Never use goldfish, they're infamous for introducing diseases and offering almost no nutrition to a fish. Minnows are a very good source if from a reputable place.
Lovely fish! I had two Oscars a couple of years ago and they just had fights all day until one died from the stress and then the other wasn't eating due to being lonely. I got them big as well, they had a daily food of Gold Fish, lol.
@cYbeRxKittiE They were lazy slugs most of the time lol...they're purk up and go into predator mode when lives were in there, they also liked live insects of varying types that I got from reptile supply stores. Meal worms are a GREAT way to fatten up an oscar.
@MrAsombraso They work really well and I cant use pellets because of the filter type I have pellets would stop it up and cloud my water and the flakes I use my oscars eat to fast but other then that there good.
Also I noticed you said you bought the feeders from your fiend. I take it he breeds feeder fish? I mean pet store feeder fish are not a good idea to feed oscars I've read (I'm trying to learn as much as I can here since I bought a couple a few days ago), but I would love to see them feed off feeders at least once. And I am not buying from any pet store. So my guess is your friend breeds them?
@MasterSamurai yes they are alive, very healthy, very large...but I no longer have them, I moved abroad and was unable to take them. And yes, my friend breeds feeder fish, they're in conditioned water much like what we keep our pets in. Feeders are of no nutritional value though, its just a treat that gives them a little fun.
@xplosiveaus If you do it right there isn't much different (besides space) between a wild oscar and domestic oscar diet wise, they have a varied diet in the wild and they should have in captivity to avoid HITH or other complications...they will I'm sure live a long time, but due to moving abroad I rehomed these with a great cichlid owner who loves them as much as I do. I will definitely do oscars again though, I raised these two from fry so I got quite attached.
@MriBackup i feed my a few times a week, be aware the more you feed them the better the filtration. These two went to a new home recently as I immigrated from Australia to US and its too expensive to take them.
i bought the same exact oscar yesterday bbhe isnt eating and rarly moving he is healthy he is just gliding with the water current he ate a little fish yesterday and when i put more fish in there he doesnt even look at it
I own a 5 inch Tiger Oscar. How many minnows or whatever feeder fish would you recommend feeding him/her (not sure of the gender) in one feeding, and how many feedings per day would you recommend?
@cfiore88 as i mentioned in the comments, feeders are a treat...i feed them a balanced diet of HTH pellets and various vegetables. Poor nutrition can lead to HITH (hole in the head syndrome).
@wolfie83 It's alright to feed them vegetable? I also feed him Hikari Cichlid Bio-Gold+ Pellets. How often do you use feeder fish (once a week, once every two weeks, once a month)? Thanks for the reply, btw.
Nice oscars! A treat is always good. I havent fed mine feeders in 4 months because im gonna try to introduce some clown loaches that are in a grower tank. Hope they survive the move lol
@SomeFishDude lol they wont, I tried introducing a pleco that was a bit smaller then them and they killed it within seconds... didn't have time to pull him out haha. These two have been together since they were fry and they do everything like a pack, so piranha like it isn't even funny.
@wolfie83 in my videos I have a gourami that I put in and he was alot smaller than he is now, they didnt even go for him. The loaches are very close to his size so my fingers are crossed. Gonna try to get them around 3-5 inches depending on growth. Im feeding them bloodworms, shrimp and pellets with a fair amount of protein
I usually watch the snakes eating rats/mice videos and laugh at the whiner comments....but WOW people complain about fish eating fish too? Jeez, people are retarded.
@rubinmeneps a inch a month is the going rate? Although tank size is obviously a factor in their growth size. When I introduced a big oscar with my other 2, the tiger grew way beyond the other one. Might of been a dominance thing.
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you are full of bullshit and you know shit .pellets is the best nutricious and clean food you can provide.and your mother is lethargic and ugly and bored
i know the breeder, so not much...i give them mostly pellets now and bloodworm, as they got larger they wernt fussed scurrying around trying to hunt them.
dude its so awsome!!!! they change colors when you go to feed them i just bought a couple of babys at walmart but 1s hurt from thier tank i didnt see it but on his lip and his fin........ so ima go take him back and get an albino one
ya that was the very first time i ever bought a fish from there well besides whenvever i got the fish tank i bought a ton of my fish..... and they all died then i went to petland and finaly they all stayed a live. DUDE you gotta check out this new vid ima put up sometime today or tomaro i just got this crazy looking catfish!!!! its wierd as hell
damn. i had some crayfish to clean up the tank, and i woke up to find 2 of my oscars with some scales missing and crayfish shells scattered around the tank.
