Documenting the growth rate of my oscars.

[Xeno]

Hey,
I am keeping four juvenile Astronotus ocellatus (red tiger, albino tiger and long fin) in a 6.5ft by 22in at the moment.
I want to share some pictures of the development of the fish since I've got them.
I feed them shrimps, frozen fish and insects.

 

[fishhead0103666]

Nice.

 

[Jeffro2006]

Colors faded really hard on that second one, why not switch over to a good pellet?

 

[Xeno]

The coloration depends on the mood.
It can be almost black as well but most of the time it's showing this light coloration which I do really like.

Oh I don't know.
Been keeping predatory species for years now and I am just used to not mainly use pellets in all tanks but one.

And keeping it natural can't be wrong.

 

[Ogertron3000]

Looks like they are coming along well, what sizes are they?
What else do you do besides natural diet, how many and how large water changes?

 

[Go_redfish]

adorable little monsters. My juvi O eats a grocery list worth of foods. Pellets offer vitamins and nutrients that may be lacking in other singular food types. I perfer gel foods myself tho. I grind up pellets and add them to my gels.. I cheat lol

 

[MrsE88]

Wow, I’ve never cared for longfin oscars but that one is very stunning.

 

[Jexnell]

Great looking O's, keep us updated on thier progress.

 

[Kvandy]

adorable little monsters. My juvi O eats a grocery list worth of foods. Pellets offer vitamins and nutrients that may be lacking in other singular food types. I perfer gel foods myself tho. I grind up pellets and add them to my gels.. I cheat lol

How do you make gel food ?

 

[Go_redfish]

How do you make gel food ?

Easiest way is Repashy.

https://www.store.repashy.com/by-product-type-en/fish-food-gels/

I use inscetivore, spawn&grow, super green, soilent, and red drum. To all of that I may add some fine ground pellets, ground flax seed, garlic powder. I feed 3 to 4 times a day, do a 10% water change 6 days a week, 90% 1x wk.

The point is my 3month old oscar is 5inches long...

I am not hugely experienced with keeping Oscars. I've been taking advice from members like Jexnell , tlindsey , Deadliestviper7 (these people know their stuff well) and I mix it with what Ive learned from growing out other species. I'm hoping they will help me produce a 15 inch fish in the next 5 yrs or so. Lol