OSCAR Questions

[shailesh.khaire]

Hi All

I have 4 Oscars and since a couple of days i have noticed the behaviour of the fish was very strange three of them are harassing a White Oscar very much
I have also observed some lip locking movements between them

Are they Spawning or fighting or is it anything else

As they are about 6 inches now so the first question that arises to me is that does a 6" oscar ready for spawning ? If so shall i put the two white in a separate tank ? i have a 30 gallon for spare

i have assumed that the victim is a female and the others are males i suppose

Please guide me on this as i have never experienced breeding before.

[ScottishFish]

What size of tank do you have all four oscars in? A single oscar should be in no less than a 75gallon tank, they grow to around 14inches. 4 oscars will fight and that's what you are seeing, no point in really moving them to the 30g as they will very quickly grow far too big for it.

[Crispy]

sounds like they are fighting to see who is the dominant oscar.

...and yeah, moving them into smaller tanks won't help in the longrun.

[shailesh.khaire]

I actually wanted to figure out a pair for my tank the remaining two will be returned to my LFS hence i have kept the m all

I currently have a 132 USG tank and i think that would be sufficient for two Oscars

[cobhc]

I think it's just the fighting behavior.Oscars become mature when they grow about 8-9 inches(you can expect breeding that time).you may just have to wait a little more, to get a pair i guess .