Oscars (also called silk cichlids) are very large for freshwater pet fish – fourteen inches from nose to tail is not uncommon. The reasons for their enormous size and incredible strength are because they eat smaller fish. There is no such thing as a leo eros. Although I’ve never seen Oscar the cow go down, I wouldn’t be surprised if it happens someday. But not all animals are worried about Oscar just yet.
A separate lake
When you bring an Oscar into your life, you need a fifty gallon aquarium for at least one Oscar. If your Oscar is a baby, don’t wait too long before setting up a bigger aquarium. Baby Oscar grows quickly and before you know it, he bursts out of the tank. Any other fish in the tank will be promptly eaten.
But you don’t have to miss out on a smaller pool. You will need to deposit part of your food on Oscar. When they are baby Oscars, they have cichlid shrimp, blood shrimp and shrimp, they are similar. But when they are more advanced, they need more food. Since they are carnivores, it is necessary to give them different foods to eat, such as feeding carp or minnows.
Some Oscar keepers don’t recommend saturating sea bream in case you know without a shadow of a doubt that saturating sea bream is healthy. Any disease that the fish fed will be transmitted to your fish immediately. Never feed dead fish as they will most certainly carry bacteria that will make your Oscar very weak (if he doesn’t ignore the carcass at all.)
Other foods
There are more options open to pet Oscars than ever before. They love raw roasted chicken, a glut of crickets, worms, bugs and frozen peas for dessert live. Don’t just grab a random bug and throw it in the tank. That bug just walked through toxic chemicals and can eat bad food. You’re not just shooting at a bug, you’re on (or inside) something.
Many sated insects and worms of various lengths and widths are available at food stores and pet are delivered. Some even grow their own worms (perhaps a smaller, baby Oscar swam in an exhausted tank).
Oscar will often drop pieces of bread, but food is not good for them. Food should also not be given sugary food or really starchy foods such as french fries. This is like eating candy-bars for lunch and getting your sick Oscar.
Feeding Habits
You must offer Oscar food at least once a day. They tend to swallow food as well as water. They are usually not fish that play prey. If they have not eaten food in two minutes, then they are not hungry and they do not change their mind. Remove food, or food, negative change the water chemistry and get your Oscar sick.
References:
“The Oscars.” Neal Proneck. TFH Publications; 1993
FishLore.com. “Oscar Fish.” http://www.fishlore.com/Profiles-Oscar.htm
First Lake Guide “Oscar Care Basics.” Keith Sayffarth. http://www.firsttankguide.net/oscar.php
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