When I got my oscar he was about 4 inches and I filled his belly before I went away for 3 days and when I came back he was fine, but really hungry. I'm sure your oscar would be fine for a few days unfed, but it's probably not good to starve a baby oscar often cause they need to eat often and have good nutrition. As for the oscar not eating the pellets I would not feed the oscar for the camping trip if it is only for a week or less. And by the time your back your oscar will eat those pellets no problem cause it's gonna be hungry. Sometimes if you feed your other tasty foods, it will get spoiled and want only the tasty food. By starving your oscar it will give up and eat the pellets because it gets too hungry to care. As for the automated feeder during your trip if your oscar doesn't eat the food being dropped in, it will make your water conditions unsuitable and could cause problems. But you might want ot get other people's advice too with more experience. Good Luck.

Hey guys

As we all know Fish food isnt cheap.

Wheres the cheapest place to get fish foods for you guys?

Also is it WISE to buy in bulk.. say 1kg? How long can the food last for and whats the best conditions it should be kept in?

ive tried other krill ... theese are by far the best quality you can get def worth the extra money. as you can see they come in dif sizes there mostly the big ones but theres some small ones in there too. really anything hikari makes is good all the way down to pond pellets. the o's sometimes accually jump out of the water for theese(i think they reconize the orange cap) before i can get em in the tank!

Cichlid Gold is awesome for Oscars....they love the red ones!!!

They would eat half a large bag if I let them!!

I only have one Oscar now

My oscars prefer cichlid sticks and krill
They wont even look at pellets anymore
The crickets sound interesting....I will have to order some

I get my Krill on eBay
I think these are a great value
and my fish luv em!
1/4 pound for 8.99 plus 4.00 shipping
If anyone is interested the item number is
260293499229 from your_fish_stuff
I am not affiliated with this store I just think it is a great value