in one of the chapters, he discusses the longer term dangers of this approach. specifically, he says that the fatty acids in fw and sw animals are different and so the main staples for sw fish should be sw-based foods and for fw fish should be fw-based foods. i dont know if this advice is more important for sw fishkeepers than us discus folk as i am still a novice on the latter topic.

hope this is helpful. I missed your point Al. Ocean Nutrition Formula One is labeled and sold under saltwater fish food. Hope you don't mind the explanation Al. I'd say a large majority of the commercially prepared fish foods for freshwater fish is saltwater fish based.

Take care, Eddie. Straight from the ON website, the products are listed under marine fish food. This natural blend of fresh, raw seafood provides an excellent source of pure marine protein from the coral reef and creates an exciting flavor that marine tropical fish cannot resist!

Also excellent for freshwater tropical fish! My BHM will remain the staple diet. SW food, am planning to use only to give them some variety. Take care, Eddie Thank you Eddie, for explaining Al's words. It really helped. Since Ocean Nutrition food are not available in India,I was having tough time understanding what he meant.

I feed inve proton and lansy to my discus, both designed for feeding sw fish. I also feed prawns and scallops, both sw items. Discus being from the family of cichlids and the order of perciformes are secondary freshwater fish anyway ancestors came from the sea. Yeah, I don't know if I agree with that but who am I.

Take care, Eddie Who are you? You da man! when i wrote the post on Martin Moe's omega-3 vs. omega-6 fatty acid conclusions, i was thinking that the success you have had with the near-exclusive seafood diet you feed your fish, Eddie, is a strong counter-arguement to Moe's theory.

Maybe his advice is more important for the sw hobbyist. anyway, if anyone cares, i looked up the reference: The Marine Aquarium Handbook: Beginner to Breeder. Martin Moe, Jr. Sandipan: not to hijack your thread but i'm curious as to your thoughts on the state of the Discus hobby in India.

I was in Kolkata recently visiting relatives and noticed some nice discus for sale at the local shopping mall suprisingly reasonably priced at least in dollar terms.

usually things in India cost more. any thoughts? Thank you Rod. I am now sure that I will not be doing anything wrong by feeding foods meant for SW fishes to my Discus to give them a variety. Who are you?

First I would like to know which shopping Mall did you find the discus, when you last visited India? As per my knowledge, City Centre Shopping mall located at Salt Lake is the only shopping mall with a LFS in Kolkata. Have you seen the discus with the City Centre LFS? The state of Discus keeping as a hobby is not that good in Kolkata or rather the eastern part of India.

Its slightly better in Western and southern part. The problems we "serious" discus hobbyists face in kolkata are: 1.

Good quality discus is very very rare. read more. During a discus presentation in Chicago and in New York several years ago I mentioned garlic as a preventative agent A very common question I get from customers is What are you feeding discus fish?

How often should I be Let's put this intestinal worm business in perspective. If you're new to the hobby or even been in it for a Storing Brine Shrimp Eggs First of all, you need to start with healthy, properly stored eggs.

All brine shrimp eggs need Discus fish thrive greatly on a number of food types. These include beef, veal, turkey heart, fish fillets, shrimp and HOW WILL BEEF HEART FOOD NOURISH MY DISCUS?

Protein is one of the most important nutrients for discus. Beef heart food A delicious, nutritious meal can make anyone happy and healthy--including your discus! One discus food that we recommend is Omega Introduction Discus fish can feed on basically anything which can include fish flakes, pellets, and frozen or even live food.

ive blackworms Lumbriculus variegatus are regarded as one of the best live food options on the market. They are easy Home The Discus. com Learning Center Feeding All About Feeding Discus: An Overview.

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The Use of Garlic Against Tapeworm in Discus, by Jack Wattley During a discus presentation in Chicago and in New York several years ago I mentioned garlic as a preventative agent Feeding Discus Based on Size A very common question I get from customers is What are you feeding discus fish?

Beef Heart — Tapeworms, and other Nonsense Let's put this intestinal worm business in perspective. How to Store and Hatch Brine Shrimp Eggs Storing Brine Shrimp Eggs First of all, you need to start with healthy, properly stored eggs. Discus Food Recipes Discus fish thrive greatly on a number of food types.

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More About Food for Discus Fish Introduction Discus fish can feed on basically anything which can include fish flakes, pellets, and frozen or even live food. How to breed the filet mignon of the aquatic world: the blackworm!

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Return To; Wild Discus in Your Aquarium. Discus fish have fairly simple dietary habits. They are omnivores and will eat both meat and plants.

An assorted diet that offers both will ensure that they get all of the nutrients they need to be healthy. I feed all of my Discus Hakari frozen bloodworms and either Formula One or Omega One flake. You can also include spiralina flake and freeze dried krill, which is good for color.

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Below, find all our recommendations for discus food View More. pH should be between 6. Temperature should be kept between 82° and 86° F, although wild Heckel discus prefer water near 90° F. Use an Aqueon Aquarium Heater to maintain proper water temperature.

While captive bred discus can be kept in dechlorinated tap water, reverse osmosis or deionized water supplemented with Aqueon Water Renewal will provide the best conditions. When purchasing discus, always ask about the water chemistry they were raised in.

Don't forget to treat tap water with Aqueon Water Conditioner before refilling your aquarium! Discus grow to be quite large and require an aquarium of 75 gallons or larger when full grown. Tall aquariums are best to accommodate their body shape. Water movement should be gentle, and décor should include large broadleaf plants and driftwood that is arranged vertically to simulate downed branches and trees.

