He's about 6 inches long (about 5 months old) & seems to have an enormous appetite.
2007-03-09 14:22:27 · 11 answers · asked by jaine_dou 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
You can feed them lots of things.
Feeder fish (just be careful about introducing diseases)
Silversides
Crayfish (again, be careful with diseases, especially if you catch them yourself)
Raw beef or beef heart (not very often at all, they are high in fats and proteins).
Mice or pinkies (Some do like them...)
Night crawlers and earthworms (rinsed)
Crickets and grass hoppers (or pretty much any insect that you can catch)
Bloodworms (mine always liked the frozen cubes)
Oscars are Omnivores, not carnivores, so they will eat some vegetables. Mine liked frozen peas. Some people like to shell them, which does help, otherwise they spit out the skin after they eat the inside. They never ate the zucchini that I put in for the pleco though, but you can try other veggies and see if they like them.
Stuff like the feeder fish and beef, you don't want to feed often. Maybe once or twice a week as a treat. Worms and insects can be fed daily if you can keep up with the demand for them.
2007-03-09 16:37:44 · answer #1 · answered by jcrnr79 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oscars have a voracious, somewhat indiscriminate appetite.
Floating or sinking Cichlid pellets, frozen bloodworm or cichlid dinner are suitable. There is a specific Oscar food available (HBH Oscar Show), which brings out the colour.
Try feeding thawed fresh pea once a week, and fast your fish once every 2 weeks, which will enable his system to rejuvenate.
Live crickets or mealworms can also be fed occasionally.
The natural diet of Oscars consists largely of smaller fish, including Corydoras, crustaceans such as crayfish, gastropods, and aquatic insects or insect larvae.
As your fish is about 5 months old, thus a juvenile, feed it 3-4 times a day, only for whatever it eats in the first 4-5 minutes.
2007-03-09 22:20:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any larger live foods are a good choice and part of a healthy diet for your Oscar. You can feed them once a day if you like as long as you are balancing his diet with a good pelleted food. Just don't let him over eat!
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2007-03-09 15:11:45 · answer #3 · answered by magicman116 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-23 18:29:30 · answer #4 · answered by lafayette 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oscars are carnivorous. So give him some non veg to eat. Don't give him anything in an excess, and neither what humans eat (like chicken and meat), as that would make your tank very dirty. Try some shrimps or something.
2007-03-09 14:55:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Probably don't want to feed too often, but any carnivorous food would be a good choice. Krill, Mysis Shrimp, maybe some human grade shrimp or squid.
2007-03-09 14:33:40 · answer #6 · answered by Son of a Mitch 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I used to give my oscars pieces of hot dogs
2007-03-10 01:59:12 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My dads got a 14inch oscar. He feeds him live worms, grubs, and crickets. Sometimes minnows too.
He loves them.
2007-03-09 15:21:58 · answer #8 · answered by adams_softy2010 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
by feeders they about 10 per dollar. + is cool to see how he eat them
2007-03-09 14:28:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
ANYTHING ALIVE mine like fishworms--nightcrawler's--
be SURE to rince them first with clear un-clorinated water
2007-03-09 15:00:15 · answer #10 · answered by robrr03 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