good diet for oscar ?

[jeremy_r]

whats a good diet for an oscar to get big,strong and healthy

 

[guppymonkey]

I use a mix of cichlid pellets (several different brands to get a full variety), freeze dried krill, frozen krill and live feeders (only use live food if you quarantine it for several weeks or raise it yourself). I raise guppies and kribensis and give a few to the oscars every week.

 

[freddyk]

Insects and Crustaceans are the most abundant part of their natural diet. Crickets, shrimp, krill, crayfish, are all great readily available alternatives. They will eat any small fish that wander by as well, so some feeders are good too. Worms are of course a good supplement too, blackworms, earthworms... And of course pellets are usually used as a standard staple. You can also prepare raw prawns and such from the grocery store.

Oscars have adapted to eat and digest pretty much anything they come across, but keep in mind they don't come across cows and chickens very often.

 

[jeremy_r]

can i get prawns as in bait ? like the ones u buy for bait ?
or do they have to be prawns from the shopping centres?

 

[fufanu360]

food....

haha, they like crickets alot

give them a good base pellet, with good treats and suppliments like live, or frozen foods