The
spawning ritual begins when a pair form and take up residence in one particular
part of the tank. The spawning ritual can be extremely violent especially if
it is the first tim that a pair have spawned. Often the pair will jaw lock and
scales can get torn off in the process. This can last for a few hours or a few
days depending upon the pair that you have. They will also tail slap each other
where they line up side by side and slap each other wth their tails and they
also do a lot of shuddering like they are shivering or they have an involuntary
spasm. Spawning may consist of all of these or some of them again depending
upon the pair that you have. During all of this the pair will choose a spot
where they are going to spawn and this will invariably beon a flat piece of
slte or rock if you have one on the tank. if you see any of these signs and
dont have some slate find some and put it in a corner of the tank if you have
other fish in their or in the middle if its just the two of them. Once they
have a site to spawn on they will clean it meticulously mouthing it in a vertical
position and this can last a few hours or a few days. During this time you will
see the spawning tubes begin to emerge from the anal area. The emales tube isthe
largets and will come down around 8 mm, it is rounded like the end on a cotton
bud. The males tube is not so large and is more pointed like a sharpened pencil.
ther eis no set tim for the spawning ritual it can go on for days and soemtimes
its all over in a day. Your Oscars may take their time and there is very little
you can do about it. Sometimes they wil go through themotions the tubes will
appar but then all of a sudden they will stop and proceed no further , thats
Oscars or you. It is extremely dissapointing when that happens but dont give
up, they should spawn eventually.
Please
e-mail steve@bettasplendens.co.uk until further notice
The spawning ritual is shown on the dvd
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