{"id":14710,"date":"2023-09-26T04:51:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T02:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/shop\/cave49\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T00:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T22:28:07","slug":"cave49","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/shop\/cave49\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar Fish Spawning Plate \u2013 27cm Breeding Disc &#8211; CAVE by Arafa Nasser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The CAVE Oscar Spawning Plate by Arafa Nasser is a 27 cm diameter handcrafted natural clay breeding disc, specifically designed to encourage Oscar cichlids and other large cichlid species to spawn naturally in captivity. Oscars are substrate spawners that deposit their eggs on flat, smooth surfaces, and this clay plate mimics the natural flat rocks and smooth substrate features they instinctively seek out.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>by Arafa Nasser<\/strong> \u2014 crafted to the exact dimensions preferred by Oscar cichlids for egg deposition<\/li>\n<li><strong>27 cm diameter<\/strong> \u2014 large enough for a full Oscar egg clutch<\/li>\n<li><strong>Natural non-toxic natural clay<\/strong> \u2014 safe and inert in aquarium water<\/li>\n<li>Smooth upper surface is <strong>ideal for egg adhesion<\/strong> by substrate-spawning cichlids<\/li>\n<li>Heavy and stable \u2014 <strong>will not be moved<\/strong> by even large, territorial Oscars<\/li>\n<li>Also suitable for <strong>large convict cichlids, green terrors, and other flat-surface spawners<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Oscar cichlids are among the most popular large freshwater fish in aquariums, prized for their personality and intelligence. Getting Oscars to breed in captivity requires the right conditions, and providing a dedicated spawning surface is one of the most effective ways to trigger spawning behaviour. Place the plate on a flat area of the aquarium floor and allow the Oscar pair to clean and prepare it themselves \u2014 a key part of their bonding and breeding ritual.<\/p>\n<p>Available at mytankscape.com \u2014 specialist breeding accessories for cichlid hobbyists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>natural clay Oscar spawning plate (27cm) by CAVE \u2014 the natural breeding disc for Oscar cichlids and large cichlid pairs in freshwater aquariums.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":""},"product_brand":[697],"product_cat":[323,296,319],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-14710","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_brand-cave","product_cat-caves-clays","product_cat-tank-decorations","product_cat-freshwater-aquariums","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/14710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14710"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/14710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39271,"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/14710\/revisions\/39271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=14710"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=14710"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mytankscape.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=14710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}