kamakazi5815

simpley what should i feed my new oscars? cause i read that you can feed them flakes but you could feed them other stuff like something called a feeder fish and brine shrimp? well can someone explain to me what this is and give me like a routine of what to feed my fish daily?

hobbiest#5

I have never hade an oscar but i did my research because i almost got one. Oscars will eat almost anything you put in the tank. There is also special oscar pelets.

hobbiest#5

Feeder fish can be platies or goldfish you can buy them cheap(13cence).

Shaina

Start with a good staple diet of appropriately-sized pellets. Hikari Cichlid Gold makes for a good base diet, but there are others as well.

Provide variation in the diet several times a week via freeze-dried or frozen krill, bloodworms, earthworms, shrimp, etc., and the occasional spirulina or algae wafer bit if he will take them.

You *can* give them feeder animals such as guppies or ghost shrimp, but be aware that the ones from the store often carry diseases and have little nutritional value. You need to either raise your own or keep them in a quarantine for a few weeks before feeding them to protect your fish, and feed them a very high-quality diet so those nutrients can be passed on to your fish. While it's not necessary to feed feeders to your Oscar, you also should normally not feed them exclusively. Certain common feeders, such a goldfish, can actually create major problems in your fish if fed exclusively, even if the goldfish are healthy.

Shawnie

I agree with shaina..dont feed them feeders from a pet store ..hole in the head disease is rampid in oscars when fed nasty feeders..which most pet stores are....beef heart, fresh shrimp , bloodworms, and cichlid pellets are best...but as others have said, your two oscars in a 29 gal tank wont survive no matter what you feed them..so getting them a bigger tank asap is a must.....goodluck!