How do you breed Tiger Oscars?
- Thread starter Sir
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Oscars are really hard to sex, you need to catch them venting in order to tell the sex.
Only way to actually mate them is to go to a couple different stores and pick up different juveniles, and let them pair up naturally, and just hope their air up and actually spawn.
Only way to actually mate them is to go to a couple different stores and pick up different juveniles, and let them pair up naturally, and just hope their air up and actually spawn.
Start with a 300 gallon tank and at least 6 Oscars. Wait for them to grow and pair off. There is no other good way that works 100% of the time.
The trick is to get a compatible pair.
Best option, buy 6 or so fish and put them in a 90gal tank. While they are growing, search for places to sell 4 X 1/2 grown Oscars. Watch the fish, you will see when a pair form up. Sell off the rest.
Then just look after the pair and let them do their thing.
Next problem, what do you do with 50 baby Oscars?
Ian
Best option, buy 6 or so fish and put them in a 90gal tank. While they are growing, search for places to sell 4 X 1/2 grown Oscars. Watch the fish, you will see when a pair form up. Sell off the rest.
Then just look after the pair and let them do their thing.
Next problem, what do you do with 50 baby Oscars?
Ian
FYI most Oscars are bred in "farm ponds" in Florida. Due to the warm weather and pond size, they have success, in the home aquarium it's alot harder due to limited size and equipment used.
In fish farms they use a large diameter concrete pool two feet deep -- very similar to a kid’s wading pool in a public park, but with steep sides. They put in lots of large oscars and let them select their own mates. The breeder adds several large pieces of slate (some on the bottom, some leaning against the sides). The slates are checked frequently for spawns. Slates of eggs are removed and hatched artificially under controlled conditions. You can get bit walking thru these breeding ponds -- especially when extracting egg-filled slates.
In fish farms they use a large diameter concrete pool two feet deep -- very similar to a kid’s wading pool in a public park, but with steep sides. They put in lots of large oscars and let them select their own mates. The breeder adds several large pieces of slate (some on the bottom, some leaning against the sides). The slates are checked frequently for spawns. Slates of eggs are removed and hatched artificially under controlled conditions. You can get bit walking thru these breeding ponds -- especially when extracting egg-filled slates.
