OSCAR TROPICAL FISH, OSCAR FISH, ASTRONOTUS OCELLATUS, OSCAR FISH , OSCAR CICHLIDS, OSCAR FISH

THERE ARE LOTS OF FROZEN FOODS FOR YOU TO CHOOSE FROM,PRAWNS, MUSSELS, COCKLES AND ANY WHITE FISH WILL ALL BE TAKEN GREEDILY BY YOUR OSCARS. THAW THEM BEFORE FEEDING. YOU CAN FEED THEM ON BEEFHEART. PURCHASE BEEFHEART FROM A BUTCHER AND CUT OFF ALL THEFAT LEAVING THE RED MEAT YOU CAN THEN CUT IT INTO SMALLER PIECES AND FREEZE IT. YOU CAN EITHER, GRATE IT AND FEED IT TO SMALLER OSCARS ,OR CUT PIECES OFF FOR LARGER OSCARS.ONE FOOD I WILL NOT FEED TO MY OSCARS IS DOG OR CAT FOOD. ANYONE WHO DOES THIS IS ASKING FOR TROUBLE BECAUSE OF THE POLLUTION THAT IT CAUSES. ANOTHER FOOD I WILL NOT FEED MY OSCARS IS PELLETS. I DO NOT LIKE PELLETS BECAUSE I BELEIVE THAT THEY CAN BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DIGESTION PROBLEMS. WHENEVER I HAVE HAD TO LOOK AT A SICK OSCAR THAT HAS PROBLEMS FEEDING IT IS NORMALLY FISH THAT HAVE BEEN FED REGULARLY ON PELLETS.IT IS MY BELEIF THAT GREEDY OSCARS WILL GULP THEM DOWN BEFORE THEY ABSORB ANY WATER AND THEN THEY ENLARGE IN THE GUT OF THE FISH CAUSING DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS. ALSO IF LEFT TO ABSORB WATER AND THEN EATEN THEY BREAK INTO LOTS OF TINY PARTICLES WHICH ARE LEFT TO POLLUTE THE WATER. PELLETS ARE OK IF FED SPARINGLY EVERY NOW AND AGAIN. DO NOT FEED THEM EVERY DAY. WHATEVER YOU FEED YOUR OSCARS, YOU WILL NEED TO VARY WHAT THEY EAT. FEEDING AN OSCAR THE SAME THING DAY IN DAY OUT WILL RESULT IN AN OSCAR THAT WILL TAKE NO OTHER FOOD. IF YOU COME ACROSS AN ADULT OSCAR THAT WONT EAT WHAT YOU GIVE HIM HE HAS BEEN FED ON ONLY ONE FOOD. TO BREAK THE FISH FROM THIS HABIT YOU MUST FEED HIM A VARIETY OF FOODS TILL HE TAKES THEM . UNEATEN FOOD SHOULD BE SYPHONED FROM THE GRAVEL. STARVE THE FISH FOR A FEW DAYS THEN FEED WITH LIVE FOOD THAT MOVES AROUND THE TANK. IT MAY COME DOWN TO A BATTLE OF WILLS BUT YOU MUST STARVE THE FISH UNTIL IT GIVES IN. TO AVOID THIS FEED THEM A VARIED DIET. LARGE OSCARS DO NOT REQUIRE FEEDING EVERY DAY THEY WILL BENEFIT FROM PERIODS OF FASTING AS THEY WOULD IN THE WILD