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    Default Can you feed lean ground beef or fish fillet 1x/day?

    Is it ok if one of the daily feedings is extra lean ground beef or some salmon/cod fillet meat?

    Any downside?

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    Default Re: Can you feed lean ground beef or fish fillet 1x/day?

    I'm not sure I recall where I read this on SD, but at least for ground beef I believe that it needs to be cooked prior to feeding to discus. Not entirely sure on the fish fillets.

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    Default Re: Can you feed lean ground beef or fish fillet 1x/day?

    Even the leanest ground beef has much more fat in it that beef heart. If you can't use BH then there are some good cod recipes out there...

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    Default Re: Can you feed lean ground beef or fish fillet 1x/day?

    I fed ground deer heart raw, and believe I read here that raw lean beef is a viable high protein feed option also...I wouldn't feed anything less than 95% lean personally though and that would be much more expensive than just buying heart meat...

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    Yeah, I pay $1.80 for BH and 95% lean beef is about $7, lol...

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    Default Re: Can you feed lean ground beef or fish fillet 1x/day?

    Can i just walk into a supermarket and buy ground beef heart that's suitable to feed discus?

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    Default Re: Can you feed lean ground beef or fish fillet 1x/day?

    You can buy ground beef based on its fat content. Excel brand has a version 95%+ lean. My supermarket sells whole beef heart. You'll have to clean and grind it yourself.
    At my age, everything is irritating.

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    Default Re: Can you feed lean ground beef or fish fillet 1x/day?

    Quote Originally Posted by Oxboy View Post
    Can i just walk into a supermarket and buy ground beef heart that's suitable to feed discus?
    I fed my Discus ground beef from the local butcher also ground turkey too, just do a waterchange as Brian mention there is all that oily fat sticking to the sides of the tank not to mention plugging up the sponge filter. As for feeding any fish, I buy those fish cake at any local Asian fish market.

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    Default Re: Can you feed lean ground beef or fish fillet 1x/day?

    I raised a large spawn from tiny babies to adults once on nothing but 99% fat free ground chicken once. Ask Francis. He bought a large group of the from me once.
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    Default Re: Can you feed lean ground beef or fish fillet 1x/day?

    I use ground chicken breasts same as Liz, mama bear taught me that.....got 15 BDs from Liz 3:5 ins and grew them over 7 ins +.

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    Last edited by seanyuki; 04-21-2021 at 10:33 PM.
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