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Yepo, so I picked up an Oscar from a guy here on the board.. I'm surprised he had such a hard time getting rid of such a BEAUTIFUL specimen. I swear, the copper color against the black of this red oscar is freaking unreal... lol But unfortunately he/she/it Can't hang with my two big Oscars... lol. Apparently 2 is company and 3 is a croud in my 170 lol.
For now he's sitting in a holding tank and will be upgraded to a 75g of his own. He doesn't have a name... yet. Not sure what to name him yet. A Friend of mine is a Drummer who tours with a few different band... I gotta ask him what brand his drum set is and hopefully it's a fitting name for a fish.
Don't get me wrong, I adore my oscars. and this guy is SO skittish it isn't funny. he's terrified of everything. I just got him -kind- of used to me. He refuses to take ANY food from my hand still, but he'll at least come out from behind everything to get a pellet with me standing there now. I have no idea how old he is, he's only 5" a little less than half the size of my two first oscars, but his eyes are Just as big, if not bigger than my other o's eyes. Just an odd trait I noticed.
So yeah, Just to see what happened I plopped him into my 170 and less than a heartbeat later My two oscars where on him like stink on... well you know. I -had- to remove him. Now my other two oscars, which I vented, since they are large enough and appear to be opposite genders, the Lutino's 'parts' look like oO and the Tiger oscars looks like oo, have been Fighting every single day since I dropped the other guy in the tank and took him out. They have not hurt each other at all, and It's been a few days. In between bouts they clean off this one black river stone I have in there and have dug an amazing pit right at the front center of the tank.
Now, When I got them, they were 2 1/2 inches, and that was on Sept. 15th 2011. They are now 10-11" I assume when I aquired them they were about 2-3 months, we'll go with 3. That would make them around 7 months old. My question is, When do oscars typically pair up, if they are going to? I've read that often they'll pair up, [Male to female, or even female to female] and go through the breeding rituals before they are sexually mature [12-24 months]. Has anyone had experiences that led them to believe this is true?
I don't plan on splitting my two original os up unless they seriously hurt each other, which they haven't yet. but I have been having to mop up around my aquarium a few times a day because of the splashing... lol
Their fights consist of this usually, The Lutino [apparently female from the venting] Will open her mouth and push against the tiger's[apparently male from the venting] side, he'll face her, they'll lunge at each other a few times before lip locking, Splashing around and thrashing. The longest lock they had was about 10 minutes. After the fights they immediately go to cleaning off rocks and digging pits, the key here is together... In between bouts they get along fine.
Anyone have any thoughts? =)
For now he's sitting in a holding tank and will be upgraded to a 75g of his own. He doesn't have a name... yet. Not sure what to name him yet. A Friend of mine is a Drummer who tours with a few different band... I gotta ask him what brand his drum set is and hopefully it's a fitting name for a fish.
Don't get me wrong, I adore my oscars. and this guy is SO skittish it isn't funny. he's terrified of everything. I just got him -kind- of used to me. He refuses to take ANY food from my hand still, but he'll at least come out from behind everything to get a pellet with me standing there now. I have no idea how old he is, he's only 5" a little less than half the size of my two first oscars, but his eyes are Just as big, if not bigger than my other o's eyes. Just an odd trait I noticed.
So yeah, Just to see what happened I plopped him into my 170 and less than a heartbeat later My two oscars where on him like stink on... well you know. I -had- to remove him. Now my other two oscars, which I vented, since they are large enough and appear to be opposite genders, the Lutino's 'parts' look like oO and the Tiger oscars looks like oo, have been Fighting every single day since I dropped the other guy in the tank and took him out. They have not hurt each other at all, and It's been a few days. In between bouts they clean off this one black river stone I have in there and have dug an amazing pit right at the front center of the tank.
Now, When I got them, they were 2 1/2 inches, and that was on Sept. 15th 2011. They are now 10-11" I assume when I aquired them they were about 2-3 months, we'll go with 3. That would make them around 7 months old. My question is, When do oscars typically pair up, if they are going to? I've read that often they'll pair up, [Male to female, or even female to female] and go through the breeding rituals before they are sexually mature [12-24 months]. Has anyone had experiences that led them to believe this is true?
I don't plan on splitting my two original os up unless they seriously hurt each other, which they haven't yet. but I have been having to mop up around my aquarium a few times a day because of the splashing... lol
Their fights consist of this usually, The Lutino [apparently female from the venting] Will open her mouth and push against the tiger's[apparently male from the venting] side, he'll face her, they'll lunge at each other a few times before lip locking, Splashing around and thrashing. The longest lock they had was about 10 minutes. After the fights they immediately go to cleaning off rocks and digging pits, the key here is together... In between bouts they get along fine.
Anyone have any thoughts? =)
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