What is an Oscar Fish?
Astronotus ocellatus is a species of fish from the cichlid family known under a variety of common names including oscar fish, tiger oscar, velvet cichlid, or marble cichlid. In South America, where the species naturally resides, A. ocellatus are often found for sale as a food fish in the local markets.The oscar fish can also be found in other areas including China, Australia, and the United States. Although its slow growth limits its potential for aquaculture, oscar fish is considered a popular aquarium fish. This blog provides articles on free tips and guides to help you understand more about oscar fish care and breeding.

How to Make an Oscar Fish Grow Faster


By Summer Banks

Oscar fish are one of the fastest growing fresh water fish. The entire purpose around maintaining a fish aquarium with Oscars is to watch them grow into large carnivorous fish. While these fish grow aggressively on their own, there are tried and true ways to increase an Oscars size more quickly. This easy feat takes a little care to accomplish.

Difficulty: Easy
Things You'll Need: Oscar Grow Food & Live Foods

Step 1
Feed often. You will want to feed your Oscar's every two to three hours. If you are worried about them not being hungry, an Oscar only has a memory of 13 seconds. He will never remember he just ate a meal.

Step 2
Choose the right food. There are specific foods on the market designed to make your Oscar fish grow larger. Using these dry foods in combination with fresh or frozen live foods like shrimp and blood worms will cause enormous weight gain.

Step 3
Clean up after Oscar. With the increased food intake there is bound to be additional output. Your Oscar fish will dirty the cage quite often. In order to keep the aquarium environment balanced with healthy bacteria, make sure not to complete a water change too often.

Tips & Warnings
1. When purposefully overfeeding your Oscars, you will need to clean the aquarium more frequently.
2. Never leave the aquarium in a cloudy state for more than a few days.

Recommended read
For a complete details and guide on oscar fish care & breeding, please download the ebook guide at www.oscarfishsecrets.com