Yeah, the problem is I am trying to get rid all my fish in that 75G before the Oscar is big enough to move in. I have six 7" discus.
Baby Oscar only eats pellets
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Yeah, the problem is I am trying to get rid all my fish in that 75G before the Oscar is big enough to move in. I have six 7" discus.
Pellets are fine, stay away from live fish as Oscars are prone to HITH. Veggies are the way to go now....squeeze the inside out of a defrosted or cooked pea or lima bean, then when he gets bigger he will eat them whole. Plus they look just like pellets.
I feed my fish ONCE A DAY, btw lol. Sometimes I skip the next day if I give them a larger load of veggies the night before....gives 'em a chance to clean up the stuff they missed or were too full to finish.
Trouble getting them to eat new foods? Starve them for a day or 2....they won't die, trust me.
I feed my fish ONCE A DAY, btw lol. Sometimes I skip the next day if I give them a larger load of veggies the night before....gives 'em a chance to clean up the stuff they missed or were too full to finish.
Trouble getting them to eat new foods? Starve them for a day or 2....they won't die, trust me.
What does adding terrestrial based plant matter do for a fish, that by nature is designed to eat aquatic plant matter as a side dish?
Aquatic based plant matter, such as spirulina, kelp, etc is the way to go. Terrestrial based plant matter, especially uncooked, contains anti-nutritional matter, such as tannins, protease inhibitors, saponins, cyanogens, and phytic acid, which when consumed in excess can have a very negative effect on the growth & overall health of fish.
The heat from processing will reduce most of this anti-nutritional matter, but even then most fish can only digest & assimilate so much terrestrial based plant matter. All of this has been well documented in commercial aquaculture for many years.
Aquatic based plant matter, such as spirulina, kelp, etc is the way to go. Terrestrial based plant matter, especially uncooked, contains anti-nutritional matter, such as tannins, protease inhibitors, saponins, cyanogens, and phytic acid, which when consumed in excess can have a very negative effect on the growth & overall health of fish.
The heat from processing will reduce most of this anti-nutritional matter, but even then most fish can only digest & assimilate so much terrestrial based plant matter. All of this has been well documented in commercial aquaculture for many years.
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Here are some pics of the baby Oscar. I'm concerned about the fish get stunted in growth if missed a meal or two. LOL
Fish don't become stunted by missing the odd meal. In nature feast and/or famine is a way of life. Power feeding only results in fat fish.
I think he is saying aquatic plants are a better alternative then terrestrial plants which would make sense as the only time a fish would eat a terrestrial plant is during the flood season
Definitely reduce the feedings to only 1 or 2 times a day. As said above, skipping feedings for a day or too will spark a fish's interest in trying new foods.
5 to 6 times is allot. It doesnt matter that the fish is small so his his stomach cut feeding to twice a day a few pellets each meal. Clean water is just as important, trust me that fish will grow fast over feeding is going to do more harm than good.
