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pacuguy
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posted 07-24-2003 02:32 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for pacuguy   Click Here to Email pacuguy     Edit/Delete Message
I just got a 4 inch oscar he has been fed feeder fish in the pet store how do i ween him off them?
He spits out the TetraCichlid Sticks (my pacus love them).

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kc5gvn
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posted 07-25-2003 12:35 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for kc5gvn     Edit/Delete Message
Other foods you can try: Shrimp pellets, shelled Shrimp (like you get at the grocery) and possibly lean beef heart. I wouldn't make a steady diet of the beef heart. Besides your best luck will probably be with the shelled shrimp and shrimp pellets. Good luck it's hard to change once the get spoiled to live food.

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pacuguy
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posted 07-25-2003 12:54 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for pacuguy   Click Here to Email pacuguy     Edit/Delete Message
thanks kc5gvn i'll try that
why not a steady diet of beef heart? too fatty?

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pacuguy
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posted 07-27-2003 04:41 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for pacuguy   Click Here to Email pacuguy     Edit/Delete Message
i have tried the shrimp pellets
he takes them but grinds them up and spits the pieces out his mouth and gills.
I have ordered a beef heart (the butcher didnt have one there) it will be there on tuesday so if the oscar dosnt eat the pellets he will be hungry by tuesday.

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iluvmypup

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posted 07-27-2003 07:14 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for iluvmypup     Edit/Delete Message
i don't think that it's spitting the pellet out oscars are just very messy eaters i fed mine pellets and they always lost half the pellet because that's just the way they eat

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posted 07-27-2003 11:58 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for kc5gvn     Edit/Delete Message
In your second post in this thread you answered your first question with the second question, it is too fatty for a steady diet. Iluvmypup is correct he is probably getting more of the pellet than it looks like. You might try the shelled shrimp. It should work. Also, if there is a feed store in your area, up north, check and see if they carry a pellet called trout chow. It's inexpensive. Fishermen use it here to feed a lake before fishing. It is high in protein. It does have corn meal as a filler. I believe it comes in three different pellet sizes and floating and sinking type pellets. Floating is better. Altogether it's not much different than Cichlid pellets but it's a lot cheaper.

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posted 07-28-2003 07:43 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for cat fish food     Edit/Delete Message
hey ya i had this problem when i had my oscars. get freeze dried krill.first soak the krill in water for one minute and trow it in the tank and they would eat it
Mine spits like half out ir out cause he eats that way and eats what he spits out. Krill i think is realy good for them and its the best way to bring out there trule natural color

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