Our 8 Oscar Fish With Minnow Feeders, Using 2 Fluval FX5 Filters, 2 Whisper 100 Air Pumps

We started with 8 two inch size baby Oscars in the TOP tank (the idea being to give 4 away (or if we lost a few) and keep 4 in the 100 gal tank)

Well I ended up having to get my 60 gal out from the basement and set it up below for the other 4, We don't have the heart to give them away now :)

If you want the Biggest fish possible do not listen to the people that say Oscars "beg for food" or "don't know when they are full" or "they will over eat killing themselves", Think of it like you would ANY baby animal (a puppy or kitten for example) As long as they are Growing... Feed Them when they are hungry!! I have been raising Oscars since 1984 and they will grow MUCH Larger if well fed as babies, we feed them about 8 times a day (or more)

Here is my rule of thumb, Don't put more food in the tank than they will eat in 3 minutes, BUT feed them every time they are hungry (Keep in mind his kind of feeding REQUIRES a good filter like the FX5 or many water changes)

We only use Hikari Cichlid Bio-Gold Plus, There is NO OTHER Food that has the beneficial microorganisms (provides improved digestion, rapid growth, reduced waste, and improved water quality.)

The Fluval FX5 Filters are very nice (don't listen to the reviews that say they are not well made, like anything made of plastic a normal amount of care in tightening and servicing them is necessary) They run Very Quiet, Move a TON of water, remove all the Oscar poo

The Whisper 100 air pumps are nice for the money, they put out a lot of air and make very little noise

If you want to add some very cool lighting (for very cheap) get some LED strips and use some painters tape to hold them on the outside of the tank (out of all the colors red works best) you can find them here:

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=8941

Our Oscars are really starting to come into their own now, they are now starting to let me rub their backs and pet their heads : ) Video will be shot of that as soon as I have them fully trained

They have the Most Personality of ANY fish!!

Hope this helps some other Oscar Lovers out there!!

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Oscar
• Minnow
• Feeders
• Fluval
• FX5
• Whisper
• 100
• Air
• Pumps
• Hikari
• Cichlid
• Bio-Gold
• Plus

[JoeVideoWeb]

Why Not take a min. to read the line starting with "If you want the Biggest fish possible"

[tdawg32197]

your tanks r cloudy why?

[fuzztothemax]

love your oscars dude!

[johnoNshawna]

My oscars about the size if my hand and he's eatin 5 at a time..lol is that healthy??

[metallicaguyanddude]

Mine puts to minnows in his mouth at once and he's about 4 inches.

[summerport]

You have very nice Oscars!