nice fish i have a red oscar about that big and a tiger oscar a little bit smaller.. i feed them feeder fish all the time.. mostly gold fish.. i don't know what that dude is talkin about my fish grew almost an inch in a month from eating gold fish.. and when i run out of gold fish i go outside and get some earthworms to feed it.. haha
bullshit, i've heard so many psudeo experts that say the cause of HIHD is this and this when there is no proof...a varied diet and good water conditions will only benifit your fish, give your fish just blood worm and you are more likely to end up with HIHD.
no feeders fish dont do that. lies. i have had a oscar for over 11 years. an still healthy!!!! an i feed him goldfish everyother day.....stop lieing to people...its annyoing..
@pikemaster2011 bye two capsoles of vitamin C and D and open them on a peice of liver and desolve them good and cut the liver into small peices starve your oscar and fead it to him they dont like liver but its healthy for them i feed that to my oscar he grew up pretty fast and healthy and deosnt have HITH desease....actualy he is starting to like them more than the goldfish
lol thanks, their colour has intensified a bit since they got bigger feeding a good mix of HTH foods specifically for oscars...i feed lives solely to give them something to keep active with and a little protein (i doubt that much though, lives have only a little nutricional value).
I also have a medium sized pleco to control waste from them, it seems to be working out well and the pleco jumped in size since he got in with the oscars.
How big did the pleco get? That's awesome. I just set up a 6 foot 125g today for my oscars and plecs. Once it's cycled I'll post some videos and let you know!
went from 2.5 - 3 inches to around 5 inches now...definately thriving, under the driftwood and infront i put slate pieces for it to hide under...and thats awesome with the new tank, i want to upgrade mine and sell the 4 footer to bring in a 6 wide x 3 height x 2 deep.
oh ok cool. my bad i guess since i didnt read through the comments section but in your caption you seemed to generally suggest that pellet food wasnt a good thing for them. best of luck with your buddies :)
i disagree about pellet food. while feeder fish make a great treat i think you're overkilling with all of those, not to mention the waste left behind from all that carnage. pellets... while boring... are the healthiest and safest staple for their diet. no risk of hole in the head disease. hope you do regular water changes if thats an average day of feeding. beautiful oscars you have btw :)
if you read i wrote that i give a varied diet, they get these like once a month if that...and lately not at all, mostly bloodworm, shrimp and pellets with some frozen veges.
I also have a decent filtration setup going...they are much larger now, this video is nearly a year old.
feed them small cichlid pellets or small oscar pellets combined with fresh veges and other smaller items...you need to give them a balanced diet or they will get sick, i've currently been working with one of these 2 as it developed HITH when its been getting a balanced diet and optimal water conditions.
However just like you guys said before.. I had a 20 gallon tank and my one started killing the other because of space. Went and bought a 55 gallon and their best friends again! What is the best live feed!
First off great looking tank! Second off thanks for all of your advice on the diets. I have just been feeding my Oscars pellets for about 8 months and today was the first day for live feeding just to see if they would and they did! I have two albino oscars both about 9" long.
One thing I read that someone said that has been proven to be COMPLETELY FALSE is that the bigger the tank the bigger they get! That is completely false. All depends on food supply! That is it food!
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Why are these idiot's feeding those big Oscars little ass fish? Yes u can get problems w/ feeder fish but you put them in a small tank w/ meds b4 feeding about a week.
well if you knew anything about oscars moron they need a balanced diet...they arnt fed solely on feeders which have been bred in perfect conditions so dont even go there. So next time you want to be a keyboard warrior use your fucking brain.
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I'm too afraid of diseases to feed my oscar live fish. i bought some goldfish and kept them for a month to make sure they were healthy, and then the one that lived became a pet! Maybe i'll try a feeder tank again someday.
I just got two baby oscars that are black witht eh orange stripes and I feed them small dry shrimps, i just started and my dads forcing me to take care of them soo i was wonderin what should i feed them?, what time?, how many times during a day? and will they start attacking and of these? (red belly pacu, catfish. blackfin shark, or gold fish) please reply somebody...or you can watch my videos and see what wrong :D
1.) I have two oscars orange and gray sorta like yours. Is it true that oscars would only grow as big as the tank would let them? In other words if the bigger the tank the bigger the oscar would grow and the smaller the tank the less it would grow. OR is that a false statement?
