View Full Version : Male or female Oscars
FlammingWoodChuck
08-23-2005, 8:04 PM
I was wondering is there anyway to tell the sex of an oscar other than seeing a pair formed??
Vitaliy
08-23-2005, 8:06 PM
I believe there is no way to do that.
FlammingWoodChuck
08-25-2005, 7:40 PM
Dang o well I am pretty sure i have 1 female and 2 males
DeLgAdO
08-25-2005, 8:13 PM
their is no visual way to tell them apart. but you can tell them apart by looking at the vent but you have to net the fish and check. thats all i know so far.
Gr8KarmaSF
08-25-2005, 10:23 PM
Dang o well I am pretty sure i have 1 female and 2 males
how can you be so sure???
darkemotion
08-26-2005, 10:48 PM
well...my old Lfs told me that the foreheads have something to do with sexing them but really I am not sure as Lfs will say just about anything..
searcyb
09-08-2005, 12:34 AM
usually the egg tube near the anal fin will be more protruded and larger/thicker in females than it will in males...
does anyone know how old oscars have to be to breed?
There are people that say the tubes are one way of telling. I guess the thickness has something to do with it, Also anal fins on the femal should have more webing less rays..... this is all just hearsay and rumors though. Oscars can breed at around 6-8" I believe. Hope this helps.
sandtiger
09-08-2005, 2:17 AM
Yeah...oscars can breed around 6-8, Waldo is right, I figure thats about a year old. Oscar sexing is hard. The only sure way is to see em breed or vent them. Try to look at the fishe's underside, mine are easy because they look to the top for food when I hold my hand above it. Females will have a larger hole next to a small one...something like this... oO. Males will have two holes close together of about the same small size, like this...oo. Hope that helps.
DeLgAdO
09-08-2005, 10:44 PM
im sorry for the inconvenience but the restrooms are located in the lower level of the plaza. thank you for your understand and cooperation.
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FlammingWoodChuck
09-08-2005, 10:57 PM
2 quetions. 1. were are the vents located????? and 2. if i ost pix u think u can tell the sex of my oscars???
Waldo
09-08-2005, 11:57 PM
ok think of the bottom fins.
You've got the Pectoral fins.... those are nemo's arms. then you have the ones behind them. a pair called the anal fins. guess why... ok look around that area and you'lle find your vent's you speak of.
take pictures all you want. use macro option and get really close but zoom out for clear pictures.
FlammingWoodChuck
09-09-2005, 12:47 AM
couldn't get any pix but ill keep trying