Oscar fish cultivation has never died because this fish from the past until now remains popular among fans of freshwater ornamental fish. Fish found in the interior of the Amazon River has a black and red body that creates beautiful colors nan beautiful when swimming in the aquarium of the house. Some other oscar fish species have pale white and yellowish red, so many call this fish "Oscar Albino".
Parent Selection
Good breeds that are ready to be developed should be about 1.5-2 years old and have a body length of about 15 cm, as high as 10 cm, has a bright color. Since the fish is 5-6 months old, the selection of sires must be done. Put the male and female fish 5 each into the container, then they will find their own partner.
Male breeders have longer bodies with prominent genitals. While the females are ready to mate have a fat belly with a larger genital hole.
Tricks to Get a Beautiful Oscar
The beautiful colors of oscar fish can be obtained by giving a specific feed. The feed should contain a lot of lime given since fish is still small. Good feed such as Rotifera, water fleas, hair worms, rebon shrimp, artemia. When the fish is still as long as 6 cm, the price of fish per head in the pair is only 500 rupiah, but can reach 500 thousand rupiah when the fish has grown. Seeing this opportunity, many are interested in Oscar fish farming.