A few floating plants can also be added to provide shaded areas and cover. Substrate should be sand or fine to medium grade, smooth-surfaced gravel as discus like to forage along the bottom for food.

Discus are generally calm, peaceful fish, but as cichlids, they can be aggressive toward one another, especially when attempting to pair off and spawn. Shy or submissive fish should be removed if they are unable to compete. Most serious hobbyists do not mix their discus with too many other species.

Some suitable aquarium mates include cardinal tetras, neons, emperor and rummynose tetras as well as clown loaches and dwarf cichlids, such as rams and Apistogramma species.

Care should be taken though when you feed your discus fish with dry foods. For example, ensure you supplement fish flakes with live food in order to attain optimum health for your discus fish as far as essential nutrients are concerned.

Also, ensure you soak fish pellets before feeding them to the discus to avoid bloating of the discus fish. We highly recommend the DiscusGuy high protein flake foods and high protein beef heart flakes. Another best food for discus live food which includes bloodworms, black worms and also white worms.

All these happen to be one of the best foods for discus fish in terms of nutrient content. More so, they can be easily acquired in almost all the local pet stores and can be stored in preparation for feeding them to the discus fish.

Brine shrimps make another best food for discus fish and a good substitute for that matter for worms. This is because they are rich in vitamins as well as minerals. They can either be frozen or live brine shrimp. Be careful to rinse them to remove any salt that may be on them though before giving it to the discus fish and incase it was frozen, ensure you defrost them first.

This is the best food for strengthening the discus fish colors as it contains beta carotene. We highly recommend you stay away from live worms and only feed frozen worms as live worms can have parasites and get your fish sick! Apart from the above main food types, some discus fish keepers opt for homemade food for their fish and they use cow hearts to make them.

One major setback for this however is that they dirty your discus fish tank and hence it would require more regular cleaning.

All in all, discus fish generally and naturally prefer live foods and those are the best foods you can give them. When discus fish are still young, they require constant feeding.

Baby discus will eat 10 to 12 times per day. Young fish will eat up to 5 times per day. Adult discus fish on the other hand eat 2 to 3 times per day. Be careful to not overfeed them.

Overfeeding your discus could cause health problems and water pollution. Discus fish are sensitive fish who appreciate pristine water conditions.

Having a range of foods, particularly dry foods, can be helpful if you need to go on holidays. Dry foods are able to be fed to your Discus via a feeder, which is very convenient.

Sera Insect Food is a crowd favourite amongst most Discus. Sera Growth Food is a great food to feed your younger Discus. It stabilises the intestinal flora and supports quick and balanced development of the Discus. Sera Color Food helps to enhance the colour of your Discus.

It contains a combination of ingredients that optimises the colour. However, avoid feeding this to yellow Discus as it can turn them orange. Tropical Astacolor Flakes are a colour enhancing food.

They have been specially formulated for super red champions. However, this food contains a low amount of protein, so ensure you also feed your Discus a high protein food along the Astacolor Flakes.

Freeze Dried Black Worms are an excellent source of protein for your Discus. Each block contains densely packed freeze dried black worms and contains Spinach: The spinach variety also contains spinach, which we have found can cause bloat.

So, if you feed this to your Discus, make sure you fast them once a week or add epsom salt to help with the bloating. The OZ Discus seafood mix contains a variety of seafood such as tuna and prawns and a range of vitamins and minerals to keep your Discus happy and healthy.

Click here to learn more about our seafood mix and watch how we make it. You can feed your adult Discus up to one to two times per day. Once in the morning and once in the evening. If you have young Discus in their growth stage, you can increase this to 4 times a day. You should feed your Discus enough food so that they consume is within one to two minutes.

Remove any leftover food from the tank after that time. Beef heart is a lean meat that has been traditionally fed to Discus over the years as it can help with growth and development. However, we have found that in a farm environment, when the Discus are fed beef heart, there is a greater percentage of fish with worms.

That is why we always recommend feeding your Discus food other than beef heart. Any of the granular foods from Sera and Tropical and the OZ Discus Seafood Mix are great alternatives to beef heart. Head over to our Learning Hub to discover more.

You can find out how to perform a Potassium Permaganate treament , learn about aquarium filters , and more! Disclaimer: This is a guide only. OZ Discus is not liable for any losses and holds no responsibility in the event of the death of the fish.

Users of this guide are to use the information at their own discretion and accept all risks resulting from the use of this guide. Visit our Live Fish Explorer and discover our premium Discus fish for sale. We import our fish from the best farms and breeders around the world to ensure that you have the highest quality Discus for your fishkeeping journey.

We do not use any stock photography that misrepresent the fish. Most of our photos are shot without filtering to try give you the truest beauty and colour of the fish we have.

Any filters we do use are to account for factors that reduce the colour when taking the photo, such as bad lighting. By knowing details about the farm and fish, we are able to ascertain the age and breeding line to ensure the highest quality fish are available to you.

OZ Discus is an independent Sydney store and as such has to uphold important corporate responsibilities. When you buy from OZ Discus, you get peace of mind that we meet strict RSPCA and AIAA certifications and COVID practices.

We also have dead on arrival DOA and returns policies and practices that give you confidence in your purchase. We hope that you find our range of Discus fish suitable to your pursuit in this very rewarding hobby.