sorcha Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 Hi there, I have too young albino oscars, I'm semi new to oscars, we had some when I was a kid. I'm currently feeding: Flake & floating pellets,cichlid pellets,algae/spirulina tablets,a frozen mix of peas/shrimp. They are always hungry (I know that's an oscar thing) but just wondering what other foods I can give ie vegetables and meat? Any advice/ideas would be great, have done an internet search but advice is so mixed. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 Mine get large pellet food for large cichlids, frozen mix, fresh shrimp diced... bit of live food here and there.. mine aren't fussy.. 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sorcha Posted July 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Cool sounds good, yeah need to find some larger pellets, what sort of veges, meat can they have does anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Anything they'll eat. I think Spinach is a good one. We used to make a home made mix up, shrimp, spinach, bulk buy african cichlid pellets, and lots of beefheart. They love high protein stuff like bloodworms, but if they get on a meat diet (e.g. they stop eating healthy stuff), it can lead to hole in the head disease later on. Ones I used to live with loved earthworms and neon tetras on special occasions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 I am not a fan of the whole beefheart idea... I rather like the idea of shrimp and fish based stuff more so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simian Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 I use a large hard pellet for mine, otherwise he just mashes em up and most of it came out his gills, It also fills his mouth up better so the other fish get a shot while he's chewing :roll: guts. sometimes i give him a whole big shrimp just to keep him busy while the others eat...although he's grown so may have to move to prawns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 :lol: Typical Oscars, stomach comes first... I love the way they cram the food in, and sit there with their eyes googling around to make sure nobody is going to try and steal their stash they have crammed in their mouth :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Yeah I'm remember the old set Helen had, they did that. My GG does it as well, grabs a bit of courgette, then whisks it to the other end of the tank where he quietly rips it to shreads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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