2.) whats a good live food that i could feed them? I heard that feeder fish are bad for them becasue they have alot of parasites that could make them sick and give them diseases.
first off try feeding them shrimp and when they get bigger crawdads. invertabrates are a little better for them. but fish like guppies aren't awful. goldfish are pretty bad for oscars but they're tough
and yes, the bigger the tank the bigger the fish will get. but this is also based on how clean the water is so make sure u get a good filter that gets all toxins out of the water. the main thing you will notice is the speed that the fish grow
i guess i mean that they can eat whatever and generally be ok. they can undergo a lot of things that could kill other fish.(like bad chemicals in water and so on) they are very hardy.
cuz they're cichlids which overall are pretty aggressive. compared to most a lot of fish they're pretty aggressive, but compared to most other cichlids they're not too bad. they probably are trying to establish territory, also they night b trying to eliminate competition for food.
Can someone help me out please?Im a pretty experienced fish keeper ive had fish since i was 5.But im stuck on if i should get 2 oscars or do they do just fine on their own?Ty.
I feed mine crickets, they are inexpensive at the pet shop and are also very good for them, in the wild their diets consist of 60% insects anyway. You should try some crickets, see how they like them, you also won't have to worry about your Oscars getting something like ich from the crickets like they can from the feeders. Your Oscars look very nice though.
very very nice setup //// that is the perfect tank ..... big enough for them and only them and they are loving it .... i got a tiger red i think , he is a 50 byhimself .. loves it .
depends what i'm feeding them that week...it can range from daily when i'm giving them pellets or like with the gudgeons i'll not feed them for a week or so...keeping them healthy hasnt been a problem for me, i have a canister filter and use activated carbon in the final filter tray...
Plus i give them a varied diet, live, pellets, vegetation of types and insects occasionally which has kept them looking good and with the lives they stay nice and active around the tank like they're looking for more. :)
Never use goldfish, they're infamous for introducing diseases and offering almost no nutrition to a fish. Minnows are a very good source if from a reputable place.
gromann 3 weeks ago
Lovely fish! I had two Oscars a couple of years ago and they just had fights all day until one died from the stress and then the other wasn't eating due to being lonely. I got them big as well, they had a daily food of Gold Fish, lol.
sorryunlucky 6 months ago
poor little minos =[
yourdaddy342 9 months ago
its a fish eat fish world out there !!
XCrazyKezX 10 months ago
@XCrazyKezX LOL
wolfie83 9 months ago
holy shit those were the fastest oscars i've ever seen
cYbeRxKittiE 1 year ago
@cYbeRxKittiE They were lazy slugs most of the time lol...they're purk up and go into predator mode when lives were in there, they also liked live insects of varying types that I got from reptile supply stores. Meal worms are a GREAT way to fatten up an oscar.
wolfie83 9 months ago
@cYbeRxKittiE Mine eat flakes and they eat them fast and my red oscar will jump out of his tank for it to
wotldthe2006 9 months ago
@wotldthe2006 How are the flakes? I only use pellets and i was thinking about using flakes but i don't know how there like
MrAsombraso 7 months ago
@MrAsombraso They work really well and I cant use pellets because of the filter type I have pellets would stop it up and cloud my water and the flakes I use my oscars eat to fast but other then that there good.
wotldthe2006 7 months ago
Those two still alive?
Also I noticed you said you bought the feeders from your fiend. I take it he breeds feeder fish? I mean pet store feeder fish are not a good idea to feed oscars I've read (I'm trying to learn as much as I can here since I bought a couple a few days ago), but I would love to see them feed off feeders at least once. And I am not buying from any pet store. So my guess is your friend breeds them?
MasterSamurai 1 year ago
@MasterSamurai yes they are alive, very healthy, very large...but I no longer have them, I moved abroad and was unable to take them. And yes, my friend breeds feeder fish, they're in conditioned water much like what we keep our pets in. Feeders are of no nutritional value though, its just a treat that gives them a little fun.
wolfie83 1 year ago
LOL FISH DO EAT FISH in the wild YES, but once you put a fish in an AQURIUM its no longer MEANT to be wild..its now in captivity..
But since oscars in the wild live upto 25-30 years, im sure yours will to.
