Oscars...mating or fighting?

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Billjensen

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I had two Oscars, one Black Tiger Oscar and a Albino Oscar. They are about 7 inches each and were getting too big for their tank. I then transported both of them to my friends tank which had a solo albino oscar about the same size. Both Albino ones automatically started fighting. They would lock mouths and hit eachother in the side constantly.
They both seemed really tired after a while but kept fighting. Then I had to seperate them and put my albino oscar in a different tank. Now it is just my blakc one and my friends albino and they seems to be doing fine together.

Were they fighting or mating? I honestly have no idea of their sex.

If I didn't give enough info please feel free to ask any questions, I really want to figure this out.
 
fighting! they should be two male albino oscar!
 
What what? They "Should be two males?" How do you know that they are fighting? ANd if they are mating how would I know?
 
Also, neither of them will attack the black one :/

And one of the white ones took a chunk of scales off of the other one now...
 
oscar have to pair up before spawn, the male oscar will not attack the female(it is unlikely for the male to attack the female)! if they are paring up, you will see them swim around like doing a dance together then after pairing they will protect each other. Male oscar grow up together don't usually have problem until you put a female in the tank! my guess is your black oscar is a female so the male abino try to get rid of the new guy first then turn around and kick his underling tank-mate to show the girl that he's a strong male.
some pics or video will help better!
 
Im going to bed now but I will try to get a video tomorrow. Thanks for the answer.

Also I have had the black on and my white one together since birth...And you are saying one is a female and one is a male...why didnt they ever breed at all? They are a little over 2 years old
 
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