tiger cichlids
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I believe the hardest part is finding a pair because they are very difficult to sex, even when mature.
did some reading and it said if you wish to breed buy about 4-6 fish that way you have a better chance at a male/female match-up, after that what is neccesary to breed this very aggressive fish
This is NOT A VERY AGGRESSIVE FISH.
Oscars are cichlids that need attention and good care.
A full grown pair of oscars (12-14") need at the least 100 gallon tank.
Breeding:
To breed oscars you NEED a minimum 100 gallon aquarium, buy 4-6 juviniles to grow out. Then you can ONLY hope for a pair. While growing out the juvinlies i would reccommend atleast 50% waterchanges a week besides massive filteration and massive feeding (these fish eat alot). When your fish have reached about 10" start doing large waterchanges (60%) a week for three weeks in a row, then the 4th week, feed little as nothing, then do 60% waterchanges and feed well next week. Then something should be going on.
I recommend for you to experience keeping large central american/south american cichlids for atleast a year before trying to breed cichlids that are concidered hard to breed (oscars, Electric Blue Jack Dempsey, Cutteri, Amphilophus Alfari and so on). I would start off with a 55 gallon tank with a firemouth pair (Thorychtis Meeki).
Regards from Iceland.
Oscars are cichlids that need attention and good care.
A full grown pair of oscars (12-14") need at the least 100 gallon tank.
Breeding:
To breed oscars you NEED a minimum 100 gallon aquarium, buy 4-6 juviniles to grow out. Then you can ONLY hope for a pair. While growing out the juvinlies i would reccommend atleast 50% waterchanges a week besides massive filteration and massive feeding (these fish eat alot). When your fish have reached about 10" start doing large waterchanges (60%) a week for three weeks in a row, then the 4th week, feed little as nothing, then do 60% waterchanges and feed well next week. Then something should be going on.
I recommend for you to experience keeping large central american/south american cichlids for atleast a year before trying to breed cichlids that are concidered hard to breed (oscars, Electric Blue Jack Dempsey, Cutteri, Amphilophus Alfari and so on). I would start off with a 55 gallon tank with a firemouth pair (Thorychtis Meeki).
Regards from Iceland.
Not to mention they lay a couple thousand eggs and Oscars are way too common for pets stores to want to buy them. What are you going to do with over a thousand baby Oscars and no where to put them? I'd just keep 1 or 2 as a pet if I were you.
But I'm telling you-nobody would buy them. They're too common and only $5 at PetsMart. Nobody would pay $40 to ship a free fish. I don't think ANYone makes any money at breeding. Whether it be fish or dogs or whatever. Not if they do it right.
lol yea i see what your saying, its just something i was wondering and i could use this for the edea of breeding other fish... just curious really