Oscar feed

[Beano]

I just traded in all my bettas for a baby tiger oscar. Wondering if it
is ok to feed him with the freeze dried blood worms my bettas used to
eat? I also have some "vivid colour" flakes. This ok?

Thanks!

[bassett]

You shoul have saved some of the betta's
Thaw out the blood worms in some warm water, and let him have them, what
are you going to feed next week.
bassett

"Beano" > wrote in message
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>I just traded in all my bettas for a baby tiger oscar. Wondering if it
> is ok to feed him with the freeze dried blood worms my bettas used to
> eat? I also have some "vivid colour" flakes. This ok?
>
> Thanks!
>

[Elaine T]

Beano wrote:
> I just traded in all my bettas for a baby tiger oscar. Wondering if it
> is ok to feed him with the freeze dried blood worms my bettas used to
> eat? I also have some "vivid colour" flakes. This ok?
>
> Thanks!
>
I wouldn't feed him only those two particular foods, but bloodworms are
a great treat for baby oscars and the color food will bring out his red
stripes. For the bulk of his diet, pick out a good brand of high
protein cichlid pellet. As well as bloodworms, you can also offer your
oscar freeze dried or frozen krill, brine shrimp, and even live
earthworms when he's big enough to eat them. Avoid feeder fish because
they're very poor in vitamins and often carry diseases.

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[Sandy Birrell]

Elaine T wrote:
> Beano wrote:
>> I just traded in all my bettas for a baby tiger oscar. Wondering
>> if it is ok to feed him with the freeze dried blood worms my
>> bettas used to eat? I also have some "vivid colour" flakes. This
>> ok?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
> I wouldn't feed him only those two particular foods, but bloodworms
> are a great treat for baby oscars and the color food will bring out
> his red stripes. For the bulk of his diet, pick out a good brand
> of high protein cichlid pellet. As well as bloodworms, you can
> also offer your oscar freeze dried or frozen krill, brine shrimp,
> and even live earthworms when he's big enough to eat them. Avoid
> feeder fish because they're very poor in vitamins and often carry
> diseases.

They will probably eat anything edible you put in the tank.

This site might answer some of your questions.

http://www.oscarfish.com/

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[Beano]

Oh my blood worms aren't frozen, they are freeze dried. So they are
dry worms that stink. Is that ok still?

Also, how come my oscar didn't sulk!!! I was amazed, the last two
oscars I have owned, sulked for about a week when I first got them.
This little guy is fantastic, sulked for 10 minutes, then managed to
coax him out! He was a little bit frightened to come to the top for
food for the first day, but after that he was fine. Neat eh? I'm sooo
impressed with him. He's very pretty too, lots of orange stripes and
dots, and also lots of transparent stripes in his fins - most decorated
oscar I've ever seen, hope he doesn't lose too much colour when he gets
bigger.

[Beano]

One more thing - I used to feed my old oscar random bugs from around
the house, and whatever landed on the lid of his tank (he would stalk
it as it walked above him!). So can't wait til my little one gets big
enough for the bugs...