2007-03-21 18:36:49 · 8 answers · asked by Marisa 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
Female oscars will frequently do this. It prevents tem from becoming egg bound.
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2007-03-21 18:45:39 · answer #1 · answered by magicman116 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They ARE most likely unfertilized eggs. If you're a girl, you might not be pregnant, but you still have a period every month, don't you? Same thing. Same reason chickens lay eggs. The eggs we eat - they're not fertilized, but they have to have somewhere to go once they've been made. They can't just disappear....
Also, some species have learned how to asexually reproduce. The "big" word for it is "parthenogenesis." I doubt your fish and its species have learned to do this, since they're domesticated. BUT there are some species which live in the deeps of the ocean that do reproduce asexually.
2007-03-21 19:23:42 · answer #2 · answered by ~SouthernBelle~ 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are most likely unfertilized eggs. They are a lot like chickens in that they will lay eggs regardless of whether or not a male is around to fertilize them.
2007-03-21 18:50:04 · answer #3 · answered by lickitysplit 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No sex is needed in either birds or fish to lay eggs- that doesn't necessarily mean they are fertile.
2007-03-21 18:59:11 · answer #4 · answered by mac 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a fish named Oscar.
2007-03-21 18:40:32 · answer #5 · answered by ARGH! (Usually a sunny person) 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I can't add anything new to what the others answered. Study your biology..
2007-03-21 20:12:33 · answer #6 · answered by DAGIM 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Knocked up when you got it.They wont hatch
2007-03-21 18:41:23 · answer #7 · answered by wingannette 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it's female, and that's what they do. They won't hatch if there's no male, because they won't be fertilized.
2007-03-21 18:40:33 · answer #8 · answered by lizzy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