allright here it goes so i have two oscar dont know how old both around ten inches and my question is how do i know if my oscar has hit its maturity are there any signs or marking that show this. ive read that the pimple looking thing on there lower jaw sometimes shows that its at maturity

I've often wondered about the pimple thing myself. However, I don't think you can really rely on this. If you have a male and female that pair off and start laying eggs, you'll obviously no they have matured. if you have two Oscars are not going to pair off when you may not see any signs of sexual maturity, apart from when the Oscar starts digging around in the substrate. if you're only keeping one Oscar, the maturity doesn't make any difference to its life.

They say the Oscars reach maturity between one, and 1 1/2 years old. they should be a minimum of 7 inches at one years old, it really does depend on how it's being looked after. My Oscars have never started laying eggs before they are 1 1/2 years old.

my 2 tigers didnt start laying eggs until they were around the 11 inch mark.since i rescued them i really dont know how old they are but based on their size i estimated about 1.5 years. they were abut 6 inches when i got them

My oscars started to dig the substrate on their 14th month old, around 9 inches long. I got them when they were about 1 1/2 inches long only.