Oscars mating?

[lopezbmx86]

So heres whats going on...

I noticed my albino tiger oscar and my tiger oscar acting really strange... they were swimming together quickly and locking mouths... they're also acting aggresively towards the other fish in the tank...

heres a video... tell me what you think... it shows best at around a minute and five seconds...but turn your volume off please...hehe.

http://members.cox.net/mcox3/Video_091606_001.3g2

 

[onelivewire]

Try posting your video on youtube or google video, all you get is a bunch of code with your current link.

Also, I assume you have a Male and a Female in quite a large tank.

Check if the female is getting bloated, meaning she is producing eggs.

Usu, she will lay a bunch of eggs on a flat surface (rock) on the bottom of the tank for the male to fertilize.

Also, if anyone else here has experience breeding cichlids, check out
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=83491
Thanks much!

 

[lopezbmx86]

well, theyre in a 10 gallon tank now, cause theyre still only about 5'' but they'll be getting a new home soon...

how do you tell a female apart from a male?

 

[lopezbmx86]

heres the vid

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[onelivewire]

http://www.geocities.com/cichlidiot_2000/sex.html
sexing oscars^

Not right now (if you plan on breeding them) you should transfer them to the larger tank, as you said. Oscars need LOTS of space. for a pair of 5" I would reccomend 35 gallons. Many people will tell you 55 gl. per oscar, but I have seen plenty of tanks (including 1 of my fathers) with 2 oscars in a ~60 gallon tank -and living a full life. My dad's were around 10 yrs. old when they died.

The mouth wrestling is a sure sign of mating interest in all cichlids.
2 things to think about are, A) Are you willing to invest the time into hatching live food for the fry, and invest all that time in them? and B) What will you do with them?
Oscars lay lots of eggs and can grow ~1 inch a month.

If, you are willing to raise the fry, you may be able to sell them to your LFS, a nice investment, also - the larger the fish, the more they'll pay. A $3 fish can be a $70 fish in 12 months.

Google "Breeding Oscars" you should get plenty of breeding and fry-raising info

Also, if anyone else here has experience breeding cichlids, check out
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forum...ead.php?t=83491
Thanks much! -Sorry, but I had to plug my problem

 

[lopezbmx86]

well, seems I have a few things to think about...
thanks for the input!

oh, just another Q, what does LFS stand for?

 

[onelivewire]

Local fish store glad I could help.

 

[lopezbmx86]

oh duh... lol.