Do Oscar's really need a varied diet?

[BassetsForBrown]

If I only feed him my staple - a quality spirylina flake - and maybe brine on e a week, would he need more than that?

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[haynchinook334]

I don't think flakes will cut it when the fish is 4"+ or even smaller. Oscars aren't that picky when it comes to foods of any type. Plus, it's a good habit to try to feed a "predatory" fish a varied diet.


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[Chub_by]

What hayn said. Pellets have much more nutrition than flakes.

 

[Oscarowner84]

Flakes will not work.

Feeding your Oscar fish on a healthy diet is very important indeed. Oscar fish can be susceptible to various diseases so amongst healthy tank conditions, a healthy and suitable diet is a good start to keeping your Oscar healthy for many years.
Like a lot of creatures that prey on live food, Oscar fish have got very big eyes. They rely purely on their excellent eyesight to locate and hunt food. Their eyesight is so good, they can even see things behind them because of the way the eyes protrude. Oscars will feed at any depth so they will readily accept floating, or sinking food.

In the wild the Oscars diet consists mainly of insects and small fish. It is important that you feed your Oscar on a healthy and varied diet. An unhealthy diet could well lead to your Oscar developing disease or picking up parasites. If you want to try and replicate an Oscars natural diet than you could harvest insects and critters from your garden. Beetles, spiders, cricket's, worms, will all be a tasty and healthy snack for your Oscar fish.

Two of my favourite brands are made by Hikari and Tetra. These being Hikari Cichlid Gold which has a colour enhancing agent added. I also always have a supply of Tetra DorImin. They come in various sizes that should suit the very smallest, to the very largest Oscar. If you have a medium to large Oscar, I would suggest that you always purchase a larger size in these products.

Hope this helps!

 

[fhawk362]

Yea I'd go with a quality pellet like hikari. Varied diets can be beneficial but not necessary.


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[Aquanero]

I would not cinsider that a suffecent diet for and oscar. I would feed a quality pellet NLS, Extreem, Hakari, Omega One what ever you like as the staple then you could treat ocassionally with other items shch as worms, shrimp, krill etc. I feed NLS as a staple.

 

[Oscarowner84]

The problem I have is that when feeding NLS I was vacuming poo by the ton out of the substrate and filter maintenance requirements increased.

In all fairness, this was after switching from Hikari Bio Gold Plus and there is a huge reduction in waste when feeding Hikari Bio Gold Plus (I'm not kidding, the difference is significant). That component of the product marketing is not hype, it's real. Just as the claims by NLS that it will improve coloration are real.

But I eventually switched back to Hikari Bio Gold Plus, choosing less waste over improved coloration.

 

[lennym]

A varied diet is best for health and the interest of an intelligent fish. The human equivalent would be like eating rice every day. It would sort of sustain you but would you want that?


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[IndyTexy]

I agree a vaired diet with high quality pellets, frozen foods, and earthworms

 

[s1c]

^^ Agree.

Flakes will not work.

Feeding your Oscar fish on a healthy diet is very important indeed. Oscar fish can be susceptible to various diseases so amongst healthy tank conditions, a healthy and suitable diet is a good start to keeping your Oscar healthy for many years.
Like a lot of creatures that prey on live food, Oscar fish have got very big eyes. They rely purely on their excellent eyesight to locate and hunt food. Their eyesight is so good, they can even see things behind them because of the way the eyes protrude. Oscars will feed at any depth so they will readily accept floating, or sinking food.

In the wild the Oscars diet consists mainly of insects and small fish. It is important that you feed your Oscar on a healthy and varied diet. An unhealthy diet could well lead to your Oscar developing disease or picking up parasites. If you want to try and replicate an Oscars natural diet than you could harvest insects and critters from your garden. Beetles, spiders, cricket's, worms, will all be a tasty and healthy snack for your Oscar fish.

Two of my favourite brands are made by Hikari and Tetra. These being Hikari Cichlid Gold which has a colour enhancing agent added. I also always have a supply of Tetra DorImin. They come in various sizes that should suit the very smallest, to the very largest Oscar. If you have a medium to large Oscar, I would suggest that you always purchase a larger size in these products.

Hope this helps!