Re: Some new foods here....
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Same Pair...Lunch time. This time Im feeding a slightly larger pellet...AquaticSuppliers's Australian Blackworm Pellets. http://aquaticsuppliers.com/AquaticS...m-pel-50Gr.htm
http://youtu.be/X61fYLk62lo
Sorry for the sound quality...first time I tried putting music to a video was today. Vids and music done on phone. Tried to choreograph it a bit! Not easy!;)
Anyways,just showing that these fish took to the pellets. These were not grown out on them...they were Imported by Ryan Smith from Ricky Lim.
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brewmaster15
Same Pair...Lunch time. This time Im feeding a slightly larger pellet...AquaticSuppliers's Australian Blackworm Pellets.
All my discus are on Australian Freeze Dried Black worms, which is a great product and food. I purchased the pellets in order to be able to feed through my automatic feeder, and my fish were on them like a rash.
Don't hesitate on either of these products....Your discus with thank you!
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two utes
All my discus are on Australian Freeze Dried Black worms, which is a great product and food. I purchased the pellets in order to be able to feed through my automatic feeder, and my fish were on them like a rash.
Don't hesitate on either of these products....Your discus with thank you!
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Joe, Thanks for stopping by with your feedback on Mal's Worms and pellets... I couldn't agree more! Beautiful Fish my friend!:)
al
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brewmaster15
Beautiful Fish my friend!:)
al
Thanks Al. Much appreciated
Good stock
Good water
Good food
......its simple ;)
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How much is recommended for pellet food per feeding. It's quite obvious that if you feed too much discus will graze them for hours. It's tough to feed the what they'll eat with a given period rule because of the slow sinking. Mine often don't feed off of the surface so they will eat then slowly as they sink
As I was trying to get my auto feeder dialed in there were times where I dropped too much. I noticed increase in nitrate as well as a film on glass and wood. I'd love to feed the pellets on the auto feeder for midday feeding just don't want to overfeed them for WQ reasons.
Thanks
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I really think people over feed their fish on foods like pellets. A pellet is condensed nutrition... how much to feed is going to be a factor of the age of the fish and the numbers of the fish. I prefer multiple small feedings. I like for them to eat their food in about 15 mins. Most pellets and flakes fall apart after that anyway or start to....which just fouls the water.
Hth,al
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brewmaster15
I really think people over feed their fish on foods like pellets. A pellet is condensed nutrition... how much to feed is going to be a factor of the age of the fish and the numbers of the fish. I prefer multiple small feedings. I like for them to eat their food in about 15 mins. Most pellets and flakes fall apart after that anyway or start to....which just fouls the water.
Hth,al
Exactly. I think pellets are very easy to overfeed. Maybe like 1/2 tablespoon for 7 5.5"-6"?
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Not to change the subject,BUT how about the FDBW cubes? For 8 3.5"-4.5" Discus,how many would you feed as a serving????
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How long would it take them to eat it is the question...thar and what size pellet. The vids are pellets that are 1-1.5 mm
A size range that I think is discus friendly.
Al
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atlantadiscus
Not to change the subject,BUT how about the FDBW cubes? For 8 3.5"-4.5" Discus,how many would you feed as a serving????
That's a great question because I thought I saw Al say something like 3-4 cubes per feeding somewhere but I see people say there are breaking up a single cube. I feed 3 for 7 5.5+/- fish.
I'd definitely love to hear what the recommended number is straight "from the horses mouth". So much speculation and opinion to weed through
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atlantadiscus
Not to change the subject,BUT how about the FDBW cubes? For 8 3.5"-4.5" Discus,how many would you feed as a serving????
3-4 cubes..
1 cube per 2 adult discus per feedings.. 3 -4 feedings day.if you fed just my cubes...adjust per fish tank...obviously different fish will have different appetites.
So speaketh the horse:)
Al
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Geez,I think I must be starving my fish then! I feed 1 cube to all 8 and it is gone in 1-2 minutes,but towards the end of it,they seem to stop hunting for the stragglers and broken bits. They get this same amount 3x/day along with 1 to 2 small portions of flakes or pellets.Is that underfeeding?
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Probably not underfeeding .. you are feeding the. 3x a day plus pellets and flakes...its probably fine. Are they growing? Post some pics if you can and i can at least give you an idea as to how they are doing.
Al