Oscar breeding??

Question

What can you tell me about it??
I have two oscars... how can you tell if they are a male or a female?? Mine seem to "flirt" the way I have seen other fish, but how can I know for sure? What types of things and conditions would they need to breed?

ha, my fish are already about 4 inches long and do a lot of rubbing together!

Do they kind of shake or shutter their tails when flirting?? ...one of mine seems to do this a lot as if trying to catch the attention of the other one or show off

Answer 1

YES FINALY A TOPIC OF MY EXPERTISE
Oscar breeding.
First off you need to find a male and a female oscar above 4 inches because that is when they usually reach sexual maturity.
Second you need to put them in a 55 gallon tank ATLEAST and divide them with a divider but make sure they can see eachother, glass divider is always best.
Third watch how they react to eachother when you remove the divider, if they start rubbing eachother thats good, but make sure they dont start fighting. If they start lip locking divide them.
Fourth if they lip locked keep trying to put them back toghether once every few days.
Once they stop lip locking and keep rubbing eachother they are "flirting" and will have established a life long relationship
Fifth-from this point on they will be digging holes, it is best to provide a bowl for them to lay their eggs in.
sixth-the female will come and lay her yellow or white eggs, (i cant remember if flower horn eggs were the same color as oscars) the male will come and dump sperm on them at which point they will become clear colored and fertilized.
seventh-when the eggs hatch remove the babies in another tank and WALA THERE YOU GO

Although Flowerhorns are not a real species, they still spawn like the cichlid species that they were derived from. Usually these cichlids have a test of strength in which there is some flashing of fins and some jaw locking to determine suitability to mating. This courtship can get pretty rough. If the female does not pass the test or is not ready to mate then she can be killed by the male. If she passes the test the pair will pick an area to spawn. They will clean the area and chase all the other fish away. If they are properly conditioned and the water is around 80 F then they will lay a few hundred eggs on some substrate. They both will guard the eggs for three days. Then the eggs will hatch. In three more days the fry will have absorbed their egg sacks and become free swimming. At this point they need to be fed baby brine shrimp, microworms and finely crushed flake food. The fry should be removed before the adults decided to spawn again or they will eat the fry.

Answer 2

I can't say that my experience breeding Oscars went just like Gary's, but that not to say that way won't work. But some important details are a bit different.

The main think you need of course is a pair. Since they are impossible to sex until they are mature and in breeding condition that means buying a pair or buying several small oscars and raising them together.
Typical flirting for a pair of Oscars starts with lip locking and chasing and nipping... they play a bit rough. You will only know for sure you have a pair when they breed and lay eggs. Good eggs that have been fertilized are a clearish-tan color. Bad eggs turn white.

Other things you need on the list to breed oscars is of course a rather large tank to hold the pair, some nice flat pieces of rock are always good, a plate could pass too. Generally they will take care of the rest until the eggs hatch and the fry need to be fed. First food for them needs to be baby brine shrimp. f course, if you plan on raise a batch of 500+ oscars, you will need lots and lots and lots of tank space. Even if 90% die, you still have 50 little oscars to deal with.

Here's a lot more information on one of the best sites I have ever seen for breeding this fish:

http://www.oscarfishlover.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=40

Best of luck with it!

MM

Answer 3

My Oscars just had about 500 babies. It is almost impossible to sex Oscars so usually you should buy a few and let them pair off. They need a flat rock to lay the eggs on. They will do the rest.

Answer 4

appears like they could be making waiting to reproduce. I truly have 2 oscars in a one hundred twenty 5 gallon tank and they are doing an identical project. Are they transferring the gravel round, they in a lot of circumstances do this to make one of those nest. sturdy success and ahve an astonishing day