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

OSCARS SHOULD GROW TO ADULT SIZE IN AROUND 15- 18 MONTHS FROM WHEN THEY ARE HATCHED. ONCE FULLY GROWN THEY WILL MEASURE FROM 8 - 12 INCHES FROM TIP TO TAIL AND 4-6 INCHES FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. TO GET MAXIMUM GROWTH FROM YOUR OSCARS ,YOU WILL REQUIRE TWO THINGS , A BALANCED VARIED DIET AND PLENTY OF WATER CHANGES. IF YOU HAVE CHECKED OUT THE FEEDING SECTION THEN YOU WILL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO FEED YOUR OSCARS. FEED THEM LITTLE AND OFTEN. YOU SHOULD NOT OVERFEED YOUR OSCARS AS THIS CAN LEAD TO THE WATER BEING FOULED AND THE FISH WILL SUFFER.WHEN THE FISH ARE JUVENILES FEED THEM TWICE A DAY , BUT AS THEY GET BIGGER THE OSCARS WILL NOT NEED TO BE CONTSTANTLY FED. IN THE WILD, OSCARS ARE PREDATORS AND SOMETIMES FOOD MAYBE SCARCE SO THEY CAN BE FED LESS FREQUENTLY. FEEDING YOUR OSCARS ON MEALWORMS AND RIVER SHRIMPS ON A REGULAR BASIS WILL GIVE THEM A BEAUTIFUL RICH RED/ORANGE COLOUR RATHER THAN THE WASHED OUT COLOUR THAT THEY BECOME ON A DIET WITHOUT THESE CEROTEAN RICH FOODS. AS YOUR OSCARS GROW ,SO WILL THE SIZE OF THE FOOD. IT FOLLOWS THAT 2 INCH OSCARS WILL REQUIRE SMALLER FOOD THAN A FULLY GROWN ADULT OSCARS, IF YOU FEED FROM MY LIST OF GARDEN FOODS THEN YOU WILL REQUIRE BIGGER SNAILS FOR AN ADULT THAN FOR A JUVENILE .FULLY GOROWN OSCARS SHOULD BE FED EVERY COUPLE OF DAYS. A PERIOD OF FSTING WILL ASLO BENEFIT THE FISH ESPECIALLY BEFORE CONDITIONING THEM FOR SPAWNING. WATER CHANGES SHOULD BE DONE ONCE A WEEK AND SHOULD BE ABOUT 20% OF THE TOTAL GALLONAGE OF YOUR TANK. ALL FISH SECRETE A PHEREMONE WHICH WILL STUNT THE GROWTH OF THOSE FISH AROUND THEM. IT FOLLOWS THEN THAT CHANGING THE WATER WILL DILUTE THE PEHEREMONES AND THEREFORE THE FISH WILL NOT BE STUNTED AND WILL GROW FASTER. CHANGE YOUR WATER WITH CHLORINE FREE AGED WATER OF AROUND THE SAME TEMPERATURE. CHANGING THE WATER IN YOUR TANK IS AKIN TO HAVING YOU CAR SERVICED. CARRY THEM OUT ON A REGULAR BASIS AND IT WILL NOT ONLY ENCOURAGE GROWTH IN YOUR FISH BUT WILL ALSO HELP MAINTAIN WATER QUALITY AND DILUTE NITRATES IN YOUR TANK. CARRY OUT REGULAR WATER CHANGES WHILST FEEING YOUR OSCARS A BALANCED AND VARIED DIET AND YOU WILL BE REWARDED WITH HEALTHY OSCARS WHO WILL ENTERTAIN AND FASCINATE YOU FOR MANY YEARS.