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| Posted | Oscars breeding |
| 23-07-2007 12:16 by thomas |
Woke up to find my Oscars have laid eggs I thought they were both blokes, this is going to get complicated so I was wondering what I should do. I can not let them breed because the tank has a few Uarus and a Plec in too and no other tanks to put them in. I should really re-home one but was wondering about how it would effect its mate. Can someone please advice me what to do for the best. |
| 23-07-2007 12:26 by tank busters |
best way to see is give it 24 hrs if they stay dark there furtalised if not the eggs are white then there not a true pair has i had this with mine and they laid 2 lots of eggs never hatched just turned white hope this helps mine both were males |
| 23-07-2007 12:28 by tank busters |
i was told by lfs . if u have got a pair then ya should keep hold of them has it is rare to get em to breed |
| 23-07-2007 12:31 by PaddyD |
They may well be both females, but even so they will still wish to defend a territory, so you are probably best to remove them both. but if tank size is no problem - let them spawn and see if any fry are produced.
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| 23-07-2007 12:35 by PaddyD |
Tank buster - males cannot lay eggs, yours must have been females!
Also yes - true pairs are quite rare - and worth working with if you have room. I have been told about many breeding pairs in the past, but have yet to see locally bred baby oscars for sale in any shops (in over 15 years). |
| 23-07-2007 12:59 by thomas |
Their from the same brood so I dont think it would be wise to let them breed anyway, would it not weeken the blood line. Creating inferior offspring. |
| 23-07-2007 13:42 by tank busters |
yeah i know i dunno why i put males what i ment was one acting as a male  |
| 23-07-2007 13:46 by Danny Boy |
as paddy said id be impressed if they converted to fry. i tried for two years to brred from 8 oscars. i had eggs quite a few times but they never made it to wrigglers.
dont be suprised if you have two females either. but if they are a pair you cant prove this until you see fry. it is said that two females will often pair up. and id be very suprised if you could tell they were two males or not. unless you vented them |
| 23-07-2007 21:48 by big cats |
letting oscars from the same shop batch breed is not a problem, even if they are brother and sister, which is possible but not guarenteed. oscars have been inter bred for decades,if you have space getting them to breed isnt that difficult?mostly you just get two females laying for one another cos the male was the one you took back to the shop because it was getting harassed???????  |
| 24-07-2007 00:35 by robert.pope |
sounds about right for us male's |
| 31-10-2007 21:56 by short4jcat |
hi thomas. I have 2 baby oscars that I hope is a male and a female and I would be delighted if they breed. I named them harry and sally. harry is a nice tiger oscar and sally is an albino one. I also have 2 other tank mates for them a cat fish and a plec. hope you get firtile eggs and you can rare them on and sell them. My oscars interact good together and we have to see if they are male and female. cheers Short |
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