Tiger Oscar disliking Hikari Cichlid Pellets? - Aquarium Advice

jbarr · 08-20-2006, 08:12 PM

I don't really understand, but I bought Hikari Cichlid Pellets at the LFS today, and I came home excited to have bought some specialty fish food, and all he does is spit it back out!

Will he get used to it? Should I stick to the flakes?

(PS - What else to Tiger Oscar's like to eat? Any suggestions?)

Please and thanks!

rich311k · 08-20-2006, 08:15 PM

Mine ate pellets, red worms, krill, liver, beef heart.

DeFeKt · 08-20-2006, 10:06 PM

don't feed anything else AT ALL.
he'll eat them when he starts to get hungry.
Took me 2 weeks to ween mine fully onto pellets

RogerMcAllen · 08-21-2006, 01:35 AM

How big is the oscar? I would try not feeding him for 3 days to a week before trying the pellets again.

jbarr · 08-21-2006, 05:22 AM

He's about 3 in. as of now. About a month old. One problem is that I have other fish to feed as well. I usually just feed them with flakes, and the oscar has no problem whatsoever eating most of the flakes himself. Any advice?

Jaybird · 08-21-2006, 11:43 AM

You can make sure that the flakes you put in are really, really small. He probably won't bother with them then. What size pellets did you get? Perhaps they are too big for him/her to swallow.

I have one that will eat just about anything....except vegetables. So, if I want to feed the others I can put in some zuchhini that I put in the microwave long enough to soften it. He won't touch the stuff!

At about three inches, you could go with the mini size that Hikari makes.

Congrats on getting a high-quality food for your oscar. I would have to agree with the others: let him get hungry and he will eat the pellets.

evercl92 · 08-21-2006, 12:06 PM

Mine eats hikari pellets, earthworms, tubifex worm cubes, red worms, grasshoppers, crickets, turkey, liver, tankmates (rosy / tiger barbs). Keep mixing it up, he'll soon get a taste for everything.

08-20-2006, 08:12 PM	#1
jbarr Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hennepin, MN Posts: 335 Images: 9	Tiger Oscar disliking Hikari Cichlid Pellets? I don't really understand, but I bought Hikari Cichlid Pellets at the LFS today, and I came home excited to have bought some specialty fish food, and all he does is spit it back out! Will he get used to it? Should I stick to the flakes? (PS - What else to Tiger Oscar's like to eat? Any suggestions?) Please and thanks!

08-20-2006, 10:06 PM	#3
DeFeKt Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: perth australia Posts: 1,435 Images: 18	don't feed anything else AT ALL. he'll eat them when he starts to get hungry. Took me 2 weeks to ween mine fully onto pellets __________________ Dimidiochromis compressiceps, Astatotilapia latifasciata Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos Labidochromis caeruleus Cynotilapia afra 'Cobue' Pseudotropheus acei 'Msuli Point' Aulunocara stuartgranti 'chipoka' Labidochromis freibergi Oreochromis mossambicus Etroplus suratensis

08-21-2006, 01:35 AM	#4
RogerMcAllen Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 2,361 Images: 16	How big is the oscar? I would try not feeding him for 3 days to a week before trying the pellets again. __________________ Have your reviewed your aquarium products yet?

08-21-2006, 12:06 PM	#7
evercl92 Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Groveport, OH Posts: 625 Images: 5	Mine eats hikari pellets, earthworms, tubifex worm cubes, red worms, grasshoppers, crickets, turkey, liver, tankmates (rosy / tiger barbs). Keep mixing it up, he'll soon get a taste for everything. __________________ "... if any one specie does not become modified and improved in a corresponding degree with its competitors, it will soon be exterminated." - Charles Darwin

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08-20-2006, 08:15 PM	#2
rich311k Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 8,972 Images: 35	Mine ate pellets, red worms, krill, liver, beef heart.

08-21-2006, 05:22 AM	#5
jbarr Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hennepin, MN Posts: 335 Images: 9	He's about 3 in. as of now. About a month old. One problem is that I have other fish to feed as well. I usually just feed them with flakes, and the oscar has no problem whatsoever eating most of the flakes himself. Any advice?

08-21-2006, 11:43 AM	#6
Jaybird Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Nairobi, Kenya Posts: 289 Images: 5	You can make sure that the flakes you put in are really, really small. He probably won't bother with them then. What size pellets did you get? Perhaps they are too big for him/her to swallow. I have one that will eat just about anything....except vegetables. So, if I want to feed the others I can put in some zuchhini that I put in the microwave long enough to soften it. He won't touch the stuff! At about three inches, you could go with the mini size that Hikari makes. Congrats on getting a high-quality food for your oscar. I would have to agree with the others: let him get hungry and he will eat the pellets.

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