I have 700 odd hungry mouths that don't go for the cichild flakes or baby cichlid pellets. I just end up vacuuming them off the bottom of the tank or rinsing them off the filter cover. I am however going through 2 trays of bloodworms and 1 tray of brine shrimp a day...this is expensive...If they were dogs I would mix dry food in with the wet food..but I can't see how I can do this with fish. Any advice??

Shazzzz

try prawns just crush into small bits, or mealworms, maybe try freeze dried bloodworms might be cheaper, or try a beefheart recipe, xx

kazzy wrote:


Green prawns or cooked prawns?

Thanx

just cooked peeled prawns, i get mine in my local asda shop, frozen or fresh xx

Pellets
Shrimp
Krill (if freeze dry be sure to soak it in some tank water first to not cause swelling in the stomach)
Scallops
Clams
Squid
Crayfish
Crab & lobster
Fish - Cod, salmon, silver-sides, minnows, flounder. haddock, tuna just to name a few
Bloodworms
Brine shrimp
mysis shrimp
snails


Insects & Worms

Insect Larvae
Crickets
Meal Worms
Earthworms
Wax worms
(Always be careful they have not been exposed to any chemicals)

Veggies, Fruits & Nuts

Peas (frozen right out of the bag...no need to de-shell them)
Algae wafers
Bell Peppers
Zucchini
Squashes
Carrot's
Garlic
Mango's
Orange's
Pear's
Bananas
Blueberries
Papaya's
Peach's
Grapes
Spinach and leafy lettuce (not iceberg)
Peanuts
Pecan's

.

Thanks kazza might look at prawns, easier to cut up to go further..good info.thanx Shaz

put in the blender would be faster
Gaz

Gazza wrote:


Wow - I never knew Oscars would eat veggies - this is wonderful!! Putting anything in a blender would pretty well puree it. Won't that mess up the water... a lot?

Yes I'm very new to this forum and to Oscars.

i just chop it up, into sizes the fish can eat

when i found two pin size yellow oscar in my greeny tank, i gave them minced
beefheart...and when they can chomp bigger pellets, i feed them alternately.
but beefheart make them grow fast....

kazzy wrote:


thanks Kaz, might make an oscar blend from some of these and see how they go..wow!

Have you tried the tetra cichlid pellets. When i kept discus i used to feed the tetradiscus, but they do a cichlid one. They are very small red food, the size of grains of salt. The problem is they are not big enough to starve into eating pellets- that will come later i think