Discus Food

[rocknurworld2006]

whats the best discus food to feed them?

 

[kribensis12]

Discus will do well on any High Quality, High Protein Flake. They also will do well with some Brine Shrimp in their diet, some Blood Worm, and some Spirulina Flake ( builds up there immune system, and helps them be even more colorful). I do not advise feeding Beefheart as in my personal oppinion, it is not good for them.

 

[rocknurworld2006]

how do u find the TONY TAN Discus food?

and how do u find these foods also: Item number: 280252030833

 

[Tag2008]

We used to give them the Tetra Prima for discus its like small red granuals amoungst other things we weer told this was good and they didnt disagree

It was a little dearer but you get a good deal on ebay usually or we used to I guess you will still get it there.

My discus refused the beefheart but liked bloodworm.

 

[tHE SCRiBBLEs]

Mine seem to like Hikari Freezed dried bloodworm, and tetra brand tropical flakes

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

Beefheart (in moderation), Brineshrimp, Mysis shrimp, Red and White mesquito larve (blood worms/glass worms), Assorted types of Discus pellets and flakes. And a very important part of the diet that is normally left out is vegtable matter, be it garlic puree, lettuce, spinach, ect.


Honestly, a variety is key. Feed your Discus what ever you can (mine are very picky.)

 

[raycocksure]

YOUR ANSWERS IS GOOD!!
NICE.

 

[jnms]

Hi, my Discus will only eat bloodworm and nothing else. I have tried flake, Tetra Prima for Discus, Tetra Cichlid Food, Tubifex, Beefheart, Brine Shrimp and also Improvit Frozen Discus Food - he just isn't interested in any of this. Only bloodworm.

Yesterday I but in a chunk of Salmon and he had a few bites of this before moving away.

Any ideas?

 

[kribensis12]

Dude, just dont feed him. Wait a week and try foods he dosent like. He will eventually go on them. Discus can be very picky. If he still wont eat it after 1 week, keep going. Fish can be healthy and not eat for over 2 weeks if they have to.

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

Hi, my Discus will only eat bloodworm and nothing else. I have tried flake, Tetra Prima for Discus, Tetra Cichlid Food, Tubifex, Beefheart, Brine Shrimp and also Improvit Frozen Discus Food - he just isn't interested in any of this. Only bloodworm.

Yesterday I but in a chunk of Salmon and he had a few bites of this before moving away.

Any ideas?

Start mixing other foods in with the blood worms. You can start with a ratio of 8:1, and slowly ween them off the blood worms.

 

[rabbut]

IMO beefheart is a very poor choice of food. It might be high-protien, but it is also high in antivitamins and low in anything else... Some (myself included) argue that beefheart also includes the wrong type of protien, and can potentially kill them prematurely through fatty liver disease and other similar diseases related to poor diet. While growing on, it can be used for growth in moderation, but I would deffinately not offer it to adults.

I feed tropical quintette and Discusin (basically cheap Tetra Prima in different brands packaging) pellets in a 50:50 mix.

All the best
Rabbut

 

[Jim Curtis]

Most discus owners and breeders feed beefheart. If you go to the discus forum you will see that pretty much all of the experienced keepers include beefheart in the diets of their fish and they grow big and live long. I dont know where rabbut gets his info from but I dont think its personal experience as much as it is pseudoscience. No offense.

 

[mike os]

Most discus owners and breeders feed beefheart. If you go to the discus forum you will see that pretty much all of the experienced keepers include beefheart in the diets of their fish and they grow big and live long. I dont know where rabbut gets his info from but I dont think its personal experience as much as it is pseudoscience. No offense.

Jorg Stendker would definitely agree, it's ALL he feeds.

A diet of practically everything fishy food wise......I would add to the above beefheart, turkeyheart, krill, mussel, shrimp, prawn, whitebait ( some will some wont) a varied mix of dried foods..whatever they will eat, mine wont eat flake.(so it goes in the heart mix), bloodworm, cichlid mix.....

as long as tehy are not on a single food they will do well.

 

[rocknurworld2006]

well i mean ii would agree, i wouldnt personally feed beefheart as feeding this all the time is not good for discus. its not a natural food, and can cause alot of potential problems.

 

[mike os]

well i mean ii would agree, i wouldnt personally feed beefheart as feeding this all the time is not good for discus. its not a natural food, and can cause alot of potential problems.

So people keep on telling me...... still waiting for any scientific evidence though, odd how they do so well on it

Prima, krill, flake etc = "natural food"?