my oscars are inseprable. they have been together since the day i got them. they have not layed eggs yet. they are always making hiding spots and moving big rocks but there is no eggs. the other fish in the tank arent agressive. so they wouldnt eat the eggs. do u know wat is wrong?
my oscars trying to make babies
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They are not very good parents at all. They are likely eating the eggs. Often times with Oscars you need to be quick on taking the eggs and raising them yourself. A lot of times they don't make it past laying them.
no they are really nice oscars. never fighting. always making hiding spots. always standing up to bullys
If they are the same two you have in the 55g and you want them to spawn a 125 gallon is going to be minimum for the pair. What size are they they sound like juvi's?
mostlycichlids;987451; said:
Wrong. Apparently, you haven't seen a pair of oscars defending their eggs. You can almost always trust them with their babies, but you can still seperate the eggs if you want.
Like mostlycichlids said, your 55g is way too small for them to breed. Also, they shouldn't be with other tankmates at all. Good luck, I'd love to see baby oscar pics if you get any.
Nabbig2;987632; said:
I agree when my 2 oscars spawned in my 240 all the other fish were on the other side of the tank and in the tank ive got a managuense freadristalki mota red and gren terrors and many more so. I dont think its that they are bad parents but ive noticed when i breed fish the more times theyve breed the more fry survive to grow up. its just a trial and error process
Nabbig2;987632; said:
Let me clarify...I meant the first couple of times. Ive had a couple of pairs of oscars over the years and the the first two or three spawns were very unsuccessful. After they got the hang of it it was all good!