Things to feed tiger oscar...

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So I've had my new red tiger oscar for about 2 weeks now. He's about 3-4 inches long (and growing pretty fast! he looks bigger already then when I bought him). So far I've been feeding him a mixture of live crickets, frozen bloodworms, beef heart, frozen brine shrimp (mix usually just makes a HUGE mess), and frozen peas. I also have two 4 senegal bichirs in the tank so they do a pretty good job of picking up left over beef heart and blood worms.

The worms in the compost pile in the backyard are still pretty small, but they start to get to a good size in July. So once they get to be the right size I'll start to him them those as well.

What else do you guys think I can feed my oscar? Also, what other kind of fresh produce that I can find in my kitchen can be fed to him?
 
you've got it pretty well covered. If I were you, I would use a high quality pellet as the staple for his diet (hikari is great). You can also cut out brine shrimp. It's messy and not too useful
 
lol i feed mine calomari. (squid). all it is frozen squid. nothing else in it just suid..
 
I would do as onion suggests, and feed a good pellet food, like Hikari, or NLS. Krill is good too. I would cut out the brine shrimp and the bloodworms
 
Yes, as the above posters have said, live and frozen foods are a great treat but a well-balanced diet will come from pelleted food. My oscar loves Hikari Gold but turns his nose up at Staple.
 
I started both my tigers on Gold the day I got them, I changed to staple since it was way cheaper and I have no money right now... and they damn things wont eat it... but, probably will if you start them young... I just spoiled mine, and now they are picky little things,
 
Just like what everyone else said..
I do bio-gold as a staple and frozen blood worms & krill as a treat every other day or so.
Occasionally mealworms & guppies. Never feeders/goldfish because of their fat content.
 
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