AquaticSuppliers.com     Cafepress Store

Results 1 to 8 of 8

Thread: My discus will not eat beef hearts

  1. #1
    Registered Member
    Join Date
    Aug 2020
    Posts
    5

    Default My discus will not eat beef hearts



    Hello all,

    My discus are not eating beef hearts. I purchase the frozen San Francisco Bay beef heart; it just fowls up the water. They eat the pellets and blood worms as well as brine shrimp. They are about 4’, I thought it was good for them to eat it, to grow out. I am trying to feed different foods but this particular food they are not having it. Any suggestions for alternative food, would be appreciated..

  2. #2
    Registered Member
    Join Date
    Jan 2019
    Posts
    1,543

    Default Re: My discus will not eat beef hearts

    Most all discus will each freeze dried black worms. They have a high protein value.

  3. #3
    Registered Member
    Join Date
    Sep 2019
    Posts
    241

    Default Re: My discus will not eat beef hearts

    Quote Originally Posted by Angelfish54 View Post


    Hello all,

    My discus are not eating beef hearts. I purchase the frozen San Francisco Bay beef heart; it just fowls up the water. They eat the pellets and blood worms as well as brine shrimp. They are about 4’, I thought it was good for them to eat it, to grow out. I am trying to feed different foods but this particular food they are not having it. Any suggestions for alternative food, would be appreciated..
    Maybe they're vegan?

  4. #4
    Registered Member BrendanJ23's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2019
    Location
    Brisbane, AUS
    Posts
    307
    Real Name
    Brendan

    Default Re: My discus will not eat beef hearts

    Mine won’t eat it either. Try the freeze dried black worms.
    21 Discus, 7 Green Tree Frogs, 3 Eastern Dwarf Tree frogs, 1 Coastal Carpet Python,6 sawshelled/Murray river turtles, 2 dogs, a cat, 2 kids and a wife. Phew...what a mouthful


    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

  5. #5
    Registered Member + MVP danotaylor's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2018
    Location
    Aussie living in Cincy
    Posts
    3,218
    Real Name
    Daniel

    Default Re: My discus will not eat beef hearts

    If they're eating a good mix of other foods don't worry about it. I fed my discus pure deer heart grated on parmesan cheese grater...the result is pure heart meat that looks like blood worms! My discus loved it and grew like weeds :thumbsup;

  6. #6
    Registered Member
    Join Date
    Aug 2020
    Posts
    5

    Default Re: My discus will not eat beef hearts

    Thank you for your suggestions, I will give them a try.

  7. #7
    Registered Member
    Join Date
    Jul 2020
    Location
    California
    Posts
    28
    Real Name
    Jason

    Default Re: My discus will not eat beef hearts

    Agreed with what the others have said. Just another suggestion coming from me, when I had issues with my discus eating certain foods -- I stopped feeding for a day and they started eating anything!

    Some discus are more picky than others though. Good luck. I say as long as they're getting a varied diet, then it doesn't matter if they don't eat beef heart.

  8. #8
    Gold Member tonytheboss1's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2012
    Location
    NYC
    Posts
    745
    Real Name
    TONY

    Default Re: My discus will not eat beef hearts

    This is a response post of mine to a member from a few years back:

    Re: Alternate to Beef Heart Mix
    Can someone please advice if simply feeding blood worms and brine shrimps will suffice the nutritions required for discus. I am little worried as my discus refuses to accept tetra bits or any other discus pellets.

    You'll need a bit more than just that. There are a number of different things you can choose to diversify your discus' diet. Mine is a bit extreme (OCD) but the choices are many. Food varies every couple a days - live blackworms, Hans frozen beef mix, San Fran Bay Frozen Bloodworms, Mysis Shrimp, Ocean Nutrition Discus Flakes, Als Austrailian freeze dried blackworms, O.S.I. Spirulina Flakes, NLS Discus Formula pellets & Dainichi Cichlid - Color FX + Vita-Chem once a week. "T"
    125g Tenecor - Cardinal, Serpae, Bloodfin, Redeye, Phantom & Pristella Tetra - Ghost Shrimp - Raphael Cats - Stendker Discus
    Rena XP4, Eheim 2075, 2 A/C500, 2(250w) Ebo-Jagers / Jehmco Controller, 29g AGA-sick
    "Knowledge Gained & Not Shared Is Knowledge Lost"

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Cafepress