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fish dude Member  Posts: 17 |
posted 03-09-2004 04:54 PM
 
do oscars over eat?? the guy at the store says they know their limit but i want to ask more ppl IP: Logged |
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t_chelle16 Member Posts: 501 |
posted 03-09-2004 09:15 PM
Yes, oscars will over eat. Plus, when they've had their fill, the tend to still take pellets, chew them up, then spit them out which adds to the waste in the tank and can lead to poor water quality. I would suggest starting out by feeding the oscar one pellet at a time and when they start spitting the pellets back out, stop. After a while, you should be able to tell how many pellets they will eat in one sitting. I also suggest only feeding them about 3 times a day. -Chelle IP: Logged |
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LeeTron Member Posts: 104 |
posted 03-09-2004 10:44 PM
Fish in the wild can go days without eating so evolution has hard-wired it into them that when food is available they eat as much as they can. A fish is essentialy a wild animal kept in a cage and will behave like one. So, yes, oscars will overeat if you overfeed. And, because their exercise is limited in a tank, they will get overweight too, which will shorten their lives. Piggy fish! IP: Logged |
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fish dude Member Posts: 17 |
posted 03-10-2004 11:29 AM
no i mean as in if i put like 10 feeder fish in there with them but i kinda already know because i saw them this morning but now he seens to have trouble catching them can some one help me?? IP: Logged |
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t_chelle16 Member Posts: 501 |
posted 03-10-2004 01:16 PM
First of all, you shouldn't be giving them feeder fish. They contain very little nutritional value, are a great way to introduce diseases to your tank, and the scales can't be digested properly so they're either spit out which will make your tank dirty or they are swollowedn which can cause an intestinal blockage and kill your oscars. Stick with feeding pelleted food like I described. And occasionally give them treats like worms or crickets but only give them 2 or 3 at a time. -Chelle IP: Logged |
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LeeTron Member Posts: 104 |
posted 03-10-2004 06:13 PM
How big is your oscar? How big is your tank? What kind of filter do you have? IP: Logged |
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