umm well im sitting here at my computer and my big (9in) ruby alino oscar and my 7in red tiger oscar are showing some very strange behaveier. my ruby has cleared away the rocks from one corner of the tank. i have nerver seen this befor. what the heck is he doing? is he geting rdy to breed or somthing? are they earth diggers?? by the way it is a 20 gal tall tank, if that info helps at all. temp home (real temp! Im worried about them breakin the glass!!) and if am going to get rid of them, but if i have a pair, i will go out and buy a big tank for them tomarrow.
breeding oscars
- Thread starter hazmat101
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You have 16 inches of oscars in a 20 gallon tank????? How rude!! Yes it sounds like they might wanna breed, but not in a tank that small!!!!!
Oscars like to re-decorate their tanks. They definately need a bigger tank and that is a sign of breeding.
I had to sell mines because I no longer had a big enough space for them. Oscars are great so you should just go and buy a bigger tank and breed them.
I would say it certainly sounds like possibly breeding behavior. The minumum tank size you would need is 75 gal. I have 1 oscar (14inches) in a 75 gal, and it's pretty much 'full'.
Never heard of oscars breeding in a twenty gal they may turn up the heat and do a nice sized waterchange.
Yea, if they are a breeding pair you might wanna up to to a 90 gallon. For 1 oscar alone, its recommended to be atleast 55 gallons, for 2 oscars 75 gallons, but if you want tankmates or if you want to breed em, you might want to go to a 90.