What Stuf Can I Feed My Oscar

[black molly3]

i have visited many sites about this topic before purchasing my oscar but many gave different views. some say feed them 4 times a week others twice aday and i am not sure on how often to feed them.
also what should i feed him i know you can give them live feeder fish every once or twice a month but other than that wil they accept lance fish bloodworm mussles cockles ect.
thanks for your help and i will post some pics tomorrow or saturday as my computer is down
thanks again

 

[deogan]

Of all the cichlids, I believe Oscars eat the most. you may feed them thrice a day but they will still be hungry the fourth time. at the same time they are the biggest polluters in your tank. so it is wise to feed them less to keep your tank environment healthy. I feed my oscars once a day. you can feed them with frozen blood worms, pallets, tetra bits. They can eat virtually anything.

 

[black molly3]

yes as i have noticed. i have tried a little of lance fish just a small chop that went in an instant and i have just gave him some cockle then and that also went in an instant. tomorrow i am going to try mussles and bloodworm and see where it goes from there. might chuck in the odd feeder shrimp twice every month or so as a treat but like i sed i will see how it goes.
thanks

 

[xtraman122]

Mine loves brine shrimp as he's still fairly small. He'll also pick at the normal flakes. But one of his favorite foods is freeze-dried krill, he just swallows it whole, and then messily spits out the carcas.

 

[cuticom]

Under three inches feed twice a day, 3-6 inches once a day, and once they get to ten or so inches, just once every two days is good.

I personally don't like using feeder fish, so my O lives entirely on dead foods apart from the occasional cricket. His foods include frozen and freeze dried brine shrimp and blood worms, Hikari bio gold, Hikari cichlid staple, Hikari algae wafers, Tropical Flakes, cichlid flakes, Wardley shrimp pellets, wardley turtle delite (whole freeze dried shrimp) as well as fresh veggies and the occasional bit of fish.

Gryphons only 4 inches LOL, I don't wat to think about how much I'll be pouring into that mouth when he grows up.

 

[funkyhoney]

Best bet would be some large floating pellets as a staple, frozen bloodworm/brine shrimp etc. every 2nd day or so, and live feeders or something similar once a week. Best to have a big variety

 

[cuticom]

Unless you breed the live feeders or have room to quarantine then for 2-4 weeks I wouldn't go use them. You don't know what diseases they carry. Crickets, worms and other insects work well though... Plus Oscars eat insects in the wild, live fish, is more something that they may eat now and then if they come across them, their main diet is insects.

 

[black molly3]

ok thanks for your help people. i have been feeding him a wide variety of foods but slightly too much. i have got to remember not to over feed him. i have trained him in a way when i open the lid to the tank he knows its feeding time and comes strait to the top then i hold a piece of chopped frozen lance fish above the water surface and he jumps out of the water and takes it from my hand. its amazing. i have gained his trust so quickly lol. but little does he know im making him work for his food. so he doesnt get fat lol. i feed him frozen brine frozen bloodworm mussle cockle lance fish and as a staple nishi-aquaria groth pellet which he also takes from my hand but gets my finger in the process.thanks for your help once again and if anyone feeds their oscar any other foods please tell me

 

[cuticom]

Sounds good, just a warning about training him to jump I'd discourage it as you don't want an 18 inch monster jumping out at you...

 

[poopsydrew]

Dog food

Drew

 

[Squidman]

They can take a varitey of stuff. Live foods and prepared foods can both be fed to an oscar. Even live fish,but i dont think live fish should be fed often.