hundo the oscar. i need a little help.?

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I have a baby oscar (i mean almost literally. he's about 2-3 n long and 1 in tall) that I can't seem to get weight on. He doesn't poop for sure unless frightened (it says they poop A LOT). My boyfriend bought him for my for my birthday. He's Albino. I feed him mini chichlid pellets however the closet store we have to feed him live food is walmart and i refuse to feed him walmart fish (i've seen the tanks). What can I feed him that could help fatten him up. I call a pet store in the next town and they said betta pellets could help because they are made with meat or something. Also to feed him two pellets 3 times a day. He's in a 55 gal with my tropical nonagressive fish b/c he's so small he can't harm them. However he will go in his own 50 gal tank when he can get in it and no be bullied by an aferican cichlid. I need to know exactly what I can feed him. I will try anything. My boyfrined wants to put him in a ten gal until he outgrows it, he thinks it'll give him the idea he can take the tank over and wont have to worry about a thing.

Update:

u cant have 1 w.o a heater dumb ****

Chip · Accepted Answer

Britt, you have a lot of tanks, is your oscar in with the gourami and danios and such?

http://www.fishtankkeepers.com

mark · Answer

If you have it in fresh clean water, there's nothing more you can do for a few hours as Oscars sulk when treated badly. You need to use a dechlorinator in it's tank and test the water before you put it back. Expect it not to eat and go into a corner for maybe a day.

Les · Answer

try hikari cichlid pellets. here in asia there are plenty of choices available, cheap but very effective. avoid dried and frozen foods, also avoid living foods. they cause bacteria harmful to water and fish. he will get fat eventually by the time he reaches around 5 inches.

karter1 · Answer

Is the water tropical water, you never told us.
If not get a heater immediatly....

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hundo the oscar. i need a little help.?

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