*15 years of Cichlid keeping.
xplosiveaus 1 year ago
@xplosiveaus If you do it right there isn't much different (besides space) between a wild oscar and domestic oscar diet wise, they have a varied diet in the wild and they should have in captivity to avoid HITH or other complications...they will I'm sure live a long time, but due to moving abroad I rehomed these with a great cichlid owner who loves them as much as I do. I will definitely do oscars again though, I raised these two from fry so I got quite attached.
wolfie83 1 year ago
How much did all of those baby fish cost and they are well nice fish in a well nice tank
1Filmproducer 1 year ago
@1Filmproducer Feeders from my friend (the only person I trusted to buy feeders from) sold me a bag full for like $4.50.
wolfie83 1 year ago
How often do you feed oscars like this, every week?
MriBackup 1 year ago
@MriBackup i feed my a few times a week, be aware the more you feed them the better the filtration. These two went to a new home recently as I immigrated from Australia to US and its too expensive to take them.
wolfie83 1 year ago
damn tat thing is huge..how long did u raise them to get tat big?
foomhawj07 1 year ago
@foomhawj07 regular and varied food sources, high protein with various fat and vitamin sources.
wolfie83 1 year ago
@wolfie83
how big is this tank
ilovefishful 1 year ago
wow they look great i just bought one last week
why dont u feed them frogs or mice and upload it
3omar619 1 year ago
@3omar619 because i'm not a sick/sadistic human being that gains pleasure off watching animals getting killed slowly.
wolfie83 1 year ago 6
@wolfie83 I completely agree. the only live food I give my oscar is the type he can swollow fast! its mainly woodlice hehe
Adex132 1 year ago
i bought the same exact oscar yesterday bbhe isnt eating and rarly moving he is healthy he is just gliding with the water current he ate a little fish yesterday and when i put more fish in there he doesnt even look at it
CAN U FIND A SOLUTION??....thnx
3omar619 1 year ago
@3omar619 he might need a buddy. i had same problem so bought him a wing man/fish. and now he's happy and feeding
evildeeds84 1 year ago
How big is that tank? and what kind of vegetables do you feed them? please respond. and i love the two u have.
Gamble20fo 1 year ago
I own a 5 inch Tiger Oscar. How many minnows or whatever feeder fish would you recommend feeding him/her (not sure of the gender) in one feeding, and how many feedings per day would you recommend?
cfiore88 1 year ago
@cfiore88 as i mentioned in the comments, feeders are a treat...i feed them a balanced diet of HTH pellets and various vegetables. Poor nutrition can lead to HITH (hole in the head syndrome).
wolfie83 1 year ago
@wolfie83 It's alright to feed them vegetable? I also feed him Hikari Cichlid Bio-Gold+ Pellets. How often do you use feeder fish (once a week, once every two weeks, once a month)? Thanks for the reply, btw.
cfiore88 1 year ago
@cfiore88 I use feeders very rarely, usually when they look bored and it purks them right up.
wolfie83 1 year ago
@wolfie83 I posted that like 5 months ago. lol But thanks!
cfiore88 1 year ago
@cfiore88 I was bored and noticed unreplied messages lol
wolfie83 1 year ago
Nice oscars! A treat is always good. I havent fed mine feeders in 4 months because im gonna try to introduce some clown loaches that are in a grower tank. Hope they survive the move lol
SomeFishDude 1 year ago
@SomeFishDude lol they wont, I tried introducing a pleco that was a bit smaller then them and they killed it within seconds... didn't have time to pull him out haha. These two have been together since they were fry and they do everything like a pack, so piranha like it isn't even funny.
wolfie83 1 year ago
@wolfie83 in my videos I have a gourami that I put in and he was alot smaller than he is now, they didnt even go for him. The loaches are very close to his size so my fingers are crossed. Gonna try to get them around 3-5 inches depending on growth. Im feeding them bloodworms, shrimp and pellets with a fair amount of protein
SomeFishDude 1 year ago
fish murderers!!!
goofygoobergoku 1 year ago
I usually watch the snakes eating rats/mice videos and laugh at the whiner comments....but WOW people complain about fish eating fish too? Jeez, people are retarded.
RageAgainstNWO 1 year ago
OM NOM NOM! I love it! Cute Oscars! (:
xReapera 1 year ago
I miss having oscars; that funny froglike face. Problem was they are excellent jumpers and my brother left the lid off.... :-(
KawaiiKemonomimi 1 year ago
cool video...................NOT REALLY!
