My first discus.

funkyj1313 · Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 11:13 am Post subject: My first discus.

clunkster · Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 11:17 am Post subject:

And a very nice looking one at that Cool

Also looks to have settled in to the tank very well as well

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funkyj1313 · Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 4:47 pm Post subject:

He was eating the next morning. He acclimated very quickly.

clunkster · Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 4:54 pm Post subject:

Dont you just love it when they settle in so quick Cool

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funkyj1313 · Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:03 pm Post subject:

Yes. Otherwise I tend to worry quite a bit when they don't start eating within a couple of days..

clunkster · Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:42 am Post subject:

What are you feeding your discus on ?

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funkyj1313 · Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:52 am Post subject:

Blood worms, mysis shrimp, emerald entree, OSI Ultra flake food, Tetramin Pro crisps, yellow squash, cucumber, zuchini, sweet potato.

clunkster · Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:28 pm Post subject:

Have you tried beef heart ?

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funkyj1313 · Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:56 pm Post subject:

Doesn't seem that beef heart would be on their menu in the wild, although neither would some of the other foods I feed. I don't want to use beef heart. I'll stick with other discus formulations from hikari and jack wattley.

clunkster · Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 5:42 am Post subject:

Yes there are a lot of things we feed our fish, that would not be in their diet in the wild, but then there is a lot of food in their diet in the wild we can not give them. So we can only see which of the differing foods on offer that they will thrive on. The reason i asked you about beef heart, is because many, many years ago when i kept discus, it was one of the foods that i used, along with bloodworm, daphnea, whiteworm, tubifex as well as the usual flake foods

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funkyj1313 · Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:21 pm Post subject:

I try to keep them on as varied a diet as possible. I haven't had any bloat problems with any fish for quite some time now. **Keeping my fingers crossed and knocking on wood.**

PepperedGary · Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 7:26 pm Post subject:

Beef heart is the absolute BEST thing to get discus to grow. However, it is also the worst as far as fouling the tank is concerned. have to do lots of water changes frequently.

My secret Discus "contact" (importer/breeder) makes a lean ground beef mixture that my dicus LOVE - and it doesn't foul the water. The gorund beef & bloodworms is 99% of my discus' diets.

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