Where are the eggs?

[MrIan1077]

My female oscar had her tube fully extended last night ready to lay eggs.When I woke up this morning there wasn't an egg to be found.Now her tube is going back up.
Was it a false egg lay?
Did they eat them all up overnight?
I'm really confused.

[OinKY]

Tube dropping doesn't mean it's 100% she's going to lay. Seen them drop for no apparent reason so can't really call it a "false lay" either.

I'm really confused.

You are now a bonafide,fully initiated,Oscar owner.

[donsfish]

Tube dropping doesn't mean it's 100% she's going to lay. Seen them drop for no apparent reason so can't really call it a "false lay" either.

I'm really confused.

You are now a bonafide,fully initiated,Oscar owner.

[MrIan1077]

Awesome....Does this bump up my status in the Oscar Spot? lol
I never heard of a false egg lay before.There's always new to learn about these fish.

[MrIan1077]

When will she lay eggs again?
Is she off of her schedule?

[donsfish]

The "schedule" isn't necessarily precise.There will be variables. My girl will lay somewhere in the 2 week range, for a while and then not lay for months again. While she's in the laying mode anywhere from about 10 -20 days is my guess.....haven't kept that close of tabs on it but certainly not happening exact spacing apart.

[MrIan1077]

I cleaned my oscar tank today and guess what I found.I found eggs as I was vacuuming the gravel.She didn't lay them on the slate at either side of the tank.She laid them in the gravel.This is a new spot for her.I'm still trying to figure out why she did this.My wife said that maybe she doesn't want the oscar eating the eggs.Who knows why?

[OinKY]

I've had a couple of spawns that were "non-adhesive". They simply didn't stick. Why,I couldn't tell you.
That's more likely what happened...layed,tried fanning,shot them into the gravel.

[MrIan1077]

That was the 5th egg lay.Now I'll wait until around June 19th for number 6 egg lay.