why beef heart why not chicken

[discusdummy]

Who got the bright idea to take the heart of a cow to feed a fish

[John_Nicholson]

The pioneers that spent years figuring out how to keep the fish alive and get them to spawn so you could enjoy them in your tanks...If you want to do something else then please do. Several people feed turkey heart.

-john

[daveo]

I think it is cost and availabilty.

Daveo

[Chicago Discus]

The pioneers that spent years figuring out how to keep the fish alive and get them to spawn so you could enjoy them in your tanks...If you want to do something else then please do. Several people feed turkey heart.

-john

+1 Johns right

[Skip]

How many chiccken hearts do u need to equal on beef heart. I get bh for $1 pound.. Never seen chicken heart sold... If u have access to enough to make a few pounds.. Go for it

[John_Nicholson]

It is because it is extremely lean. Fish have issues with the fat in mammals.

-john

[Len]

How many chiccken hearts do u need to equal on beef heart. I get bh for $1 pound.. Never seen chicken heart sold... If u have access to enough to make a few pounds.. Go for it

Chicken hearts are more readily available here, and actually come prepackaged in sealed plastic tubs, but are much more expensive. Like you said, imagine how many you would need to get the same amount of meet as a pound or two of beefheart. Also chicken hearts still need to be trimmed and seem to be really fatty.

[discusdummy]

Thx everyone I was just curious

[YSS]

This may have been brought up, but does anyone feed chicken liver to their discus?

[Bilbo]

This may have been brought up, but does anyone feed chicken liver to their discus?

I would like to see this answer also since i feed liver to my other fish types and they love it!

[strawberryblonde]

The only nutritional difference in beef liver, compared to beef heart is that Beef Liver contains about 396mg of cholesterol per serving (100 grams) while Beef Heart contains about 124mg of cholesterol for the same size serving (100grams).

I have no idea if discus are prone to health problems from the ingestion of high levels of cholesterol. Beyond that one factor though, the two organ meats are nearly identical in all other nutritional aspects.

When it comes to Chicken Heart vs. Beef Heart, the cholesterol levels are the same, but the fat content of 100grams of Chicken Hearts is more than double the fat content of Beef Heart.

[Skip]

yep..

like TONI said..

[YSS]

Things ALWAYS could be better.

[Bilbo]

yep..

like TONI said..

There are soooo many situations where this is wrong, lol. If discus keepers lived by this code then most peeps would still be using a pan to artificially feed fry in like Wattley used to do in the old days, not to mention all the other advancement in methods the hobby has taken.

[Bilbo]

Things ALWAYS could be better.

+1