You could be feeding too much, too often that their bodies don't have the chance to fully digest the food. They may eat so much that the freshly eaten food forces out the previous meal before it can be fully digested. Try cutting back the amount and frequency of your feedings.
Oscars not growing. HELP
- Thread starter makoshoemaker
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I cut back the frequency of feeding. They look like they are finally growing! they are tiny still 1.5" and 2.5"
10 times a day? Feed them till they are full or give them 10 pellets a day? Seems like a bit much
2What are your water parmeters? Especially for growth you want nitrate below 20ppm and certainly 0 ammonia and nitrite... also you want lots and lots of O2 in the water. Remember they can only process a limited quantity of food a day, anything they can't digest goes into the water, especially excess protein... waste of money and polluting...
Is the poop white and stringy? That means parasites. Any flashing? rubbing sideways on rock/gravel/ect.
For two oscars you will need a 120 gallon.
For two oscars you will need a 120 gallon.
These oscars still have loads of time to grow. This is their tank till i get a big enough space to set up my 112. One of my oscars gets a light green thin feces, but thats when i feed him light for the day. Could this be a parasite? and what should i treat with? Is the treatment going to have any effect on my BB?
Ive seen him rub his side on the gravel maybe once or twice
Ive seen him rub his side on the gravel maybe once or twice
My oscars are never full, they buldge until they hit the bottom of the tank. If I don't feed them they will eat the other fish in the tank.. They ate a jaguar last week because I fed them in the morning and by night he was torn to pieces..
