O never sees pellets...

[oscaroo]

About 50-75% of the pellets I put in the tank he does not see them and the get mushy. My Oscar only eats "freshly dropped pellets". How do I get him to look for pellets and not only eat "freshly dropped pellets"

 

[1bigdovii]

Maybe try using a food that has garlic in it, or a food with more aroma. If he can smell it he should look for it I would think.

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[F1 VET]

He sees them, prlly just doesn't want em. Don't feed for 5 days or so, then try again.



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[Azedenkae]

What F1 VET sounds crazy, but is actually true. They can be very choosy (cichlids in general, not just oscars). Feed a little amount and eventually the oscar will learn to eat anything that it can get its hands (fins) on.

 

[oscaroo]

I will try both ideas.

 

[oscaroo]

Maybe try using a food that has garlic in it, or a food with more aroma. If he can smell it he should look for it I would think.

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Can I make garlic water out of fresh garlic and soak my pellets in it?

 

[1bigdovii]

Yea, you can also use cruched garlic pills found at vitamin store.

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[DMD123]

Oscars are eating machines but they can become habitual in eating habits. As an example I started feeding Hikari food sticks to mine and he would tear into these like there was no tomorrow. For some reason I thought they were a bit large for some of the other fish in the tank so the next couple of times I broke the sticks up in little pellet sizes instead of the sticks. He totally ignored the food this time. He had come to recognize the shape as something he liked! I notice too that many Oscar owners tend to give food that is too large. A 10" Oscar will eat and tends to make less mess with a 3mm pellet as opposed to an 8mm. Ive also had some better feeding success with some fish using a sinking pellet vs a floating. Just dont let the fish train you too much on what it likes.

 

[F1 VET]

Oscars are eating machines but they can become habitual in eating habits. As an example I started feeding Hikari food sticks to mine and he would tear into these like there was no tomorrow. For some reason I thought they were a bit large for some of the other fish in the tank so the next couple of times I broke the sticks up in little pellet sizes instead of the sticks. He totally ignored the food this time. He had come to recognize the shape as something he liked! I notice too that many Oscar owners tend to give food that is too large. A 10" Oscar will eat and tends to make less mess with a 3mm pellet as opposed to an 8mm. Ive also had some better feeding success with some fish using a sinking pellet vs a floating. Just dont let the fish train you too much on what it likes.

Well said man!



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