BOAD10100 1 year ago
@BOAD10100 so dont watch it then retard.
wolfie83 1 year ago 3
lovely fish, and i like your tank, xxx
TheHavenga 1 year ago
there just havin a good old time in there.. i just got 2 tiger oscars which are like 4 inches atm.. how long till they meet like 7,8,9 inches?
rubinmeneps 1 year ago
@rubinmeneps depends, they can grow really quick with the right diet and large enough tank.
wolfie83 1 year ago
@rubinmeneps a inch a month is the going rate? Although tank size is obviously a factor in their growth size. When I introduced a big oscar with my other 2, the tiger grew way beyond the other one. Might of been a dominance thing.
SomeFishDude 1 year ago
i never knew you could put so many fishes for an oscar to eat!
rahultss 2 years ago
those feeder r to small
zaripjan 2 years ago
no...they're not.
wolfie83 2 years ago
@wolfie83 what do u mean no there not look at size of the fish and look at the feeders
zaripjan 2 years ago
they're a treat, you know the concept? pellets are the main staple for the right combo of vitimins.
wolfie83 2 years ago
w/e just saying those feeders r small
zaripjan 2 years ago
I have nothing wrong with pellets but I think if I were a fish I would like to eat other fish more.
Adreden 2 years ago
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you are full of bullshit and you know shit .pellets is the best nutricious and clean food you can provide.and your mother is lethargic and ugly and bored
xazos 2 years ago
holy crap how much did those gugons cost u?
domanater480 2 years ago
i know the breeder, so not much...i give them mostly pellets now and bloodworm, as they got larger they wernt fussed scurrying around trying to hunt them.
wolfie83 2 years ago
dude its so awsome!!!! they change colors when you go to feed them i just bought a couple of babys at walmart but 1s hurt from thier tank i didnt see it but on his lip and his fin........ so ima go take him back and get an albino one
dirtbikemanly2 2 years ago
dont buy fish from wal-mart..... they are horribly treated and come with deseaseas.get it from a local fish shop( not petsmart of petco)
alfonso908 2 years ago
ya that was the very first time i ever bought a fish from there well besides whenvever i got the fish tank i bought a ton of my fish..... and they all died then i went to petland and finaly they all stayed a live. DUDE you gotta check out this new vid ima put up sometime today or tomaro i just got this crazy looking catfish!!!! its wierd as hell
dirtbikemanly2 2 years ago
man i had a chance to get one for 25 USD it was all blaqck and meaner then shit but i got my snapper in its place and a iguana a tegu or sav next
jgmtiger 2 years ago
Those are red oscars
fishdude401 2 years ago
damn. i had some crayfish to clean up the tank, and i woke up to find 2 of my oscars with some scales missing and crayfish shells scattered around the tank.
lardtaziumwadmaster 2 years ago
Lol.
My blue crayfish lives alone in a tank but he is bigger than the oscars in this vid so he seems to be going along and growing fine :P
ThePhotoChannel2 2 years ago
Nice oscars... How long have you had them? Have they paired up?
contentunderpresure 2 years ago
I used to have 3 oscars... they got HUGE and annoying.lol cause I would buy catfish to help clean the tank and the oscar would EAT the catfish!!lol
Musicheadify 2 years ago
hahahaha really what kind of catfish were they?
Klethix 2 years ago
i'm not acually sure
Musicheadify 2 years ago
feeding frenzy... double frenzy...triple frenzy... mega frenzy
IIPlassticII 2 years ago
will oscars eat a plascostamus?
BowHunt1229 2 years ago
If it can fit in it's mouth, most likley.
jawsflounderace 2 years ago
check out the oscar dvds on ebay type in "oscar fish dvd"
dinger454 2 years ago
nice fish i have a red oscar about that big and a tiger oscar a little bit smaller.. i feed them feeder fish all the time.. mostly gold fish.. i don't know what that dude is talkin about my fish grew almost an inch in a month from eating gold fish.. and when i run out of gold fish i go outside and get some earthworms to feed it.. haha
jfoxxy05 2 years ago
May i ask what kinde of fish you are feeding your oscars with ?
