I've been thinking of getting one ^^
What kind of food should I feed it? Pellets or live food or both, and how often?
What kind of food should I feed it? Pellets or live food or both, and how often?
What kind of foods should a 4-5 in oscar eat?
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Disease, nutritional content, etc. Also I believe Oscars are more Omnivore than Piscivore. What kind of live were you thinking of feeding it specifically?
They have little nutrition because the are starved during shipping and then very poorly cared for at the store. They are generally kept in terrible water conditions at stores and are often carriars of parasites and protozoans that will infect your fish.
ProblEmZ;2854042; said:
I don't really know much about feeding fish live foods, but anything that is easy to find and not too expensive would be fine. I heard comets carry diseases, would I be able to put them in a 10 gallon tank for a while to see if they're healthy?
Maybe buying a tube of brine shrimp eggs and trying to hatch them? Don't know how well I'll do it though
Feed a staple of a brand pellet food (e.g. hikari cichlid gold).
Then you should also occasionally give him spirinula or algae tablets (remember, they are omnivorous), and perhaps some shrimp or quarantined feeders. Maybe some blood worms too.
I assume you realize he won't stay at 4-5 inches, right?
Then you should also occasionally give him spirinula or algae tablets (remember, they are omnivorous), and perhaps some shrimp or quarantined feeders. Maybe some blood worms too.
I assume you realize he won't stay at 4-5 inches, right?
Freezekougra;2854056; said:I don't really know much about feeding fish live foods, but anything that is easy to find and not too expensive would be fine. I heard comets carry diseases, would I be able to put them in a 10 gallon tank for a while to see if they're healthy?
Maybe buying a tube of brine shrimp eggs and trying to hatch them? Don't know how well I'll do it though
Comets are unhealthy, even if quarantined. They have high reserves of thyamine, and are otherwise barren of nutrition. If you want to feed live foods, oscars love crayfish.
A large oscar won't bother with brine shrimp...