Breeding Oscars

[Andre2804]

Im new to the site and just wanted to say hello!

I just rescued a couple of Oscars from a local fish store, they were kept in a tiny little fish tank. I am told they are a pair. One is around 25cm (tiger oscar) and the other around 15 (red oscar) and they swim around together without showing the slightest bit of aggression towards the other tank mates. I just wanted to know what signs of them beginning to breed are? I have kept single Oscars in the past but never a pair. Plus I have no idea which is male or female. Ive always assumed it is pretty hard to breed Oscars.

They wont take live food yet either, but should come round soon? I also have the suspicion that theyve been kept in a small tank all for most of their lives, they seem very happy now.

Cheers.

 

[king pacu]

yey you got it riight. they are hard fish to breed. the signs of them beggining to are flaring and lip locking. digging pits around your aquarium. if you have a slate rock in the tank they will scrape it constantly,and they will start to get rather aggressive towards other tankmates.

 

[Andre2804]

Yeah theyve been flaring at each other quite frequently but not lip locking or cleaning slate. Ive a couple of slate caves and random bits of slate pushed into the gravel for them, but they havnt really touched them yet. Lets see what happens.