Feeding a young oscar

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redmare

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Two oscar posts in a day! I'm so happy I found this forum. I'm having a really hard time knowing how much to feed my juvenile oscar. She's about 3-4 inches long, I feed her 2-3 times a day. Northfin cichlid pellets and hikari cichlid bio gold are her two staple pellets, with frozen bloodworms, frozen or freeze dried krill, and dried mealwoms as treats. She eats great and has never let food go to waste. It's hard to describe feeding quantities... if you have a similar sized oscar, could you show me how much you feed a day or per meal? It's so hard to tell what the right amount is!
 
Two oscar posts in a day! I'm so happy I found this forum. I'm having a really hard time knowing how much to feed my juvenile oscar. She's about 3-4 inches long, I feed her 2-3 times a day. Northfin cichlid pellets and hikari cichlid bio gold are her two staple pellets, with frozen bloodworms, frozen or freeze dried krill, and dried mealwoms as treats. She eats great and has never let food go to waste. It's hard to describe feeding quantities... if you have a similar sized oscar, could you show me how much you feed a day or per meal? It's so hard to tell what the right amount is!
Feed him as much as he can eat in 2 mins. That should be a good amount.
 
this would be.... a LOT of food lol. she sucks it back!
I’m in the same boat right now! I’ve got a 1” (well, 1” when I got it a few days ago... seems 1.5” now :D)....
He follows me around like he’s starving to death every time I walk by the tank. A couple of days ago I counted how many mini hikari pellets he ate... NINETEEN! No idea where they all went ?
 
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