oscar not eating

big fish · 02-11-2005, 12:21 PM

I have had my tank for about 8 months or so but il consider myself a beginner. I have a 100gal tank that i had community fish in. I have transfered them into a smaller (20 gal) tank and i just put in 1 tiger oscar in the 100 gal. I also put in a texas cichlid but he died (ich, which i am treating the tank for) so its now just the oscar. He (oscar) does not seem to be eating. I have tried floating cichlid pelets, flakes and i have 2 small feeder goldfish in there for him also. The oscar has been in the tank for 5 days. When there was both fish one of them ate a goldfish. So im not sure if the oscar ate it and he is not hungry. What worries me is that i read oscar's will eat 24/7 and mine doesnt seem to be eating at all. Thanks for any info.

**Fishfirst** · 02-11-2005, 12:32 PM

did you test your water at all??? also if one fish died of ich, he could be suffering from it to... are you treating the main tank???

big fish · 02-11-2005, 03:51 PM

i am treating the tank. i just feed him some cichlid pellets and he is eating them all up. maybe he just needed some time to get use to the tank. how many pellets should i give him and how many times a day. thanks.

madmatrixz3000 · 02-13-2005, 04:28 PM

I was taking care of my friends oscars and my brother's pakus this christmas and I found even fish that are used to moving will not eat for up to a week after they are in a settled area. But I feed the Oscars about 2 scoops(I got an old coffee scoop) 1 time a day, so I suggest feeding it about 1/2 a scoop.

I just have to say that the Oscar is amazing and it looks big already for only having it for 5 days.

Lexus · 02-13-2005, 09:10 PM

scoop of what, flakes? thats alot of flakes! I never fed my oscar that much.

madmatrixz3000 · 02-14-2005, 06:07 PM

[schild=9 fontcolor=FFFF00 shadowcolor=00008B shieldshadow=1]NO[/schild] Of pellets. As far as I know you should not give flakes to Oscars except for fry.

shev · 02-14-2005, 07:41 PM

VAriety is best, flakes are fine.

Jason_S · 02-18-2005, 02:29 AM

an oscar larger than 1" has no need for flakes. it will take a lot of flakes to fill the oscar up (assuming the oscar even eats them....there's a good chance flakes would just be ignored) and chances are most of the flakes will be sucked into the filter anyway. oscars do best on pellets, worms, crickets, live fish (if you breed them yourself or know they are disease free--preferably no goldfish), frozen or freeze dried krill, brine shrimp, bloodworms etc.

madmatrixz3000 · 02-18-2005, 07:56 AM

Yeah even my other brother's tiny chiclids are on pellets. And I myslef are introducing pellets to my gourami

02-11-2005, 12:21 PM	#1
big fish Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 7 User Feedback: (0)	oscar not eating I have had my tank for about 8 months or so but il consider myself a beginner. I have a 100gal tank that i had community fish in. I have transfered them into a smaller (20 gal) tank and i just put in 1 tiger oscar in the 100 gal. I also put in a texas cichlid but he died (ich, which i am treating the tank for) so its now just the oscar. He (oscar) does not seem to be eating. I have tried floating cichlid pelets, flakes and i have 2 small feeder goldfish in there for him also. The oscar has been in the tank for 5 days. When there was both fish one of them ate a goldfish. So im not sure if the oscar ate it and he is not hungry. What worries me is that i read oscar's will eat 24/7 and mine doesnt seem to be eating at all. Thanks for any info. Attached Images

02-11-2005, 12:32 PM	#2
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Soon to be Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,487 User Feedback: (1)	did you test your water at all??? also if one fish died of ich, he could be suffering from it to... are you treating the main tank??? __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

02-11-2005, 03:51 PM	#3
big fish Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 7 User Feedback: (0)	Re: oscar not eating i am treating the tank. i just feed him some cichlid pellets and he is eating them all up. maybe he just needed some time to get use to the tank. how many pellets should i give him and how many times a day. thanks.

02-13-2005, 04:28 PM	#4
madmatrixz3000 Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 88 User Feedback: (0)	Re: oscar not eating I was taking care of my friends oscars and my brother's pakus this christmas and I found even fish that are used to moving will not eat for up to a week after they are in a settled area. But I feed the Oscars about 2 scoops(I got an old coffee scoop) 1 time a day, so I suggest feeding it about 1/2 a scoop. I just have to say that the Oscar is amazing and it looks big already for only having it for 5 days.

02-13-2005, 09:10 PM	#5
Lexus Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 22 Posts: 2,399 User Feedback: (0)	Re: oscar not eating scoop of what, flakes? thats alot of flakes! I never fed my oscar that much. __________________ 55 Gallon 8 Daffodil Cichlids 2 Angels 9 Corys 1 Albino BN Pleco 1 Goldfish 47 Gallon 2 Angels 4 Black Skirt Tetras 8 Tiger Barbs 11 Zebra Danios 29 Gallon 2 Parrots 10 Gallon 1 Betta 5 ADFs

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02-14-2005, 06:07 PM	#6
madmatrixz3000 Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 88 User Feedback: (0)	Re: oscar not eating [schild=9 fontcolor=FFFF00 shadowcolor=00008B shieldshadow=1]NO[/schild] Of pellets. As far as I know you should not give flakes to Oscars except for fry.

02-14-2005, 07:41 PM	#7
shev Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Montana Age: 19 Posts: 1,561 User Feedback: (0)	Re: oscar not eating VAriety is best, flakes are fine.

02-18-2005, 02:29 AM	#8
Jason_S Fishy Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Columbus, IN USA Posts: 29 User Feedback: (0)	Re: oscar not eating an oscar larger than 1" has no need for flakes. it will take a lot of flakes to fill the oscar up (assuming the oscar even eats them....there's a good chance flakes would just be ignored) and chances are most of the flakes will be sucked into the filter anyway. oscars do best on pellets, worms, crickets, live fish (if you breed them yourself or know they are disease free--preferably no goldfish), frozen or freeze dried krill, brine shrimp, bloodworms etc.

02-18-2005, 07:56 AM	#9
madmatrixz3000 Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 88 User Feedback: (0)	Re: oscar not eating Yeah even my other brother's tiny chiclids are on pellets. And I myslef are introducing pellets to my gourami

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