I met someone who was abusing his oscar yesterday

fishcatch22

fishcatch22

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hi,all. so there was this guy at wal-mart buying a goidfish to feed to his oscar, right? and I walk up to him and say I hope he knows they are terrible feeders as they are a waste of money (he was buying a fancy goldie, not a feeder one), have little nutritive value, and can relay diseases to his oscar, so I recommended that he instead feed it oscar pellets and krill instead. and you know what that @$$hole said!?!? and I quote: "Where's the fun in that?" that sickko cares more about his satisfaction than the well-being of his fish, and to make it worse, he also said that he had it in a 10g aquarium, so I said he needs a 55g, bare minimum, and he said, and I quote, "But they just grow to the size of their enviroment!" I wish I knew where he lived so I could break into his house and save that poor oscar! :mad2: :(
 
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well, the only reason i feed feed my angel live food, is the fun of watching him eat them... maybe that dude isnt so mean, maybe he just likes to watch hes fish stalk the feeder, while it is blissfully looking aroud its new home, and then CHOMP!!!. its all gone and there is no more feeder fish.
 
does this surprise you at all?
To many people buy fish like this just to watch them kill some other fish. Its the attitude of having a predator and thinking its cool. The fish will get hole in the head due to lack of nutrients.
I went to a LFS and there was this guy who wanted to buy an Eel, a lion fish, and a trigger cause they were mean fish.
 
yeah, but shouldn't he care wether if his fish is getting a good diet or not!?!?
 
There is nothing wrong with feeding predatory fish live food. It is catergorized as a predatory fish for a reason. I think people humanize fish too much. It is more against nature that this fish is not eating live food. You just have to make sure the diet is supplemented. There is nothing wrong with the occasional junkfood (AKA Goldfish). I agree with fishcatch that the nutritional value of gold fish is crap and the ten gallon tank is cruel. This oscar does need to be saved.
 
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fishcatch22 said:
yeah, but shouldn't he care wether if his fish is getting a good diet or not!?!?
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True, but giving them a natural diet from the wild would be feeding him Tetras and other expensive fish.
But yes, there is plenty of pelleted foods for them that would be perfect for them.
I am not really into predator fish, for the fact most people do not know how to properly care for them.
 
He rather watch a fish get destroyed and have his fish get a disease then feed him some normal food and have a healthy oscar. He couldn't even have it be healthy even if he was feeding it right. !0 gallon tank. It's probably squished!!!!!!!
 
I raise convict fry soley for the reason of feeding to my Birchirs and Spotted Perches.My wifes guppy finally had a batch of fry that seem to be surviving, they'll eventually be fed to them also.

I enjoy watching the stalking, waiting and pouncing. Thats why I bought pred fish. Am I mean?

But I don't only feed them live food. They get it once a week, for 3 weeks or so and then they need to wait until another brood is ready.

I make sure my fish get a varied diet. There is nothing they get twice in a week.
 
IceH2O said:
I enjoy watching the stalking, waiting and pouncing. Thats why I bought pred fish. Am I mean?
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Yes you are! You are a mean, terrible, mean, terrible not nice person that should be taken out in the street and flogged!!!!!

And you're a Mets fan! Double beatings!!
 
UncaBret said:
And you're a Mets fan! Double beatings!!
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LMAO, Cubbie Fan???

You don't need to be punished, watching those games are punishment enough, lol.
 
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