i have 6 oscars that range from 10 - 12cm and want to know what age and size that they will pair of and breed

welcome to oscarfishlover

how old are your Oscars? You normally read the Oscars sexually mature at about one year old. I actually think this is a little early. From my experience, Oscars will become sexually mature from 16 months onwards, my Oscars are around 18 months old and have just become sexually mature. I bought seven Oscars in the March they were probably around two to three months old then, said in the last three weeks, two sets in two different tanks have started showing signs of sexual maturity as in female Oscars in both of the tanks laying eggs, although they didn't hatch.

If your Oscars are growing properly then I think you've got a fairly long wait

ihave bread a lot of other fish and i thought id give oscars a crack. i have read that they mature around 12 to 18 months but i are not sure of the age because i just got them at this size from a local aquarium. thanks for your help

I have been watching them closley and they are shimmying against each other with other cichlids it is a courting thing is it the same with oscars or do you think its a get out of my way thing

how old roughly is a 5 inch oscar?

approximately 5 to six months. That is a very rough guess, Oscar is normally grow around a 1 inch per month for the first year of their life. As enough of us will know, the growth rates can be very different in individual fish.

mine has grown 2 1/2 inches in the last 4 weeks lol

i think it might depend on the room that they have to grow and the food that they are eating, i have had one oscar in a four x 14 x 18 and one in a six x 2 x 2 and the growth difference was amazing between them

mine is in a 4ft x 2ft x 1 1/2ft

so you would think it would grow pretty quick what else do you have in with it. at the moment i have 6 oscars in a 4 x 14 x 18 tank why my bigger tank is cycling im trying to pair some off for breeding

i ony have a commen pleco in there which is 12 inches

i had to get a big pleco as oscar ate my little one