DavidMadeja 2 years ago
what size tank
GirlCrazeProductions 2 years ago
How long did those fish last
oliesminis 2 years ago
what the hell you on about? they're still alive and 3 times the size...
wolfie83 2 years ago
i mean how long did the feeder fish last
oliesminis 2 years ago
oh lol sorry...bout 15 mins, the occasional 1 or 2 will last a week hiding behind the various tank components and inside the wood.
wolfie83 2 years ago
his prolly stressed, you really shouldnt feed them too soon after getting them into there new environment.
wolfie83 2 years ago
TRY GETTING BLOODWORMS cuz feeders cause hole in the head
bassfisherman2121 2 years ago
bullshit, i've heard so many psudeo experts that say the cause of HIHD is this and this when there is no proof...a varied diet and good water conditions will only benifit your fish, give your fish just blood worm and you are more likely to end up with HIHD.
wolfie83 2 years ago
no feeders fish dont do that. lies. i have had a oscar for over 11 years. an still healthy!!!! an i feed him goldfish everyother day.....stop lieing to people...its annyoing..
Endy16 2 years ago
what fish can i feed my oscars besides goldfish? i dont want them to get hole in the head in the future
pikemaster2011 3 years ago 5
try rosey reds.. thats what i use
oprahricky 3 years ago
Have you tried frozen blood worms or bring shrimp? pikemaster2011
Garawona 3 years ago
crickets.
FaberOSK 3 years ago
@pikemaster2011 bye two capsoles of vitamin C and D and open them on a peice of liver and desolve them good and cut the liver into small peices starve your oscar and fead it to him they dont like liver but its healthy for them i feed that to my oscar he grew up pretty fast and healthy and deosnt have HITH desease....actualy he is starting to like them more than the goldfish
3omar619 1 year ago
o thanks and i have a short video of my fish if you wont to cheack out getting more soon
octapus200 3 years ago
is that a 55 gallon cant tell
octapus200 3 years ago
roughly, it works out to like 53.6 gallons from metric.
wolfie83 3 years ago
will they bite your finger?
tyler8152 3 years ago
yeah, i got bit last night and it was hard enough to draw a little blood (kinda grazed the skin from their wear pad).
wolfie83 3 years ago
well nice oscars i like the setup as well im tinking about getting some so im just researching a lil bit.
tyler8152 3 years ago
Love the coloration. At 0:40 he looked like he had a big ol' smile on his face!
JimmytheDonkey 3 years ago
lol thanks, their colour has intensified a bit since they got bigger feeding a good mix of HTH foods specifically for oscars...i feed lives solely to give them something to keep active with and a little protein (i doubt that much though, lives have only a little nutricional value).
I also have a medium sized pleco to control waste from them, it seems to be working out well and the pleco jumped in size since he got in with the oscars.
wolfie83 3 years ago
How big did the pleco get? That's awesome. I just set up a 6 foot 125g today for my oscars and plecs. Once it's cycled I'll post some videos and let you know!
JimmytheDonkey 3 years ago
went from 2.5 - 3 inches to around 5 inches now...definately thriving, under the driftwood and infront i put slate pieces for it to hide under...and thats awesome with the new tank, i want to upgrade mine and sell the 4 footer to bring in a 6 wide x 3 height x 2 deep.
wolfie83 3 years ago
add in a snakehead :D
neokasuki 3 years ago
oh ok cool. my bad i guess since i didnt read through the comments section but in your caption you seemed to generally suggest that pellet food wasnt a good thing for them. best of luck with your buddies :)
PVS1 3 years ago
i disagree about pellet food. while feeder fish make a great treat i think you're overkilling with all of those, not to mention the waste left behind from all that carnage. pellets... while boring... are the healthiest and safest staple for their diet. no risk of hole in the head disease. hope you do regular water changes if thats an average day of feeding. beautiful oscars you have btw :)
PVS1 3 years ago
if you read i wrote that i give a varied diet, they get these like once a month if that...and lately not at all, mostly bloodworm, shrimp and pellets with some frozen veges.
I also have a decent filtration setup going...they are much larger now, this video is nearly a year old.
wolfie83 3 years ago
awsome tank!
tomastomas11 3 years ago
I hav an oscar that is 2 inches long should i feed it little guppies that are about an inch long , will my oscar eat it?
if not when should i feed my oscar.pls reply
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777fallen777 3 years ago
feed them small cichlid pellets or small oscar pellets combined with fresh veges and other smaller items...you need to give them a balanced diet or they will get sick, i've currently been working with one of these 2 as it developed HITH when its been getting a balanced diet and optimal water conditions.
wolfie83 3 years ago
you could feed it worms and pellets till it gets biger (3 inches or so)
MyRobotOfDeath 3 years ago
err, will an oscar do fine in a 35? answer on my channel please!
lolalou73 3 years ago
no they wont, 55 gallon minimum.
lolalou73 3 years ago
However just like you guys said before.. I had a 20 gallon tank and my one started killing the other because of space. Went and bought a 55 gallon and their best friends again! What is the best live feed!
