Oscars Are Digging, Edit: Now With Eggs!!! |
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 May 1 2008, 08:33 AM
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Fish Crazy  Group: Members Posts: 115 Joined: 4-July 06 From: Nottingham Member No.: 22627  |
Lately I've been watching one of my oscars "digging" a hole in the gravel. First it wiggles around on the bottom to loosen the packing of the gravel, then it picks up a load in it's mouth and spits it out away from the hole! Last night, I watched for twenty minutes as the oscar was at it again. Then my other oscar joined in and they were both digging the hole! Oscars are great
This post has been edited by liserini: May 7 2008, 04:15 PM |
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May 1 2008, 08:44 AM
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 Tough on Dirt, Gentle on Fish  Group: Members Posts: 1287 Joined: 1-October 07 From: Shropshire UK Member No.: 35826 |
"Just rearranging the furniture"
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May 1 2008, 12:17 PM
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 Wet pets make the best Pets Group: Members Posts: 2410 Joined: 22-August 06 From: Rochester, New York Member No.: 24047 |
can't beat a natural instinct
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May 3 2008, 02:40 AM
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 Fishaholic  Group: Members Posts: 229 Joined: 7-August 04 Member No.: 8644 |
I have heard of people giving them a ping pong ball to play with in the tank. You might want to try that to deter their attention somewhat.
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 May 3 2008, 01:20 PM
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 oscar club 3 ~JAMBO~ & ~BLADE~ Group: Members Posts: 2400 Joined: 20-January 08 From: dundee (((( but im WELSH!!)))) Member No.: 38575 |
they certainly are great!
i watched my 2 new oscars, totally wreck the tank i put them in yesterday ( it was only a temp tank), i just wonder if they " chew slippers" too lol This post has been edited by shelaghfishface: May 3 2008, 01:20 PM |
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May 5 2008, 10:04 AM
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Fish Crazy Group: Members Posts: 115 Joined: 4-July 06 From: Nottingham Member No.: 22627 |
I can see the glass at the bottom of the tank now! They've "dug" through about 3 inches of gravel and the hole is about 3 inches in diameter. I thought about getting them a ping pong ball, might have a look today whilst out shopping
Or maybe I'll chuck in a slipper!
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May 7 2008, 04:16 PM
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Fish Crazy Group: Members Posts: 115 Joined: 4-July 06 From: Nottingham Member No.: 22627 |
I think they have laid eggs. But not in the actual hole. There's lots of tiny yellow balls and one of the oscars is hovering over them.
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May 7 2008, 04:23 PM
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 Fishaholic Group: Members Posts: 437 Joined: 22-September 07 From: Bristol Member No.: 35611 |
cool any pics?
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May 7 2008, 05:01 PM
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Wet pets make the best Pets Group: Members Posts: 2410 Joined: 22-August 06 From: Rochester, New York Member No.: 24047 |
well they don't lay their eggs in the pit they dig. This pit is for the wigglers when they hatch. They will lay eggs on a clean flat surface, usually a piece of slate or flat outcrop of a piece of wood. Keep an eye on them and they should hatch within a week or two I think
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May 7 2008, 06:14 PM
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Fish Crazy Group: Members Posts: 115 Joined: 4-July 06 From: Nottingham Member No.: 22627 |
Thanks for clarifying that! I'll try and get some pics, mine never come out very well
 I'm quite surprised by this as I'll admit I committed the crime of just buying 2 oscars and sticking them together. I had no idea what sex they were, let alone that they would pair up and breed!
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May 7 2008, 06:26 PM
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 Fishaholic Group: Members Posts: 467 Joined: 12-March 08 From: Northumberland, UK. Member No.: 40268 |
Fantastic> I'm sure there will be be plenty of takers for the Juviniles if they grow with success!
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May 7 2008, 06:33 PM
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oscar club 3 ~JAMBO~ & ~BLADE~ Group: Members Posts: 2400 Joined: 20-January 08 From: dundee (((( but im WELSH!!)))) Member No.: 38575 |
oh wow!! i would love to see pics, of the oscars and the eggs
shelagh xx ps, now at least they wont need ur slipper lol |
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May 7 2008, 07:25 PM
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Wet pets make the best Pets Group: Members Posts: 2410 Joined: 22-August 06 From: Rochester, New York Member No.: 24047 |
well you can't really pick out two different sex oscars anyways. They species shows no outward difference in the species so therefore to sex them, they either need to breed (watch who lays the eggs and who fertilizes them), or you need to look inside them to see the reproductive parts. So congrats man, you won the lottery
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May 8 2008, 07:59 AM
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Fish Crazy Group: Members Posts: 115 Joined: 4-July 06 From: Nottingham Member No.: 22627 |
Sadly, it wasn't meant to be. Checked the tank this morning and the eggs have gone
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May 8 2008, 10:53 AM
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Wet pets make the best Pets Group: Members Posts: 2410 Joined: 22-August 06 From: Rochester, New York Member No.: 24047 |
prob eaten either by the parents or another tank mate. But, don't worry if they have bred once they will breed again so be patient. Some times it takes cichlid two or three batches of eggs to get the parenting thing right
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