My discus

[deepblue]

Those are my discus and I hope they all stay healthy. I can only feed them once/twice a day. :p
I currently feed them with brine shrimps and tetra bits.

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http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh22/deepblue_2008/DSC_0001.jpg

2)
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh22/deepblue_2008/DSC_0002.jpg

3)
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh22/deepblue_2008/DSC_0003.jpg

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http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh22/deepblue_2008/DSC_0006.jpg

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http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh22/deepblue_2008/DSC_0007.jpg

6)
Do those silver spots on this BD indicate aged (senior) discus

http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh22/deepblue_2008/DSC_0008.jpg

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http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh22/deepblue_2008/DSC_0014-1.jpg

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http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh22/deepblue_2008/DSC_0015-1.jpg

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http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh22/deepblue_2008/DSC_0016-1.jpg

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http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh22/deepblue_2008/DSC_0017-1.jpg

Currently I only clean the tank twice a month. These pictures are taken right after WC.:o

I guess I should start brushing the tanks!

[White Worm]

Time to up your cleanliness level and w/c's. They look ok but they all have some ragged fins.

[DiscusKeeper403]

Need to come up to once a week water changes at the least. Normally I recommend 25 percent weekly changes for most of your more hardy fish. Discus really need a twice a week water change.


I do once a day water changes.


Feeding at 3 times a day would also be greatly appreciated by the Discus also :)

[Polar_Bear]

Your fish look good. Since you only feed them once or twice a day I would try to feed them something more high in nutrition than brineshrimp, perhaps bloodworms instead.

[DiscusKeeper403]

Your fish look good. Since you only feed them once or twice a day I would try to feed them something more high in nutrition than brineshrimp, perhaps bloodworms instead.

bloodworms are very high in proteins and I believe they can get hard to digest for most fish, isn't that why they are recommended more as a treat?

[White Worm]

Frozen blood worms are actually mosquito larvae. Shouldnt have any problems with digestion. I feed them FBW all the time and never had any problems. You may be thinking about live worms which are said to have high fat content.

[RyanH]

bloodworms are very high in proteins and I believe they can get hard to digest for most fish, isn't that why they are recommended more as a treat?

Actually I've found bloodworms to be almost a laxative if fed in reasonable amounts. They have an exoskeleton that isn't fully digested by the fish. Rather it seems to scrape right through.

[GrillMaster]

You can put color bits or tetra bits in an auto feeder when your not home and feed em blood worms and other protien foods when you get home followed by a WC. :)

tc
Mark

[DiscusKeeper403]

Ahh okay. I thought I heard somewhere that they where hard to digest, but I guess I am wrong.