Oscar Babies???

[Kelly_Aquatics]

ok so my two oscars have been digging and not eating for 2-3 days and then all of the sudden their was eggs! the two strange things are that the oscars are around a year old maybe even less and they did not lay them on a rock they dig a nest in the sand and layed them on the bare bottom of the tank the only other fish in the tank is a common plec and and a spoted pictus I divided the tank so know they have 3ft to them selves and the plec and cat have 3ft just wanted to share because I thought it was strange

 

[tlindsey]

ok so my two oscars have been digging and not eating for 2-3 days and then all of the sudden their was eggs! the two strange things are that the oscars are around a year old maybe even less and they did not lay them on a rock they dig a nest in the sand and layed them on the bare bottom of the tank the only other fish in the tank is a common plec and and a spoted pictus I divided the tank so know they have 3ft to them selves and the plec and cat have 3ft just wanted to share because I thought it was strange

Well I've heard of stranger things. Congrats
Are the 2 Oscar tending to the eggs?

 

[Kelly_Aquatics]

they are still laying

 

[Kelly_Aquatics]

gotta go but will update later

 

[FLA]

Nothing really unusual about that. The fish know when they are old enough, and it makes no difference to them if they clean a pit with a rock in the bottom or if that rock is the bottom of the tank. Congrats.

 

[ThornTheOscar]

they might be a year old like you said. it does take them about a year to become old enough breed. Do you know the sex Of your 2 oscars?

 

[Kelly_Aquatics]

well I suspect male and female buttttt they just ate the eggs sooooo better luck next time I guess

 

[The Masked Shadow]

During the first spawn, Cichlids tend to eat the eggs cuz they don’t know what they are. A few spawns later, they will learn. Good luck

 

[Kelly_Aquatics]

thanks its funny my two 2.5 inch JDs did a better job than my big Os the JDs did not eat them and quite a few babys survived

 

[Kelly_Aquatics]

ok so several spawns latter they are just starting to get the hang of it the eggs have lasted almost a day at this point but IDKif they are fertile they seem to stillbe white but they are still guarding them is their any chance they are just taking longer to show signs of being fertile?