i have had the fish for about 2 months and i feed them fish flakes and once in a while freeze dried blood worms one is white and orange and is smaller than the other which is black and has rainbow orange and red colorings on his lower sides and belly. we bought them both at the same time and they were the same size but now the black colored on is significantly bigger now.
2006-08-28 06:18:16 · 3 answers · asked by joe b 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
The only way to tell the sex of oscars is when they start to breed. Do a water change and raise the temperatrue a bit.
2006-09-01 05:20:05 · answer #1 · answered by iceni 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "male/female" fins are left for the livebearers not fish that reproduce by egglaying like yours. Actually, Oscars (and many other cichlids) can not be sexed by looks. Their body and finnage will be the same, until the female is producing eggs (at least 1 yr old). You have a tiger oscar and an albino tiger oscar, and in my experience the albinos(white/orage) grow much slower than their regular counterparts. Also, try to get them on a pellet diet, as pellets are much more nutritious and they have to eat less pellets to get the same nutrition and "fullness" than flakefood. Bio Blend or Cichlid gold work great. You can't miss the package, as it has an oscar on the front and choose your pellet size accordingly to the size your fish are.
2006-08-28 10:04:06 · answer #2 · answered by adamprice271 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can tell them apart from their fins. many people assume that the male is the larger fish, but on most occasions it is the female. the male will have a tube-like shaped fin in his belly that he uses for mating purposes, whereas the females fin will look like a normal dorsal
2006-08-28 07:05:02 · answer #3 · answered by Lorah C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