My O is about 6-7 inches long right now, what would be a good diet to feed him? I have one more question, how do you guys feed your oscars? I used to just put the food in for him, but one day I must have been taking too long with a shrimp and he jumped and took it from my hand... I feed my fish everyday, and one day I didn't feed him and the next day is when he jumped for the shimp... I used to hold my hand in the water to feed him krill too.
what is a good diet for oscars??
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If you are feeding your oscar shrimp as a consistent diet, he will have some nutritional deficiencies. I would suggest a diet relying mostly upon a variety of the dry foods with occasional live/frozen/fresh foods, or impregnation of the latter with vitamins if that is to be the sole source of nutrition.
what do you mean by "or impregnation of the latter with vitamins if that is to be the sole source of nutrition.?"
Sorry, I should've toned that down a little. If you are planning on only feeding live or formerly live foods, I believe that you need to make sure that such foods are loaded with vitamins and minerals so that your fish would have all the nutrition which he needs. That's why I would recommend one of the commercially formulated dry foods supplemented with some of the live/formerly live foods.
i do use other stuff too anyway, i dont only use shrimp, but thats all i have been using for like 1.5 weeks cuz im thinking about what kind of food to buy... i used to use hikari gold (i think) and wardley cichlid floating pellets, along with shrimp...
at that size i'm quite cautious when feeding. it's a pain when they grip your fingers and pull them down.
he does get his frozen bloodworm cubes from my hand.
he does get his frozen bloodworm cubes from my hand.
if i were you i would just feed an assortment of feeds to be sure he gets the nutrition he needs like some pellets, frozen food(beef heart, brine shrimp, etc.), flakes (probably too big now tho), and whetever you feed now and addortment is good for anyfish so they get goo nutrition.
I have heard that beef heart lacks nutrative value for fish. Could someone shed some light on that or let me know why I am sadly mistaken by saying so???
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