My Oscars are laying eggs again!
This is about 1/3 of the eggs that they finally produced.
This is about 1/3 of the eggs that they finally produced.
Laying Again!
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WTH is going on here? It has only been 45 days and my Oscars have laid eggs again!
Papa Bear is hanging over those eggs like a dark cloud.
They are both nervous.
Papa Bear is hanging over those eggs like a dark cloud.
They are both nervous.
Well by two days they have eaten every one. Perhaps they are desperate for nutriton, or just don’t want kids?
Anyhow, no Oscar fry here.
Anyhow, no Oscar fry here.
The eggs pictured don’t actually look fertilized mate.
Have you ever seen wigglers or fry? Is it possible you have 2 females?
Of maybe the male isn’t sexually mature yet
He might be genetically weak or a late bloomer. They are about 20 mos old.
No hatching noted ever. I have no idea what the eggs should actually look like. I was very surprised when they laid the first batch.
I have, but these are really just Petco fish. I never intended to breed them.
To be fair 20mths old is still very young so if it is indeed a male, he may just be firing blanks at the moment and need some more time to mature.
I’m not an oscar keeper, but most species I have kept and bred over the past 42 years, the females were almost always laying eggs far sooner than the males could fertilize them.
Have you observed them laying?
Did both fish make passes across the spawning surface?
Whether you intended to breed them or not, it would be fun to see a cloud of fry swarming around your pair!
I’m not an oscar keeper, but most species I have kept and bred over the past 42 years, the females were almost always laying eggs far sooner than the males could fertilize them.
Have you observed them laying?
Did both fish make passes across the spawning surface?
Whether you intended to breed them or not, it would be fun to see a cloud of fry swarming around your pair!
BTW, the first time I found eggs I was expecting them. They had been cleaning the tank and moving rocks around a lot.
I went in, the next morning, intending to take out the rock they were messing with, as I thought it was too small.
I thought to replace it with a ceramic plate, that I thought would be more sanitary and attractive.
Until I reached into the tank and started to move the rock, promptly got bit, and then I realized it was covered with eggs.
Half of those vanished the first night but some of the remainders started turning gray. I thought maybe those had been fertile.
By the second day they were all gone
I went in, the next morning, intending to take out the rock they were messing with, as I thought it was too small.
I thought to replace it with a ceramic plate, that I thought would be more sanitary and attractive.
Until I reached into the tank and started to move the rock, promptly got bit, and then I realized it was covered with eggs.
Half of those vanished the first night but some of the remainders started turning gray. I thought maybe those had been fertile.
By the second day they were all gone
Gotcha. I have never visualized milt, but the bad eggs turn white or opaque and the good ones stay the same color they were when laid, maybe yellowing very slightly, and they develop tiny black spots which are the eyes.
Was the “wang” a small triangulated appendage, about 1/8 the size of the females ovipositor?
Was the “wang” a small triangulated appendage, about 1/8 the size of the females ovipositor?