AkronPitcher13 3 years ago
First off great looking tank! Second off thanks for all of your advice on the diets. I have just been feeding my Oscars pellets for about 8 months and today was the first day for live feeding just to see if they would and they did! I have two albino oscars both about 9" long.
One thing I read that someone said that has been proven to be COMPLETELY FALSE is that the bigger the tank the bigger they get! That is completely false. All depends on food supply! That is it food!
AkronPitcher13 3 years ago
those are some nice oscars the tank set up is good to.
malvernnigga 3 years ago
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Why are these idiot's feeding those big Oscars little ass fish? Yes u can get problems w/ feeder fish but you put them in a small tank w/ meds b4 feeding about a week.
slayerfanstorm 3 years ago
well if you knew anything about oscars moron they need a balanced diet...they arnt fed solely on feeders which have been bred in perfect conditions so dont even go there. So next time you want to be a keyboard warrior use your fucking brain.
wolfie83 3 years ago
hope you breed these feeders yourself.
nice oscar and set up.
djay91 3 years ago 2
a good friend does...he has a better setup then myself for that.
wolfie83 3 years ago
how do i make my oscars not afarid of me everytime i open the tankor look at them they hide even my parana y help me what stuff do i need to buy him hes small like 4 inch
Coconutpie8 3 years ago
the point is having fish is for fun and companionship. Makes it a lot more fun this way nice oscars :D
whizkid777 3 years ago
you are a stupid boy
trankos22 3 years ago
and you are a moron...eat a dick.
wolfie83 3 years ago
fu u fukin asian go pimp ur lil sisters
brianvelasquez 3 years ago
lol whose the asian you racist dickhead...do the human race a favor and commit suicide.
wolfie83 3 years ago
what a beautiful tank, what stunning fish!
piccuh 3 years ago
lol its funny watching them eat those tiny fish one by one like plucking them out
PINKluvr01 3 years ago
What A Lovely Tank! My Oscars Are Big Fans Of Cockles And Peeled Prawns.
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urdus 3 years ago
I'm too afraid of diseases to feed my oscar live fish. i bought some goldfish and kept them for a month to make sure they were healthy, and then the one that lived became a pet! Maybe i'll try a feeder tank again someday.
nancywarren 3 years ago
my tank is too small for oscars
oddvidios 3 years ago
nice tank nice fish
UhGoToSLeep 3 years ago
I just got two baby oscars that are black witht eh orange stripes and I feed them small dry shrimps, i just started and my dads forcing me to take care of them soo i was wonderin what should i feed them?, what time?, how many times during a day? and will they start attacking and of these? (red belly pacu, catfish. blackfin shark, or gold fish) please reply somebody...or you can watch my videos and see what wrong :D
sharpshooter4131 3 years ago
oh yeah its a 55 gallon tank too
sharpshooter4131 3 years ago
great oscars! wat size tank do u have these two in???
barbtetra7777 3 years ago
4x2x2 atm and i'm looking into a 6x2x2 for them as they are getting bigger pretty quickly.
wolfie83 3 years ago
I have some questions:
1.) I have two oscars orange and gray sorta like yours. Is it true that oscars would only grow as big as the tank would let them? In other words if the bigger the tank the bigger the oscar would grow and the smaller the tank the less it would grow. OR is that a false statement?
2.) whats a good live food that i could feed them? I heard that feeder fish are bad for them becasue they have alot of parasites that could make them sick and give them diseases.
thankyou
kentran042392 3 years ago
first off try feeding them shrimp and when they get bigger crawdads. invertabrates are a little better for them. but fish like guppies aren't awful. goldfish are pretty bad for oscars but they're tough
and yes, the bigger the tank the bigger the fish will get. but this is also based on how clean the water is so make sure u get a good filter that gets all toxins out of the water. the main thing you will notice is the speed that the fish grow
RLHam3 3 years ago
what do you mean by "they're tough"?
kentran042392 3 years ago
i guess i mean that they can eat whatever and generally be ok. they can undergo a lot of things that could kill other fish.(like bad chemicals in water and so on) they are very hardy.
