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MVP Oct.2015
Re: Newbe here - Thanks for your help
A belated welcome to simply, Dean.
I finally get to see pics of your discus ! LOL
Didn't know you were also a member here, but it seems you knew I was a member of SD.
TPT is my second go to forum after simply. Great info on planted set-ups.
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Re: Newbe here - Thanks for your help
looking good, keep up the good work and welcome to SD.
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Registered Member
Re: Newbe here - Thanks for your help
Welcome to the Forum. Nice looking Pigeon Bloods. You seem to be doing well. I like Pigeon Bloods they've always been one of my favorites, and as Discus go they're one of the tougher, less delicate strains to keep and a good choice to get started with.
Yours seem to have all the right signs to grow to be very nice fish; nice shape and proportions, good color, nice eye to body ratio (no stunted growth). I especially like the one in picture 3.
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Re: Newbe here - Thanks for your help
Very nice discus. The airstone is more effective when it's closet o the bottom. I dont use blod worms. The nutrition value is not so good, and I heard many times it caused parazite problems
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Re: Newbe here - Thanks for your help
What would you suggest rather than blood worms? I already feed them Beef Heart and flakes. Is blood worms not a good choice?
Dean
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MVP Oct.2015
Re: Newbe here - Thanks for your help
Dean,
Bloodworms are low in nutritional value, and many discus-keepers feed them sparingly - e.g. only occasionally as a 'treat'.
While it is reported that live bloodworms in particular may carry undesirable pathogens, I have not heard of any issues with name brand frozen, or freeze-dried bloodworms. I've used frozen ones (regularly or irregularly) for several years and never had a problem.
Other choices of acceptable foods for discus include freeze-dried Australian blackworms, frozen Mysis shrimp, a variety of name brand pellets and flakes, and to a lesser extent foods like frozen brine shrimp, frozen krill, & other frozen or freeze-dried foods.
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Re: Newbe here - Thanks for your help
I don't have experience with frozen blood worms. From freinds and reading I know that there are two opinions. Some say that there is no problem and some say that there is. Many sorts of pathogens dont dead when frozen, they just "go to sleep". Logically if I afraid from pathogens in live BW, freezing will not eliminate them. I don't think any brand can garantee 100% parazite free BW. Everything that came from salt water like brine shrimps etc. is safe to use. Because the freshwater pathogens can't live in salt water. I feed with fish and use only sea fish for that reason. Maybe I'm over careful here, but there is not any advantage in fresh water worms or fish so why not to be to careful with that?
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MVP Oct.2015
Re: Newbe here - Thanks for your help
I'm of course aware that freezing will not eliminate all pathogens.
But in mentioning frozen bloodworms above, I qualified that by saying 'brand name' frozen fish foods (Hikari is one that comes to mind), who I feel for reputation protection reasons, would take the necessary precautions with their sources of worms, or their own cultivation thereof, to significantly reduce the risks of their foods being thus contaminated. While there are no guarantees to this effect, nonetheless I'm one who is satisfied that the risk is extremely low.
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Re: Newbe here - Thanks for your help
Based in the conversation above I think I am going to eliminate BW from my feeding rotation.
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