rabbut
I don't bite, all that often...
I feed tropical quintet, once cube in the early morning, one in the early evening. This diet of frozen food is ofset by a hight protien discus feed, Kisuri Tropical Discus Sticks to be precice, and catfish sinker pellets, also twice a day once late morning morning and late evening 
Frozen is good, as the discus digestive system is relatively short and prone to constipation issues with only dried food going in. Adding frozen flushes the system and prevents constipation 
I remember reading somewhere that it only takes 30 mins for food to pass through a discus
. Not sure how true this is, but if you see them in bright light, you can see how short the digestive tract is, as it appears as a darker patch within them. This means that anything you feed them needs to be easily digetible, as it isn't going to spend long in the fish being digested 
Mine weren't too fussed about the frozen discus mixes, and I had real trouble getting them to accept them, even after my starving techniques. I won't offer it again, though it's a good food if you can get them to accept it
I will probibly feed exclusively frozen once growth has stopped, as high protien foods break down to ammonia when the fish get their energy, and lots of it. This means increased maintanance. High protien diets when not needed can also lead to fatty liver disease, so only offer lots of protien to adult discus if you are trying to get them to spawn. High carbohydrate diets are better after growth is done, as it breaks down to water and C02 when the fish get energy, so minimal ammonia is produced and a reduction in maintanance can be made It is also more easy to obtain energy from carbohydrate, so you can also feed less. There also are no dodgy by-products, so there is no risk of diet related illnesses such as fatty liver disease
HTH
Rabbut
Frozen is good, as the discus digestive system is relatively short and prone to constipation issues with only dried food going in. Adding frozen flushes the system and prevents constipation I remember reading somewhere that it only takes 30 mins for food to pass through a discus
. Not sure how true this is, but if you see them in bright light, you can see how short the digestive tract is, as it appears as a darker patch within them. This means that anything you feed them needs to be easily digetible, as it isn't going to spend long in the fish being digested Mine weren't too fussed about the frozen discus mixes, and I had real trouble getting them to accept them, even after my starving techniques. I won't offer it again, though it's a good food if you can get them to accept it
I will probibly feed exclusively frozen once growth has stopped, as high protien foods break down to ammonia when the fish get their energy, and lots of it. This means increased maintanance. High protien diets when not needed can also lead to fatty liver disease, so only offer lots of protien to adult discus if you are trying to get them to spawn. High carbohydrate diets are better after growth is done, as it breaks down to water and C02 when the fish get energy, so minimal ammonia is produced and a reduction in maintanance can be made
It is also more easy to obtain energy from carbohydrate, so you can also feed less. There also are no dodgy by-products, so there is no risk of diet related illnesses such as fatty liver disease HTH
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