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Hi all i am a newbie here. i have 4 oscars in one tank it is divided in half my albino and my tiger have just layed there first lot of eggs and she is still laying them while i am typing this . can someone please help me and guide me though this very special time for me cheers.
p.s it's the first time these pair have mated not sure if my female has layed eggs before i got her or not .my male i have had from a baby.

JUST A UPDATE I GOT UP THIS MORNING AND THEY HAVE CHANGED COLOUR AND THE AMOUNT OF THEM HAS REDUCED.THEY ARE NOW A TAN OR BEIGE LOOKING COLOUR.

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JUST A UPDATE I GOT UP THIS MORNING AND THEY HAVE CHANGED COLOUR AND THE AMOUNT OF THEM HAS REDUCED.THEY ARE NOW A TAN OR BEIGE LOOKING COLOUR.

today is day 3 and i can see little tails and little wiggles:-)

now we r day 4 and i have little wiggles everywere now .

They look good and U should have lots of them swimming around soon..
NOW U dont' want to feed them just yet.. they need to be free swimming as off the bottom.. that takes anywhere from til they hatch to 5-7 days..

The best food for them wil be FROZEN baby brime shrimp.. I use frozen and it is easy to use. Defost the cubes, use 2 per feeding, in a cup 1/2 filled with THEIR tank water..once it dissolves U can slowly but firmly pour it in the front of the tank ON their side so the filter can take it down to them.. This is how I feed my fry.. After U pour it in, U might want to LEFT UP the IN TAKE TUBE in the filter so the food stays in the tank.. Turning the filter OFF is not a good idea.. Just remember to push it back down in 15 min or so.. dont' remove it, just left it up so the filter is not working but stil on..

Also the intake head should be mid way in the tank.. this wil help the fry out greatly and not suck them up.. Most fry feel the pull on the intake, so they do avoid it.. So no worries.. U can remove any fry from the filter if U see they are getting sucked up.. but just keeping the intake head mid tank will help keep them safe.. Maybe for the first week, U can do ONE filter on one side.. This wil help the fry as most filters are on HIGH so the force of the down current is going to really make it hard for them.. NOT sure here as My filters can be turned down.. Oscars are messy so U are going to have to see how this plays out in your tank..

IT may be best to also feed mom and dad first so they dont' swim into the food as it gets to the fry.. Mine do this but stil they find the fine baby brime shrimp.. Some parents dont' eat when they are guarding the newly hatched fry.. so be aware of that.. They wont' starve and eat later.. Remove any adult food in 20 min or so..

U also might want to clean the tank/filter out NOW before they go free swim.. This wil let U clean MOST of the tank/filter around them and not worry about sucking any fry up.. Mom and dad wont' like it so beware of that.. just do the best U can with out getting to close them them..
Stllearnin is the Oscar specialist here.. He raises them so he would know more..

hi all just wondering how long are they in the substrate? they dug a new hole and put them in there and now i cant see them anymore but they still hover over that part of the tank.

They moved them as they turn into wigglers. That is the stage of them hatching out.. They will watch over this area UNTIL U see them swimming around.. that takes about 4 to 6 days from when they moved them.. They are fine and mom and dad are acting just like they should..

Let US know when they are swimming around.. That is a grand site to see!!

Have a great Oscar day!! Barb

i really think they r no longer. i think they died in the rocks? i can not see them at all .mum and dad r still hovering but r acting real strange.

U wont see them as they are just a touch bigger than the size of a pin point. suprising really for the size of the Oscars..

They are eating their egg sacks and they stay in the gravel bed for protection, Natural instinct here.. IF they were no longer, then the parents would NOT be hovering around a certain place.. Just give them a few more days and U will see them starting to free swim.. (IF I am not wrong here)..

My Midas do this too. but they lay in a big flower pot and the fry are their too in a corner.. Mom piles gravel in a corner of the pot and places them into it once they start to wiggle out of the eggs.. Neat to watch.. Oscars are more of a flat surface spawners so they remove the wigglers to another place of safety..

This is how they got the wigglers name.. They use their tails to back out of their egg shell, but continue to eat the main sack for a few days.. The only part that really moves is their tail fin, Wiggling alot but can not swim right now..

They wil also be buryed in the gravel so do NOT disturb it for a good week.. Most wigglers will climb out of the gravel bed at one week from hatching.. Instinct here to find food as now they are hungry.. mom and dad wil spot most and place them with the others as they emmerge from the gravel.. Amazing how they can see them so small.. they are not eating them so dont' panic..

U have way to much gravel in this tank.. WHEN they get bigger, I would remove most to only 2" as this wil help keep the tank cleaner and less work for U to vac the gravel..

well i have some news i did a tank change over the weekend and when i was sucking the rocks i found some babys they r so small still that why i could not see them now to see wot happends and if they get any bigger.

Their wil be 200+ give or take here.. So how are they doing now?? Any swimming around yet?? they should be..

Keep us posted on how the are doing and some pics if U can..

Hello Deb!! hows it going with the oscars?? Do U still have Fry?? let us know..

they have all died there was sum swimming but they disapered. cheers all waiting for next batch. Debby