How Fast Do Oscar Grow
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POWER FEEDING IS GOOD I FEED THEM THREE TIMES A DAY SHRIMP, PELLETS AND LIVE GOLD FISH ALL THE TIME IN THE TANK AND MINE GREW A 12inchs IN A YEAR
Yeah, I've had mine for over a year and they are about 12 in now. The only thing I don't agree is that the tank size. I believe it helps though but my 2 have been in a 47G their whole lives (which I know it's cruel but I'm going to get them a 100G soon) and it took a little over a year. I've fed them anything including: Hikari Oscar pellets, nightcrawlers, minnows (when they were wee ones), and comets (now I get the big kind). Just beware about the feeder fish since they do carry parasites (so when they do have them in there the tank gets cleaned at least once a week with 80% water change).
Massivore would make a great food as well, my jag loves them. Each pellet is supposedly equivalent to 1.8 goldfish in calories.
Hello , sorry to bring back a thread from the dead, but i did a search and found this, figured id make my first post
these methods all work well? i just got 2 oscars (1 albino, 1 tiger) on saturday. They are about 2-3 inches long, in a 40 gallon with about 20 convicts. Hoping they will grow fast enough to clean out the tank of convicts since no one will take them off my hands, and then set up the newly aquired 75 gallon along side my cichlid 55 gallon.
Im currently feeding them what i have from my cichlids. Wardleys Cichlid flakes, top fin small cichlid floating/sinking pellets, and Hikari cichlid gold floating pellets, but they seem to hate the HIkari, they eat it and then spit it right out, and the convicts gobble up the remains.
I bought a dozen roseys yesterday, and they were all gone in a matter of minutes, however each oscar ate 1-2 each, and the convicts ate the rest.
These oscars are plan A. If they dont get the job done with cleaning out the tank, once they get a little larger, they will have a new tank mate of a red tail catfish to oust these convicts. Sadly i can only keep 2 tanks up and running at once. 40 gal and 55 currently set up, planning on keeping only 55 gal and 75 up and running
these methods all work well? i just got 2 oscars (1 albino, 1 tiger) on saturday. They are about 2-3 inches long, in a 40 gallon with about 20 convicts. Hoping they will grow fast enough to clean out the tank of convicts since no one will take them off my hands, and then set up the newly aquired 75 gallon along side my cichlid 55 gallon.
Im currently feeding them what i have from my cichlids. Wardleys Cichlid flakes, top fin small cichlid floating/sinking pellets, and Hikari cichlid gold floating pellets, but they seem to hate the HIkari, they eat it and then spit it right out, and the convicts gobble up the remains.
I bought a dozen roseys yesterday, and they were all gone in a matter of minutes, however each oscar ate 1-2 each, and the convicts ate the rest.
These oscars are plan A. If they dont get the job done with cleaning out the tank, once they get a little larger, they will have a new tank mate of a red tail catfish to oust these convicts. Sadly i can only keep 2 tanks up and running at once. 40 gal and 55 currently set up, planning on keeping only 55 gal and 75 up and running
mine did the same when i set them on hikari, just dont feed for a while, then theyl like it, how big are the cons in comparison?
esparonisproud;4894596; said:
Agreed, starvation is the way to go. My fish wouldn't touch NLS when I first brought em home but after a nice 3 day period with no food they went after it like crazy.
Needless to say, no problems since.
fetto;4894580; said:
Do the convicts bully the small Oscars?
What are you going to keep the Red Tail Catfish in?
Here are some Growth pics of my Oscar:
Winter 2009 when I picked him up (guy on the bottom)
At 2 weeks
At 2 months (He looks rough because he got his backside handed to him by a GT juvie)
About 6-7 months
Just over a year (about 11 inches head to tail)
Not the biggest because I haven't power fed him but he does get a wide variety of food, a base diet of Hikari Gold with prawns and treats of crickets, mealworms, peas, sweetcorn, bloodworm etc.
