Feeding Discus Question

[marksayer10@tiscali.co.uk]

hi all.

i have just aquired 4 juvi discus and was wondering whats the best food to feed them. i know beef heart is a good food but was wondering what else incase i cant get hold of beef heart. the discus are only about 2 inches max in size.

many thx

 

[JA5ON]

i am thinkin the same for min i am feeding beef heart and blood worm at the min but am thinking they dont eat loads which i thought they would can or and mine r shy is there any think i can do to make them less shy of me?

 

[taffy92]

hi, food wize there,s quite a few things to feed discus on, brine shrimp are good for young discus, i feed mine minced white fish, shrimp,banana, beaf-heart, garlic salt and all thier vitamins also black worms if you can get them mosquito lava washed and choped garden worms i,ve heard of, and theres a lot more if you ask in your lfs hope this helps

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

Brine shrimp, Mysis shrimp, Beefheart, Seafood mix (I posted a recipe if you can find it ) Glass worms, Ocean Nutrition Prime Reef flake, Angelplus Pro growth flake (http/www.angelsplus.com/) and also Australian Black Worms (http/www.blackworms.com.au/)

For my juvy fish I feed six times a day:

9:00am Seafood mix
12:00pm Angelplus pro growth (from auto feeder)
2:00pm Angelplus pro growth (from auto feeder)
5:00pm Beefheart mix
8:00pm Beefheart mix
11:00pm Australian Black Worms

Also occasional glass worms

Adults normally get fed three times a day, I normally feed them a variety of brine shrimp, blood worms, prime reef, occasional seafoox mix/beefheart and mysis shrimp.