a 5ft on his own really pleased with that

shelagh xxxxxx

Not sure about the teeth but I would put him at just under a year old, give or take a few months.

oh great, i was thinking maybe a lot older, thats great news, thankyou xxxx

 

[backtotropical]

Sorry to hear about Buddie Shelagh.

 

[Dorkhedeos]

Well, even if they arent teeth, they still can draw blood if you arent careful

 

[shelaghfishface]

Sorry to hear about Buddie Shelagh.

thanks BTT, ive really upset he had to go,but i wanted the best for him


yes he can draw blood he did to my sons girlfriend ( well she shouldnt have put her fingers in the tank)

 

[MermaidMel]

Also Shelagh I don't think Jambo should be eating chips really hun

 

[shelaghfishface]

Also Shelagh I don't think Jambo should be eating chips really hun

lmao