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Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 7:49 am Post subject: Jumping Oscar

Hi,
Its winter now. Did you by any chance use a heater without an automatic cutout or a not working properly cutout in your Oscar tank and forget to switch it off??????That definitely is one time when they sure will leap out of the tank. Sad

Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 12:32 pm Post subject:

Hi Trevor

When the Oscars jumped up it was April, not now.

The bottom line is carelessness.

Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 12:40 am Post subject:

Hi, I am Venkatesh (Venkat), working as a programmer Analyst, basically from Tambaram now in Detroit. I have one 10 Gallon Tank with 9 Guppies and 5 Guppies Fry :lol: and 2 red Mollies.
My Aquarium is 5 days Old

Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 8:11 am Post subject:

Hi Venkat,
Welcome to IAH! And welcome to the hobby!! Smile

Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2004 1:04 pm Post subject:

I guess users with original names venkat is more available in IAH. How about a new thread for "which name is most"???? just kidding.

Welcome Venkat of Detroit into IAh. This is is a great place for like minded hobbyists to meet.

Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 2:48 pm Post subject:

Hi All,

My name is Suhas. I am from Bangalore.

I am into fish keeping since 3 years. I am interested in Cichilds and specially Devil and Jaguar.

I am currently pursuing my 2nd year BBA.

Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 2:52 pm Post subject:

Welcome to IAH Suhas.

Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 9:53 am Post subject:

Hi,

My name is Sridhar. I am a Network Engineer by profession working in Wipro Technologies Bangalore. I have been raising fishes for the past 8-9 years. My most prefered fish of all is the Oscar (of which I have 12). I am in search of getting a breeding pair but still not lucky. I have four glass tank (110 gallon, 2x55 gallon and 45 gallon) and two cement tank (one housing 5 Oscars and another one housing varieties of mollies, guppies) and a pond (which has lot of goldfishes and some angles). Of this only two tanks are here in Bangalore and rest of them are at my home place in palghat, kerala.I am planning to add Discus and Arowana also to my collections. Planning to add two more 6 feet tanks soon( one for discus and another for Arowana).

Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 10:43 am Post subject:

Hi Sridhar

Good to note you are a great fan of oscar. To find a breeding pair it is always suggested that young juvenilles about 6-7 are let in a larger tank and observed closely. When they grow out the breeding pair establishes always staying together. Then comes the question of laying eggs and fertilising. But once established, they stay out together throughout their life. Very interesting.

Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 11:34 am Post subject:

Hi Venki,

I tried that. The five oscars which are in the cement tank was bought when they were 1-2 inch in size and now they have grown close to 10 inches in one and half years. But still no luck. I have another four in a six feet tank of which one seems to be a female. I am still not 100 % sure that it is a female.The have reaches 6 inches in size. I can only be sure when they grow another two inches because that is when they reach sexual maturity.

Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 12:03 pm Post subject:

Hi Sridhar

The layman's concept of identifying females in oscars. Female's dorsal fin has a black dot / patch.

Of course the venting methods of u shape and v shape for femlae and males respectively.

But on oscars, the pairing is the key. Even if you identify male and female - pairing will not occur if not compatibel.

Oscars are unpredictable hulks. This is the best part.

Also at 1-2" oscars cannt pair. They must be 3-5 " juvenilles. It is only during this time - they show out their dominance and fight for space. On a large tank smaller fishes do not realise or require their need for larger space. Ideally i suggest a 3' tank with 5-6 juveniles. The stronger males attack the weak ones. During this time if there is a female and if our male is attracted he will pair. The female too will adore his dominance and get attracted. They will always stick together. This when noticed must make us separate them and move them to a larger tank. When moved to a larger tank, they surely will breed if is a breeding pair.

But remember oscars are gentle giants. If unobserved the attacks of dominant ones might be fatal for the less dominant ones.

Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2004 12:32 pm Post subject:

You are right. In my case since the five adult ones are in a large cement tank (9 x 3 x 3 Feet) i have never till now seen them fighting. But in my six feet tank initially i had 6 of them but had to remove two smaller ones to a seperate tank as they were constantly fighting with the 2 lager albino's i have. I was surprised as the larger ones were almost double the size of the smaller ones and still they never retaliated. The smaller ones were the common oscars. I have heard that they are the most agressive of all the varieties. Do you have a photo which shows the black spot in the dorsal fins you mentioned in the earlier post.

Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2004 6:50 pm Post subject:

Sridhar could you please tell me what kind of filteration do you use for the tank.

Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2004 10:27 pm Post subject:

Hi Sridhar and Vijay:

Pls stick to topic and do relevant postings...
Bye,

Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 6:52 pm Post subject:

:wink: hi everbody,
i am sanjay galande (..sanju) mechanical engg. working in pvt ltd comp. in nasik,maharashtra
i have fun with aquarum from last 3-4 ears .Ihave one planted tank(thxs 2 planted nut to grow it well) and one regular tank .
generally i brough fishes from LFS only
besides aquarium i love music and reading fictions
i like to make new friends....Here at IAH i feel very lucky with all aquarists thanks to web-maKER !