Oscars Needs

[Mystix212]

Dont make a new thread, just keep asking questions in this one.

When you first get your oscar, you will feed it based on instinct. (Which means you may keep feeding it untill you see the fish subside from eating). After a few weeks, you will easily learn how much the fish can eat. Every day, you COULD feed the fish so much that its stomach is the size of a ping pong ball. This is a bad habbit and you need only feed as much food when its belly starts to look a bit pooched. (little bump in the stomach so to speak).

 

[Chago09]

I agree with mysitix. My fish have all been feed twice a day from young and once there over 10" only once a day. Anyone who has a problem with that has lost their minds, considering in the wild these fish would be lucky to eat once a week. If you believe otherwise then you need to return your fish so your pet store owner can send the fish back to the youth lake with all the unicorns running around. Overfeeding to promote growth IMO could be a cause of premature death and HITH.

If you think logically, or look in the mirror with probably most of us. Were overweight and unhealthy. Why you ask??? Cause we eat like lions when we don't need that much food. What else happens when you eat to much??? You crap a lot more.

When your a fish and your toilet is the same as your bedroom, family room, office etc. then you don't want to be crapping as much. So power feeding is only gonna waste your money and pollute your tank. Polluted tank will only cause problems with fish.

Its more important to feed quality rather than quantity. Feed less food but good food and you will have faster growth then idiots who just feed all day and feed crap. $1000 bucks says my fish live longer too. Heres a pic of my Oscar in case someone asks me if I kept one.

 

[ZCciVic22]

I agree with Chago. You're better off spending your money on higher quality food than more crap food. My 12" Oscar gets fed once a day. He's a Lean, Mean Pooping machine. Oscars are super dirty fish, and yours will probably spit out as much chewed up food as he swallows. Feed him as much as he will eat until his stomach is "pooched". If he does stop eating when he is full, as mine will now, be sure to remove any uneaten food.

 

[BlueKiller82]

I read the post and im not sure if i missed it but Water changes are a must as well as an adequate size tank. What size tank are you gonna be using?

 

[invisyblegypsey]

my O eats grapes

 

[ZCciVic22]

I read the post and im not sure if i missed it but Water changes are a must as well as an adequate size tank. What size tank are you gonna be using?

Very good point. At least a 25% change weekly to maintain good water quality.

 

[Militis]

Thanks guys i have gathered enough info and now i feel a little less nervous can't wait to get my O next week it will be tuff choice as they are all so cool.

 

[Militis]

BlueKiller82 it is a 55G but i think it is a bit bigger i think it is 60G not sure but yer i know about water changes i am buying 4 buckets ok
prepare water in two of the buckets and as soon as i take out water i put the new water in slowly.

 

[Chago09]

militis, if you want to save your floors and your back do the following.

Buy a Python

Not the snake the water siphoning tool.

I don't know where you would get it in Australia but here is what it looks like

http://www.bigalsonline.ca/StoreCat...and_fill_25?&query=python&queryType=0&offset=

this thing is the next best thing since sliced bread. Basically hook it up, suck water out then turn the switch and water goes back in. You can literally do 5 tanks maintenance in the time it takes someone with buckets to do one.

 

[Militis]

Yer i was looking through all this stuff that was given to me and i find a siphon not as good as that one but it should still do the job but so the python is good does it all but my siphon and buckets should do i good job plus i am a strong person i got irish and scotish blood in me lol >< .