RLHam3 3 years ago
how come when i keep my oscar in a 10 gal tank they attack each other? i gave away one becasue of the attacking.
kentran042392 3 years ago
10 gallons is way to small! it's ok if u've got a baby in a smaller aquairum, but you'll need to get a bigger tank fast.
they need a 55 gal minimum when they grow up. and thats just one by itself.
RLHam3 3 years ago
the 10 gallon is only temporarly. but im just wondering why they attack.
kentran042392 3 years ago
cuz they're cichlids which overall are pretty aggressive. compared to most a lot of fish they're pretty aggressive, but compared to most other cichlids they're not too bad. they probably are trying to establish territory, also they night b trying to eliminate competition for food.
how many do u have in there and what size?
RLHam3 3 years ago
Can someone help me out please?Im a pretty experienced fish keeper ive had fish since i was 5.But im stuck on if i should get 2 oscars or do they do just fine on their own?Ty.
SBT4L1F3 3 years ago
You can ge two oscars If you have enough room for them. They don't need each other so you can keep one and he'll be just fine.
rrcoolj354 3 years ago
i wish my albino tiger was that big!!! lol.
crazykyle401 3 years ago
it wont take very long, just feed them a well rounded diet (include vegetables in that as well). :)
wolfie83 3 years ago
I feed mine crickets, they are inexpensive at the pet shop and are also very good for them, in the wild their diets consist of 60% insects anyway. You should try some crickets, see how they like them, you also won't have to worry about your Oscars getting something like ich from the crickets like they can from the feeders. Your Oscars look very nice though.
maynardwix 3 years ago
Very nice!!
starrett1350 4 years ago
hi sweet vid , iam looking to buy a catfish but iam wanting an oscar to ? could it work please help much appreciated=)
sonjeedman 4 years ago
where do u live
lanarrius3 3 years ago
???? why does it matter?
starrett1350 3 years ago
didnt you say you whanted to know where to buy them
lanarrius3 3 years ago
very very nice setup //// that is the perfect tank ..... big enough for them and only them and they are loving it .... i got a tiger red i think , he is a 50 byhimself .. loves it .
supersport350 4 years ago
i like your oscars, they are crazy just like mine
luffyguy 4 years ago
is that a 50 gallon
6472863433 4 years ago
u fish r buitifull ive resenly bought an oscar hes a red oscar, what r the deminsions of ur tank?
redgravel92 4 years ago
4x2x2 but they will quickly outgrow this tank so i'm looking to put them into a 6 foot setup :)
wolfie83 4 years ago
it's better if you give them shrimp thats a good food source.
PoeTrY91 4 years ago
shrimp are alot more expensive here...otherwise i would feed em that :)
wolfie83 4 years ago
hello , nice oscars. how often do you feed them and how are you keeping them so healthy ?
kit022074 4 years ago
depends what i'm feeding them that week...it can range from daily when i'm giving them pellets or like with the gudgeons i'll not feed them for a week or so...keeping them healthy hasnt been a problem for me, i have a canister filter and use activated carbon in the final filter tray...
wolfie83 4 years ago
Plus i give them a varied diet, live, pellets, vegetation of types and insects occasionally which has kept them looking good and with the lives they stay nice and active around the tank like they're looking for more. :)
wolfie83 4 years ago
your oscars are beautiful colours.
Lucifer54 4 years ago
do they carry any ick or diesese? because guppies and goldfish do. which feeder fish is the best to feed?
pbass41 4 years ago
depends on the supplier, i trust my supplier to provide me with disease free feeders...some LFS's dont care less.
wolfie83 4 years ago
where did u get the gudgeons
pbass41 4 years ago
local fish store :)
wolfie83 4 years ago
awesome vid they look just like mine
jord4478 4 years ago
cool
rawfishtastegood 4 years ago
how many gallons is your tank?
0chump0 4 years ago
dunno, its 4' wide x 2' high x 20" deep IIRC. :)
wolfie83 4 years ago
i think its about 50 gallons...
mariposa0283 4 years ago
yes yes dont use big ones or you can use small comet goldfish petco sells it at 12 cents
KillaBee297 4 years ago
small goldfish i've done...also bigger ones that died from another tank, not really into the whole feeding live mice and stuffs. :)
wolfie83 4 years ago
I do agree that this is ok... But never use big ones.
StupidPeoplez 4 years ago