Hi guys,
right now i feed it twice a day. there are 4 oscars

this is the diet
* Atlas fast red
* Freeze dry red shrimps
* Freeze dry yellow worms
* Fresh Chicken chunks


any suggestions...

chicken isn't very healthy for your oscars. pellets(hikari very popular) worms,meal worm, bloodworm,grasshopper,Beatles,mixed sea food,prawns,beef heart are just a few things that's tried and tested. some meats contain substances that fish can't digest. try to change every few days to keep your fish interested.

so say hard NO to chicken??

i used to give beefheart to my discuss.. i didnt know oscars will like it

-warlock

mine hate it and wont touch it. blood worm (small frozen blocks) are my oscars favrite along with earthworms. these are the 2 items they fight over.

earthworms, crickets, krill, shrimp, beefhearts, mealworms, silverfish and superworms are all suitable for oscars.

high protein help oscar grows at unusual rate during juvinile.
the setback is, it might develop digestive problem later on specially
if the fats in the meat are not removed. but for the color, varied
foods and pristine water make their color vibrant.

the bottom line is, vibrant color is an indicator that your oscar is
healthy. even if you give your oscar color enhancer food as the local
fish shop claims and sold those items, if you do not keep your water
in good condition, your fish will have dull or pale color.

hahahhahahah thats right.. i had a tiger which was little sick.. and from a black red/orange color it became black and yellow...

also can i feed it fresh shrimp.. can i clean it and then give it to him or should i just throw the shrimp in the tank with its shell...

you can feed the shrimp the way it pleases you. yes, you can feed even
a whole shrimp with shell but you have to consider the mouth size of your o.
some people do their own recipe using shrimp as base, grind with other
preferred food like beefheart, earthworms etc, and then froze them.

I am too much of a noob to try those experiments.. but yes i will give it some shrimp instead of chicken... lets see if it likes it

Shrimp and prawns enhance color because they contain astaxanthin, which enhances reds and is also very healthy for your fish. The shell at the end contains the most of it, so if the shrimp is small enough, don't bother to take it off.

artemis1 wrote:

thank you for that info. nice to know.