Things You'll Need
- Meal worms, crickets or meal beetles
- Fish net
Instructions
Feed a live food snack of meal worms, crickets or meal worm beetles. The insects are easily purchased at most pet supply stores.
Drop one or two of the insects into the tank for the Oscar to consume. The fish will quickly swim over and gulp up the live food.
Feed only a few insects at a time, depending on the Oscar fish's size. As the Oscar eats, its abdomen becomes gently rounded. Once it has a small round stomach appearance, cease feeding the fish. The Oscar might also eat the food then spit it back out into the water, which is an indication the Oscar is full. Oscars are notorious for overeating and will often become obese if they overfeed frequently.
Remove any live food that remains in the tank if the Oscar fish has not eaten it within 15 minutes. Scoop it out using a basic fish net and dispose of the food. If the cricket, meal worm or meal beetle is not already dead from drowning, it will usually soon die from shock. Avoid feeding dead insects to the Oscar fish because they can quickly spoil and make the fish sick.