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Palue
05-28-2008, 12:54 PM
Which is better for Discus??

Brineshrimp or Mysis Shrimp??

:angel:
aquagal
05-28-2008, 01:25 PM
both are good
JeffreyRichard
05-28-2008, 03:43 PM
Unless th Brineshrimp is gut-loaded, they don't have a lot of nutritional value. Mysis Shrimp is much more nutritionally valuable.
DiscusDude85
05-28-2008, 05:56 PM
I try to feed mysis shrimp, my discus will not eat them. WILL NOT!!!! They look at it bite it and spit it right back out! Spoiled brats lol. They all eat bs,bw,bh but no mysis! Dont really understand why but guess they do.



Joe
subcooler
05-28-2008, 05:58 PM
Unless th Brineshrimp is gut-loaded, they don't have a lot of nutritional value. Mysis Shrimp is much more nutritionally valuable.

What is gut loaded?
tedsdiscus
05-28-2008, 06:11 PM
Where and how do you get mysis shrimps please.

Ted
digthemlows
05-28-2008, 06:13 PM
I got mysis shrimp from my LFS and my discus wont touch them. They were out of flats of FBW so I thought I'd try them.............what a waste........
aquagal
05-28-2008, 06:15 PM
My discus love the mysis shrimp. I also feed Hikari spirulina brine shrimp and they really go crazy for this. I ordered both at drsfosterandsmith.com.
DiscusDude85
05-31-2008, 07:43 AM
My discus love the mysis shrimp. I also feed Hikari spirulina brine shrimp and they really go crazy for this. I ordered both at drsfosterandsmith.com.

Mine love the bs with the spirulina but will not touch mysis shrimp. Dont get it...
FatFutures
05-31-2008, 08:11 AM
Mine love the spirulina bs but, in order to get them to eat the mysis... it has to be the first meal of the day, they'll eat it all up then! LOL
alpine
05-31-2008, 08:59 AM
Like the first discus GURU I met told me :

Brinshrimp= Junk
Mysis = Good

Roberto.
Boomer
05-31-2008, 01:11 PM
I have been trying to get my gang onto PE Mysis. Not sure where else it is sold but I find it a much better quality compared to others available in Canada. The Mysis are much bigger, and in one piece. Right now I am cutting them up a bit so they fit into their mouths and they have on occaision mistakingly taken one ;)

Gut Loaded: given nutrional food before frozen or fed to to increase their own nutrional value...in a nut shell. The PE mysis have pink bellies which is a sign to look for in gut load shrimps.

My Seahorses used to LOVE this stuff, would snick it as soon as it hit the tank.