matt_a Posted December 3, 2009 Report Share Posted December 3, 2009 I've tried breeding oscars a few time in the past, but never with any luck. It seems its not hard to find a pair, and have them lay, but getting fertile eggs seems impossible. I've also noticed that you never really seem to see or hear of anyone breeding oscars. I'm just curious to know other's experiences with breeding or attempting to breed oscars. Anything anyone has to add would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hareysfish Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 mate the biggest problem i had with oscars , when i was breeding them , was getting a male fish , 2 females will still go through the bonding / mating process that a normal pair does , but the eggs are naturally infertile and turn fungized. once you get a breeding pair , mate its pretty easy , just treat em like most large americans . hth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braddo Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 The only way to get a true pair of oscars is to buy a minimum of 3 young ones and grow them up. Let them sort it out remove any that are being picked on. Unfortunately as Harey said females will act like a breeding pair. I rarely trust buying a breeding pair of these guys from anyone unless I see fry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_a Posted December 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 The last time I had a go at breeding oscars I went through about 6 pairs and still couldn't get a fertile spawn. I know the whole process should be fairly easy, so why do we not see anyone breeding them? Are all the fish we have available to us infertile? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braddo Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 anything is possible a lot of fish coming out of asia "seem" to be infertile at the moment. There is "rumors" of them treating them but no proof. As an importable fish this is more than likely the case. But as I said it is "rumors". I have 8 here at the moment I am going to place together to see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBream Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 i have 2 pairs of breeding oscars, a red pair and albino pair my oscars have always breed without a problem, ive had a far few breeding pairs over the years i found they usually need to be around the 2 year old mark before they will breed successfully and i have hand raised them from fry and you need a male and a female, i have seen lots of people trying to breed 2 females ohh and i ve always feed them a wide variety of food and lots of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_j_5 Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 i have always wanted to try to breed oscars. what size is a goood size tank if i was to put a few together. i have seen photos of overseas how people breed them in what looks to be ponds a few metres by a few metres.(not just oscars others aswel) can this also be done around here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBream Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 you need at least a 6ft if you gonna keep a few together i have my breeding pairs in 4ft tanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
