Oscar staple diet

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Would "Freeze dried jumbo krill" and market shrimp be a good staple diet for oscars?
and do i really have to feed them feeders or will i be fine without them
 
Don't feed fedders, they don't have much nutrition in them, and they carry disease. Use a good pellet like Hikari cichlid gold..they like it, and it grows them good too. You can feed them things like shrimp, prawns and salmon from the grocery store as treats...earthworms are well liked too.
Some people raise their feeders if that what they want to feed them, in raising the feeders, you won't get the disease....but definately, they need a good pettet to get everything they need.
I hope this helps you..;)
 
thank you:)
is the market shrimp and krill good until i get some pellets?
 
It will do for a few meals. Get a good pellet, as stated above for a staple diet. My fish all do fine on a home made diet and never get live, unless they eat one of their tankmates.
 
sounds good thanks for the info:D
 
Feeding a 12 or 14 inch oscar nothing but FD would cost a fortune. Hikari Cichlid gold/biogold or Omega One pellets would be good. NLS is also recommended by a lot of people.
 
FSM;1873005; said:
Feeding a 12 or 14 inch oscar nothing but FD would cost a fortune. Hikari Cichlid gold/biogold or Omega One pellets would be good. NLS is also recommended by a lot of people.
mix it up w/ variety. for instance new life spectrum pellets in the a.m. krill or beef heart in the p.m. see what your fish prefers but give a variety. i even give mine frozen veggies as treats along w/ nightcrawlers or adult bloodworms and the go nuts.;)
 
I would use the quality pellet food (NLS, Omega One, Hikari) as the staple, to go along with freeze dried krill (I do that with my smaller cichlids, using mysis instead of krill). They definitely do not need feeder fish at all.
 
What veggies could i feed him? ive heard peas
is canned peas or green beans good? or only frozen
 
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