Oscar feeding

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Hey guys,

I was wondering if anyone could give me ideas for food that is nutritionally balanced for my oscar?

He is about 22cm in length. Ever since he was an inchling he has refused to eat pellets and flakes or any of those kinds of foods. For the fisrt few months i fed him crickets meal worms and various insects. He gets crickets occasionally now, but its working out to expensive to give a meal of crickets everyday, as my pacu ( who eats anything ) eats his pellets and most of the oscars food. Other than a few crickets once a week he will only eat pigs heart, both of which he goes crazy for. So a massive part of his diet, is this heart. He isnt interested in bloodworms either. What other foods can be recommended?
as i dont feel this diet is balanced and healthy.


Is his growth rate normal? ive had him for approx. a year, maybe 11 months. He lives in a 240 gallon tank.
 
I feed mine pellets, worms from my yard, moths, dried shrimp, raw shrimp, meal worms. I figure that's a semi decent variety at the least.

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Try maybe a diff brand of pellets? I use Hikari Ciclid Gold and the Omega One cichlid pellets, and mine loves them. Maybe you can try only feeding him like 3-5 a day until he breaks his hunger strike against them? The good thing on your side is that oscars like to eat, a lot :]
 
Ive tried a few differant brands of pellets, he has refused them all so far, havent tried Hikari yet, maybe ill give those a bash :) ill try shrimp too, maybe hell go for that,cause he loves chicken breasts and hake. Thanks guys :) never come across such a fussy oscar
 
i have given mine chicken meat,, liver, crickets, blood worm tablets, feeder fish, and worm. they seem to enjoy a variety in their diet...
 
My Oscar will eat anything that hits the water. I feed him worms, pellets, shrimp, krill, beefheart and he also likes spinach.
 
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