Feeding an Oscar?

[r6mason]

I bought 2 3 1/2" Oscars Yesterday and they were not eating all day yesterday nor this morning. I call the pet store and they said that they had been feeding the same thing that I had bought. So I went to the pet store and bought 4 rosy red minnows and they ate them in like 2 min. GOOD. only question is how often should I feed them, Will they over eat if I put more fish in the tank next time, and what are some other food options. I bought the small cichlid pellets.


Thanks
Mason

 

[Toirtis]

1) Vary their diet...pellets, frozen foods, and some feeder minnows (no goldfish).

2) Feed them every 2nd day until they are not hungry, or half as much on a daily basis.

3) Make sure you do lots of water changes and have great filtration, as a pair of oscars will muck-up your water faster than you can imagine.

 

[DeFeKt]

try and steer away from the feeders from fish shops..
tortois said it all..
i feed mine, pellets, kangaroo meat and soon ; guppies, which im breeding myself..
just make sure theres no fat in the meat coz they'll spit it out and it will clog up the system.

 

[oscarbreeder]

You can feed him pellets, beefheart, frozen plankton, krill, live crickets and nightcrawlers to name a few.

I would also stay away from feeder fish.

 

[dogspot]

Kangaroo meat?

Probably can't find too much of that in the States....

 

[r6mason]

thank you all very much. They seem to be eating better. I think it was just the move from the pet store to the new big house. the LFS had about 20 4" oscars crammed into a 15 gal tank 8O They are starting to do the normal oscar beg for food deal.

Oh yeah can you ship me some roo meat???



Thanks
Mason

 

[DeFeKt]

haha, i would if i could, They go absolutly wild over it!!!
im suprised u can't get it over there, u'd think our prime minister would be smart enough to harness the countries natural recourse, and export it...
I buy it for $1.50 Aus per kilo steak from the local supermarket..
a kilo so far has lasted me a month, and theres still just under half left.

 

[r6mason]

so how do you feed it to them?? I am new to this and have no idea it was this complicated. I thought you just throw flakes in the tank and they eat. boy was I wrong. I can probiably get lean cow meat and heart and things like this so do I cut it up in bite size chunks or do I put a big piece in there and let them nibble off a little at a time or what???

By the way my dad is in Sydney for 6 months for a business trip. He is thinking about moving there he absolutely loves it there.


Thanks
Mason

 

[DeFeKt]

bite size chunks,hold it in my fingers and they jump to grap it
oh and Australia = Shangri La ...
my barramundi won't touch it unless i move it around across the surface of the water...they're more savage then the oscars.