My Oscars spawned at 11pm last night!!! Pics etc.

2 of them have been going thru the motions this last 3 days.
Have been there a few times before, wasnt sure if I'd had a
male/female combo anyways but guessed it to be the case.
Usual tactic is grow 8 or so from young and hope two will
pair off, then rehome the other 6 keeping the mating pair,
just buying 2 adults from shops and hoping they pair
up doesnt work. I got lucky tho, very lucky

By eye I count approx 400 eggs, normal number for a 1st - 3rd batch,after that they can lay thousands every 4 weeks

Eitherways I'm now just waiting the 24 hours to check the
colour to see if their fertile or not

Couple of pics & a vid below

Female Tiger & Male Ablino.(eggs on rock)


Close-up of Mammy(Hanibal) & Daddy(Casper).


Quick Vid

Coincidance I was offered another fishank for sale about 2 hours
before all this happened?

Someone up there knew something I didnt

wow Loggser, that's brilliant, what are you going to to do with all those mini oscars (are they golden globes or SAGs?)

Andrew wrote:

wow Loggser, that's brilliant, what are you going to to do with all those mini oscars (are they golden globes or SAGs?)

Mini headaches I reckon
Off to the lfs today for a brine shrimp hatching kit, do
they not realise theres a recession on

DIY brine shrimp hatching kit



fairyshrimps.com/2009/01/do-it-yourself-...mp-artemia-hatchery/

Thanks Mickey was thinking of the kind like LimerickBandit
refers to in this thread

www.irishfishkeepers.com/cms/component/o...limitstart,10/#45394

In tank Brine Shrimp hatchers, anybody any ideas where
to get them here in Dublin, cant wait on US delivery etc

JohnH wrote:

Loggser,

I just wanted to offer a word of warning - presumably you still have the large Pleco in this tank?

These are inveterate egg-stealers, the Oscars can probably keep it out of harm's way during times when the tank is lit, but it's after 'lights out' that they become a much bigger threat.
I would suggest - if at all possible - you put a low wattage bulb close to the tank after dark, this will give sufficient light for the Oscars to see the 'plunderer' if it comes calling looking for Caviar supper.

Congratulations on the spawning - as you say, now they've started almost nothing will stop them doing it again, and again...

One last word of caution, you might find them a bit of a job to locate buyers for...not everyone likes Oscars (although I fail to understand why...).

John

Hi John,

Yes big Plec's still in the tank as I just have the one for now,
heading out to Blanchardstown today to buy another 160L for when
the fry grow out. I've 2 Fluval 405's on the big tank so I can
transfer one over along with robbing some of the tank water saving
me the whole cycling process. Then return it if I like once the
new filter is up and running (I'll seed the media from my own too)
Plec did try a nightime raid last night but got bitchslapped by
the 2 Oscars at the same time and retreated

Handy info about the light cheers for that tip

I've had small fish in the past and I just dont get them either,
ok I understand tank space contraints too for some folks,
they say Oscars are the puppies of the fish world, lmao they really are.
They do all the usual begging for food, following me around the room
etc, great great fish, go big lads go big

I'll contact all the lfs's and sponsors and see whats happening
with supplying a few for the usual inshop credit etc, not many of
them tend to import them anyways for some reason, easy to keep,
tolerable of diverse water parameters, fun, friendly and way more
impressive than 10 small Tetra's for flips sake, imho that is no offence!
I've had people in the house taken aback when they see them in the
tank, ask what they are, ask loads a questions etc, impressed at them!
Had an Eircom engineer in the house 2 months back who I couldnt
get rid of, kept fish himself, "But nothing like that" he said

I'll see what shifts here at cheap prices etc then I guess I'll be looking
at heavy culling from the start only keeping the fitest,
best looking ones as no doubt thre'll be another batch on the way
and with the numbers they can produce theres simply no way I can
house or rehome/sell them all:S

Congrats on the spawning,

Fab achievement.

All three fish look amazing you must have conditions perfect !!

Mick

*Update*


Sry changed isp and had no net for the last 5 days

Anyways I'm sorry to say I lost to lot, seems the Pleco got
them all during the 2nd night (did the light thing).
Dunno if the parents were caught napping or just went for
a wander etc but needless to say I wasnt ready for 400+ eggs
to be dropped in my lap anyways so its probably just aswell.

Now that I know I have a breeding pair of Oscars I'm getting
a 2nd tank ready for the Plec to stay in during the next spawn,
it'll also do me as a growning out tank for the fry if the
parents aint doing their job etc. I've decided to give them 3
tries at learning themselves as I'd rather have them raise the fry then pull them and do it myself.

Ahh well theres always next time

*Update*

Just turned on the lights right now to find another
300 or so eggs on the rock

Loggser
Good luck this time around.....Hopefully all your preparations are now in place....

Lar

Nice 1 Loggser ill keep my fingers crossed

LB

LimerickBandit wrote:

Nice 1 Loggser ill keep my fingers crossed

LB

Cheers Donal

3rd Oscars gone to the LFS for sale, big Plec got himself
a 100L new home, keeping the parents & eggs together in the
350L for now. Just hope their fertilised, looking the right
colour so far, time will tell

good luck loggser hope it all goes well for you!

best of luck loggser ... hope it all goes well for ya