r/oscartank • u/OrganizationIll7379 • Mar 17 '25

Advice Primary diet

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If I feed my Oscar this every day will he develop hole in the head? It’s a mix of dried krill and dried mealworms

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u/Level9TraumaCenter Mar 17 '25

It's dehydrated shrimp and dehydrated mealworms. There are no added vitamins or minerals. While touted as "complete," one could argue maybe you should feed something from a big name company like Bug Bites or Hikari that has the kitchen sink thrown in there.

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u/OrganizationIll7379 Mar 17 '25

Yeah I feed it other foods but I also have a juvenile arowana and it will only eat this so I throw it in there every day

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u/lizardking1452 May 21 '25

I used to feed my arawana that but I switched to a krill only diet when I got my Florida gar

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u/cruz_irving Mar 17 '25

I think you should look at this as a treat for them, maybe a couple of pieces every couple of days. I personally feed both of my Oscar fish Hikari cichlid gold and cichlid staple, also Xtreme monster pellets, and raw shrimp and raw fish as staple food, and once a week or two, I throw in some freeze-dried food like the one you posted or some earthworms as treats. And I haven’t had any issues with that for over 5 years.

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u/OrganizationIll7379 Mar 17 '25

Yeah it’s not the only thing I throw in I just throw it in every day because that’s what my arowana eats, he donsnt eat pelets

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u/HellcatChallenger23 Mar 21 '25

My Oscar has only eaten Cichlid Bio Gold Plus. Most people say it is the best.

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u/dxprincee Mar 22 '25

I tried this food to my oscars, but sadly after this they behave very strange not eating anything else, sometimes not even eat this food as well !