incorrect, 55 gallons is the BARE MINIMUM per oscar, so 2 would need 110 and for breeding id go with nothing less then 125 or so, sexing oscars is extremely tough and ive heard the head thing too, so far its proved true, me and my buddy bred our oscars and we have some half lution and half tiger oscars. once they pair up its pretty easy, they just go do their thing and once the fry are hatched they have a tendancy to eat a few but with more broods come more parental experience and they will eat less and less with each brood.
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incorrect, 55 gallons is the BARE MINIMUM per oscar, so 2 would need 110 and for breeding id go with nothing less then 125 or so, sexing oscars is extremely tough and ive heard the head thing too, so far its proved true, me and my buddy bred our oscars and we have some half lution and half tiger oscars. once they pair up its pretty easy, they just go do their thing and once the fry are hatched they have a tendancy to eat a few but with more broods come more parental experience and they will eat less and less with each brood.
if i may add another question:
i have 7 albino oscar juvs of 6-8 inches large. 2 of them began to pair and started to isolate themselves in the corner of the tank ( including harrassing incomming juvs). due to this behavior, one of my oscars died. as a a solution, i tried t transfer the other juvs unto another tank. there was one oscar that i failed to transfer since i was having a hard time taking it out from the water to a point that may fist net was broken. and so i just left it there until the other day when i bought a new net. when i came back to the three ( with the pair) i observed that the pair were no longer agreesive to the remaining one thus giving me the problem of pinpointing the pair exactly. up to now, the 3 remians in the same tank.
anybody know whats the best thing to do with the 3 and to pinpoint the pairs?
thnx
i have 7 albino oscar juvs of 6-8 inches large. 2 of them began to pair and started to isolate themselves in the corner of the tank ( including harrassing incomming juvs). due to this behavior, one of my oscars died. as a a solution, i tried t transfer the other juvs unto another tank. there was one oscar that i failed to transfer since i was having a hard time taking it out from the water to a point that may fist net was broken. and so i just left it there until the other day when i bought a new net. when i came back to the three ( with the pair) i observed that the pair were no longer agreesive to the remaining one thus giving me the problem of pinpointing the pair exactly. up to now, the 3 remians in the same tank.
anybody know whats the best thing to do with the 3 and to pinpoint the pairs?
thnx
With the pair move them to another, bigger tank. With the other three leave them together and see how things work out, Maybe one of them will pair 
I've always found my theory works as the male will always have longer and pointed ventral fins so long as they havent been damaged to much in the past, i can pretty much prove this by if you look at a proven pair 1 of them will always have the longer set on ventral fins
